·Since the pandemic began more than 437,853 people in Oklahoma have been infected with COVID-19 and more than 7,873 people have died. (https://oklahoma.gov/covid19.html)
The unemployment rate is 4.4% up from 3.1% before the pandemic including Municipal Government Job Loss. (https://data.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutputServlet)
334,000 adults – 13% of all adults in the state – report not having enough food to eat. This includes 141,000 adults living with children, or 14% of all adults living with children, who report that the children in their household do not have enough to eat. (https://www.cbpp.org/research/poverty-and-inequality/tracking-the-covid-19-recessions-effects-on-food-housing-and)
An estimated 137,000 renters or 23% of renters are not caught up on rent. (https://www.cbpp.org/research/poverty-and-inequality/tracking-the-covid-19-recessions-effects-on-food-housing-and)
An estimated 1,016,000 adults or 39% of all adults statewide report having difficulty covering normal household expenses. (https://www.cbpp.org/research/poverty-and-inequality/tracking-the-covid-19-recessions-effects-on-food-housing-and)
ARP State & Local Relief Funds (Estimated): $2,141,538,421 in state fiscal relief; $1,392,397,620 in local fiscal relief; (https://taxfoundation.org/state-and-local-aid-american-rescue-plan/) More than $1,493,582,570 in relief for K-12 schools. (https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/department-education-announces-american-rescue-plan-funds-all-50-states-puerto-rico-and-district-columbia-help-schools-reopen)
Economic impact payments of up to $1,400 per person (above the $600 per person provided in December) for more than 2,565,600 adults and 1,040,900 children. This is 92% of all adults in the state and 92% of all children in the state. (https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ARP-State-Fact-Sheet-OK.pdf)
Additional relief for up to $1600 per child through the Child Tax Credit to the families of 895,000 children, lifting 63,000 children out of poverty. (https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-tax/house-covid-relief-bill-includes-critical-expansions-of-child-tax-credit-and)
Additional relief of up to nearly $1,000 through the Earned Income Tax Credit to 237,000 childless workers, including many in frontline jobs. (https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ARP-State-Fact-Sheet-OK.pdf)
Marketplace health insurance premiums that are $1,822 lower per month for a 60-year-old couple earning $75,000 per year. (https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ARP-State-Fact-Sheet-OK.pdf)
