 Whites equal about 76% of the total, American Indians total a little over 17%, and Blacks, nearly 4%.Many of the African Americans area descendants of Choctaw freedmen (enslaved persons emancipated after the Civil War; a number have mixed Choctaw and African-American ancestry).The median per capita income in the region is $13,948, almost $10,000 less than the state average of $23,517.