Numbers of the Day

Percentage of children living in small towns and rural areas in Oklahoma who are covered by Medicaid, 2014-2015.

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

Felony cases filed in Oklahoma in FY 2016.

Source: Oklahoma Supreme Court

What Oklahoma’s new required contribution to SNAP benefits over ten years would be under President Trump’s proposed budget

Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Percentage of Oklahoma’s workforce on SNAP (food stamps)

Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities 

Percentage of Oklahoma children whose parents lack secure employment (2015)

Source: Kids Count

Federal share of Oklahoma’s spending on roadway infrastructure and highway safety in Oklahoma in FY 2015

Source: Governing analysis of U.S. Census Bureau’s 2015 Annual Survey of State Government Finances

Federal funds allocated to the Oklahoma Health Care Authority in 2016

Source: Oklahoma Health Care Authority

Oklahomans under age 21 enrolled in SoonerCare in 2016

Source: Oklahoma Health Care Authority

Oklahomans’ per capita personal consumption spending on health care in 2015

Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

Percentage of Oklahoma residences with broadband internet access, lower than the national average of of 90%

Source: Joint Economic Committee – U.S. Congress