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Published: August 27, 2008
Oklahoma poverty rate down, but still not perfect
By Don Mecoy
Despite improvements last year in the number of Oklahomans living in poverty and a boost in residents' household income, the state's economic numbers remain among the nation's worst, census data released Tuesday show.

"This is a classic glass half-full, glass half-empty situation,” said David Blatt , director of policy for the anti-poverty Oklahoma Policy Institute.

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