22.9%

Poverty rate for Native Americans in Oklahoma in 2013, 6.1 percentage points higher than the state as a whole.

Source: Census Bureau via TalkPoverty.org.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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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