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Amount in federal funding Oklahoma could lose per year for each person not counted in the Census. By these measures, an undercount of just 2 percent could cost the state up to $1.8 billion over a decade.
[Source: Oklahoma Senate]
$1,800 per person
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jessica joined OK Policy as a Communications Associate in January 2018. A Mexican immigrant, she was a Clara Luper Scholar at Oklahoma City University where she obtained a B.A. in Political Science and Philosophy. Prior to joining OK Policy, Jessica worked at a digital marketing agency in Oklahoma City. She is an alumna of both the National Education for Women (N.E.W.) Leadership Institute (2013) and OK Policy's Summer Policy Institute (2015). In addition to her role at OK Policy, Jessica serves as a board member for Dream Action Oklahoma in OKC and communications director for Dream Alliance Oklahoma in Tulsa.
