Bleak news for Cherokee County in eastern Oklahoma, which has a poverty rate of more than 26 percent. The phones at local aid organizations are ringing off the hook, reports the Tahlequah Daily Press.
A year ago, Cherokee County held the third highest poverty rate in Oklahoma, according to the numbers produced by the American Community Survey. Only Latimer, Marshall and Roger Mills counties had higher poverty rates. According to current U.S. Census Bureau statistics for people living below the designated poverty level, Cherokee County has a 26.3 poverty rate, while Latimer, Marshall and Roger Mills counties each had percentage rates under 15 percent.
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