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The number of Oklahomans who participated on the first day of early voting by 5 p.m. on Thursday
Share of Oklahoma counties (35 of 77) where at least half of residents lack broadband internet access.
Adults and children in Oklahoma who receive assistance through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, which is a time-limited cash assistance to low-income families with minor children who are deprived of parental support because of the absence, death, incapacity, or unemployment of at least one parent.
Estimated number of Oklahomans who are disenfranchised from voting due to a felony conviction.
To read past OK Policy analysis on this issue, read “Felons and the right to vote.”
The three-year rolling average rate of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births for Black women. This rate is more than 2.5 times higher than the rate for white women at 20.4 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births.
[Source: Oklahoma Maternal Mortality Review Committee via The Frontier]
Percent of children under age 3 in Oklahoma living in metro areas. Nationally, 91.6% live in metro areas.
Number of Oklahomans who enrolled in Medicaid from February to July 2020.
Percentage of uninsured children in Oklahoma, which is the nation’s fifth highest rate. The national children’s uninsured average is 5.7%.
[Source: Georgetown University Center for Children and Families]
Number of Oklahoman expected to gain health care coverage following vote to expand Medicaid.
Oklahoma’s four-week average of unemployment claims for the week ending Oct. 10
[Source: Oklahoma Employment Security Commission via AP News]
