Numbers of the Day

Poverty rate for Black children in Oklahoma, nearly double the statewide child poverty rate (21.5%).

[Child Trends]

Share of Oklahoma City Metro Area workforce that usually works from home.

[Governing]

Percentage increase in the number of drug overdose deaths in Oklahoma from 2007-2016

[Oklahoma Commission on Opioid Abuse]

Percentage of Oklahomans with a bachelor’s degree or higher whose degree is in science and engineering or a related field.

[U.S. Census 2017 American Community Survey]

Federal grants awarded to Oklahoma community health centers to expand access to mental health and substance use disorder services

[US Department of Health and Human Services]

Projected change in Oklahoma’s under 65 population by 2030.

[AARP]

Barrels of crude oil produced per day in Oklahoma in 2017, up from 425,000 barrels per day in 2016.

[U.S. Energy Information Administration]

Days of lost instruction due to out-of-school suspension of Latino students in Oklahoma, per 100 students (2015-16). The national average for Latino students was 17 days.

[ACLU]

Oklahoma’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate, July 2018

[Oklahoma Employment Security Commission]

Oklahoma’s ranking for percentage of our state’s population under age 18. In 2016, 24.8% of Oklahomans were under 18.

[National Education Association]