Thursday, October 15, 2020

Percentage of households with children that lacked sufficient food in last seven days. 

[Source: CBPP analysis of Census Bureau Household Pulse Survey]

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Friday, October 9, 2020

11.1%

Percentage of Hispanic or Latino residents in Oklahoma, the state’s largest non-white population, according to Census categorizations

[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2019

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Thursday, October 8, 2020

COVID-19–associated hospitalization rates were eight times higher among Hispanic than among white children from March 13 to July 25, 2020.

[Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020]

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Tuesday, October 6, 2020

The number of eligible Latnix voters in Oklahoma in 2018, which is a 60% increase from 2010. Latinx voters represent about 6% of Oklahoma’s share of voters.

[Source: Pew Research]

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Thursday, October 1, 2020

Share of adults who reported that their household sometimes or often did not have enough to eat

[Source: CBPP analysis of Census Bureau Household Pulse Survey]

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Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Percentage of uninsured adults ages 18-64 who say they aren’t covered because insurance is not affordable – by far the most common reason for not having coverage. The percentage of uninsured adults who were uninsured because coverage was not affordable increased with age, from 66.8% among those aged 18–29 to 80.9% among those aged 50–64.

Sources: National Health Interview Survey, 2019

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Monday, September 28, 2020

Percentage of Oklahoma children, or about 105,000 children, who live in high-poverty areas in the state

[Source: KIDS COUNT]

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Friday, September 25, 2020

33.5%

The share of Oklahoma state and local taxes that comes from sales taxes, ranking our state as the 12th most dependent on sales taxes. [Tax Foundation]

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Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Number of state, local, or tribal governments that are among Oklahoma’s top 20 largest employers. All will be at risk of laying off staff or reducing services without additional federal COVID-19 aid. [Oklahoma Department of Commerce]

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Monday, September 21, 2020

By Sept. 15, at least 125,730 people in prison had tested positive for the illness, a 4 percent increase from the week before. [The Marshall Project]

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