OKPOLICY.ORG
Numbers of the Day
To receive the Number of the Day in your e-mail each morning, sign up for In The Know.
Percentage of Oklahoma children who are first-generation immigrants or have at least one parent who is foreign-born. Of these children, 87% are US citizens.
Source: KIDS COUNT
Estimated cost of tax breaks and rebates Oklahoma is giving to the oil and gas industry in FY 2017.
Source: Oklahoma Tax Commission via Oklahoma Policy Institute
Percent change in hospital readmission rates among Oklahoma Medicare beneficiaries (2010-2015)
How much federal funding has increased for Oklahoma TANF since the welfare program was turned into a block grant in 1996. Since that year, the funding has lost about a third of its value due to inflation
Percent of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections budget spent on probation and parole, despite having 45% of offenders in these categories.
Number of Oklahoma children adopted out of foster care in Oklahoma in FY2016, the highest number since 1998
Percent increase in the cost of a ticket for speeding 20mph over the limit between 1992 and 2016, from $107 to $265.25
Source: OK Policy
Oklahoma children and teen deaths per 100,000 in 2014, down from 46 in 2008
Source: KIDS COUNT
How much less Oklahoma spends per Medicaid enrollee below the average for our six border states.
Source: Oklahoma State Treasurer
Percentage of nonviolent offenders sent to Oklahoma prisons in FY 2015 who had little or no serious criminal history.
