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Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna
This is so depressing  NPR reported that though there wasn't an increase in the number of people living in poverty - there was an increase of people living in extreme poverty. So sad. |
in Oklahoma of the number of people living in poverty:
(First number is for the year 2004 unless noted or reported, the second number is in comparison to the US as a total)
Statewide
Population, 2005 estimate 3,547,884 296,410,404
White persons, percent, 2004 (a) 78.6% 80.4%
Black persons, percent, 2004 (a) 7.7% 12.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2004 (a) 8.1% 1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2004 (a) 1.5% 4.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2004 (a) 0.1% 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2004 4.0% 1.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2004 (b) 6.3% 14.1%
White persons, not Hispanic, percent, 2004 72.9% 67.4%
Households, 2000 1,342,293 105,480,101
Persons per household, 2000 2.49 2.59
Per capita money income, 1999 $17,646 $21,587
Median household income, 2003 $35,634 $43,318
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 14.6% 12.5%
County (Caddo)
(First number is for the year 2004 unless noted or reported, the second number is in comparison to the rest of Oklahoma as a total)
Population, 2005 estimate 30,229 3,547,884
White persons, percent, 2004 (a) 68.8% 78.6%
Black persons, percent, 2004 (a) 3.2% 7.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2004 (a) 24.2% 8.1%
Asian persons, percent, 2004 (a) 0.2% 1.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2004 (a) 0.1% 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2004 3.6% 4.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2004 (b) 7.6% 6.3%
White persons, not Hispanic, percent, 2004 63.3% 72.9%
Per capita money income, 1999 $13,298 $17,646
Median household income, 2003 $28,972 $35,634
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 18.8% 14.6%