Youth Poverty in Mayes County, Oklahoma

Abstract:     
This report discusses a sample area population, Mayes County located in NE Oklahoma and within Cherokee Nation, through examinations of the area's youth poverty characteristics including locality poverty (South, Mid-America, Ozark-area, teen pregnancy, foster care, education, incarceration, unemployment, hunger, and mental illness). An array of local, state, and national data are used as supporting data, and the report does not propose a solution but attends to clarifying the complications in doing so. Mayes County, Oklahoma has a large Native American population (25-50%) and a similarly high impoverished population (25-50%); the data in this report serves as an example of such an area.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 20

Keywords: poverty, statistics, Youth poverty, ozarks, mayes county, oklahoma, native american, cherokee nation, impoverished youth, causes and effects, characteristics, cara moulton

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