OKPOLICY.ORG
Numbers of the Day
To receive the Number of the Day in your e-mail each morning, sign up for In The Know.
Poverty rate of LGBT people collectively, which is much higher than the rate for cisgender straight people of 15.7 percent.
[Source: Williams Institute]
42%
Percent of Black children under 18 in Oklahoma who experience poverty, compared to 15 percent of Non-Hispanic white children.
[Source: KIDS COUNT]
Percentage of adults with household incomes below $30,000 a year who don’t have home broadband services.
[Source: Pew Research]
Percentage of households who were food insecure on average from 2016 to 2018, meaning that at some point during the year, they experienced difficulty providing enough food due to a lack of money or resources. Oklahoma is ranked 47th.
[Source: Talk Poverty]
Expected number of state and local employees nationally who will be laid off without additional federal aid to governments, according to Moody’s Analytics
[Source: Market Watch]
Expected shortfall in state budgets nationally due to COVID-19.
[Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities]
Number of justice-involved Oklahomans barred from participating in the 2018 federal elections.
[Source: Oklahoma Watch]
Percentage of Oklahoma’s total voter turnout who voted-by-mail in the June 30 election.
[Source: Tulsa World]
Percentage of Oklahoma’s voting-eligible population who participated in the March 3, 2020 presidential primary.
[Source: United States Election Project]
Oklahoma’s national rank among voter participation rate (52.3 percent) during the last presidential election.
[Source: World Population Review]
