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Share of Oklahoma children eligible for Medicaid (SoonerCare) who were enrolled in the program in FY 2015
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
Share of poor families in Oklahoma who received cash welfare assistance (TANF) in 2016. Since 2001, Oklahoma has slashed spending on this basic assistance, even as the number of families below 50 percent of the poverty line grew significantly.
Number of current Oklahoma state representatives who have run unopposed at least once in their political career.
Source: The Oklahoman
Evictions per day in Oklahoma in 2016.
Source: Eviction Lab
Average Oklahoma Medicaid (SoonerCare) spending per child enrollee, FY 2014.
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
Share of Oklahoma Medicaid (SoonerCare) spending paid by the federal government, FY 2016
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
The amount of state revenues lost due to corporations taking the capital gains deduction. This tax incentive costs Oklahoma more than $100 million on personal income tax deductions, but the Oklahoma Tax Commission provides no public data about its use in corporate income tax filings.
Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute
Average annual growth in Oklahoma Medicaid spending 2010-2014
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
How much violent crime rates have decreased in Oklahoma City since 1980.
Source: The Marshall Project
Oklahoma’s state mental health agency mental health service expenditures per capita, 2013. Oklahoma ranked 46th at the time, and the US average was $119.62
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
