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Population increase in Canadian County from 2016 to 2017, the most of any county in Oklahoma.
Source: U.S. Census
Percentage of Oklahoma likely voters who agree that too many Americans are sent to prison instead of using alternatives to incarceration.
Source: Pew Charitable Trusts
Share of Oklahoma adults without a high school diploma or equivalency who report not having a personal doctor, versus 14.7% of those with a bachelor’s degree or greater
Percentage of Oklahoma likely voters who support raising income taxes on wealthy individuals.
Source: Pew Charitable Trusts
Number of days Oklahoma could run on only Rainy Day Funds. The national average is 19.8
Source: Pew Charitable Trusts
Votes in favor of a $447 million revenue package to fund teacher pay raises and other priorities in the Oklahoma House of Representatives on Monday night. This is the first time the House has reached the three-fourths majority to raise taxes since that requirement was added to the Oklahoma Constitution in 1992.
Source: NewsOK
Share of Oklahoma adults without a high school diploma or equivalency who report going without medical care due to cost, versus just 6.6% of Oklahomans with a bachelor’s degree or greater
How much Oklahoma teachers’ average take home pay has shrunk since FY 2006, adjusted for inflation.
Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute
Number of Oklahoma children who had a parent who was ever incarcerated, 12% of all children (2015-16)
Source: KIDS COUNT
Change in the rate of nationally-tracked crimes from 2008 to 2016 in Oklahoma
Source: Pew Trusts
