Numbers of the Day

Percentage of Oklahoma workers who were represented by unions in 2018.

[Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics]

How much an Oklahoma parent with two kids working full-time at $10/hour lost last year because Oklahoma’s Earned Income Tax Credit was made nonrefundable.

Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute

Number of bills and joint resolutions filed for this year’s session of the Oklahoma Legislature.

[Source: Oklahoma House and Senate]

Average salary for paraprofessionals in Oklahoma public schools.

[Source: Oklahoma State Department of Education]

Percentage increase in the female prison population in Oklahoma from 2011 to 2016.

[Source: Crime and Justice Institute]

Number of extremely poor parents in Oklahoma who could lose their health coverage if the state moves forward with a plan to add new work reporting rules to Medicaid.

[Soure: Georgetown Center for Children and Families]

Amount of road funding for Oklahoma that has been delayed due to the federal government shutdown.

[Source: Oklahoma Department of Transportation]

Percentage increase in the suicide rate in Oklahoma from 2009 to 2016

[Source: NewsOK]

Average salary for teaching aides in Oklahoma public schools.

[Source: Oklahoma State Department of Education]

Share of Tulsans earning less than $27,000 who say they could not afford health care or medicine in the last 12 months. For all Tulsans, the share was 36%

[Source: 2018 Gallup Citivoice Index]