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ACTIVE MISSING PERSONS CASES BY STATE

OKLAHOMA HAS THE LARGEST percentage of missing people in America, with Arizona, Oregon, Louisiana and Arkansas also above average, the latest federal statistics show.

The data also points to wide regional variation, with Southern states having some of the highest percentages of missing people. The information is collected by the National U.S. Missing Persons Database [NamUs], which is operated by the Department of Justice.

Every day, roughly 2,300 Americans are reported missing. One expert told that the real figures for missing people

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