Oklahoma has the highest rate of missing persons in the US, with Arizona and the rest of the South not far behind.
About 2,300 Americans are reported missing every day, and though the vast majority of them are found within a few days, others are still vanished.
California, Texas, and Florida have the most active cases, according to federal statistics, but aren’t even in the top 10 when accounting for population.
Oklahoma has 16 missing persons per 100,000 residents, Arizona in second with 14.2 and Oregon with 12.5, according to the National US Missing Persons Database.
They are followed by Southern states like Louisiana with 12, Arkansas with 11.6, and New Mexico with 11.5. Texas has 8.5, California 8.6, and New York just 5.5.
Lowest in the nation are Massachusetts with 2.7, followed by states around the Great Lakes like Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana at 3.3 each.
Ohio has only 3.5 missing persons for 100,000 residents, despite misleading reports last year that 1,072 children were reported missing in Cleveland alone.
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