Numbers of the Day

Increase in the number of Oklahomans admitted to state funded drug treatment for meth substance abuse issues, from 4,276 in FY 2012 to 8,561 in FY 2018.

[Source: ODMHSAS]

Days since Oklahomans received a minimum wage increase, the longest period without an increase since the minimum wage was created in 1938.

[Source: U.S. Department of Labor]

Percentage of Oklahomans age 25 and over with a bachelor’s degree in 2017, up from 23.5 percent in 2013.

[Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City]

How much additional revenue was brought in last September through April due to Oklahoma’s gross production tax increase on oil and gas drilling.

[Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute]

Decrease in percentage of prime working age (25-54) Oklahomans working in 2017 compared to 2007.

[Source: Pew Charitable Trusts]

How much greater the reduction in infant mortality between 2010 and 2016 was in Medicaid expansion states compared to non-expansion states.

[Source: Georgetown Center for Children and Families]

Net migration into Canadian County over the 12-month period ending in July 2018, the most of any county in Oklahoma.

[Source: Governing]

Value of exports to Mexico from Oklahoma (2016).

[Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis]

Average amount that housing takes up of low-income family budgets, more than any other expenditure.

[Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute]

The amount requested by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections for additional beds, hepatitis C treatment, critical facility repairs, and staff raises in FY 2020. The increase approved by lawmakers this year was $38.3 million (2.4% of the request).

[Source: Oklahoma Department of Corrections]