22.9%

Gene Perry // November 13, 2014 // Updated: November 13, 2014
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Poverty rate for African-Americans in Oklahoma, nearly double the white poverty rate.

Source: OK Policy’s 2013 Poverty Profile.

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Gene Perry // media@okpolicy.org

Gene Perry worked for OK Policy from 2011 to 2019. He is a native Oklahoman and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a B.A. in history and an M.A. in journalism.

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