Numbers of the Day

Percentage of children living in Oklahoma metro areas insured by Medicaid, 2014-2015

Source: Georgetown University Center for Children and Families & University of North Carolina NC Rural Health Research Program

Number of lynchings reported in Oklahoma between 1877 and 1950.

Source: Equal Justice Initiative

Number of jail admissions per 100,000 Oklahoma residents in 2014, more than twice the national average (5,340.6)

Source: Vera Institute

Number of counties in Oklahoma (out of 77) where 50 percent of the population or greater does not have a grocery store nearby.

Source: Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma

Projected increase in number of Oklahomans age 85+, 2015 to 2030

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation

Number of Oklahomans per 100,000 residents who were in jail while awaiting a trial in 2014. The national average is 222.2.

Source: Vera Institute

Adoption cases filed in Oklahoma courts, FY 2016

Source: Oklahoma Supreme Court

How much Oklahoma’s FY 2018 appropriated budget is below the FY 2009 budget, adjusted for inflation.

Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute

Oklahoma’s spending on prisons per state resident in 2015.

Source: Vera Institute

Amount of one-time funds and non-recurring revenue in Oklahoma’s FY 18 budget

Source: Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services