Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US states.

Safety16#43/51
Economy14#44/51
Housing83#9/51
Health6#48/51
Healthcare20#41/51
Environment4#47/49
Education10#46/51
Infrastructure16#43/51
Community18#42/51
Leisure & amenities14#44/51

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Oklahoma ranks highest and lowest among US states (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Time spent in the emergency room · low122 min
94/100United States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties
Cost of buying a home today · low27.1%
88/100United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Home price to income ratio · low3.1×
88/100United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Unemployment rate · low3.4%
78/100United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from countiesPartial year
Average commute time · low22.4 min
78/100United States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Mental health providers · high439 /100k
76/100United States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Uninsured residents (under 65) · high14.4%
2/100United States 9.8%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Public transit commuters · low0.3%
3/100United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Voter turnout · low53.8%
4/100United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionAggregated from counties
Primary care physicians · low60 /100k
6/100United States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Physical inactivity · high32.5%
6/100United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Average weekly wage · low$1,173
6/100United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
24% (2021) → 67% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+43 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysWorsening
2 days (2017) → 4 days (2022)
+159%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Child care cost burdenWorsening
25.7% (2020 & 2021) → 36.2% (2023 & 2024)
+10 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.6% (2015-2019) → 88.9% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Flu vaccinationsWorsening
47.0% (2019) → 40.0% (2023)
−7 pts4 yearsUS 48.0% → 44.0%
Income adjusted for local pricesImproving
$53,930 (2019) → $72,525 (2024)
+34%5 yearsUS $55,567 → $73,204

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Oklahoma improved on 13 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 8 moved within the margin of error and 5 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among states: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved13

Suicides−11%21.9 /100k → 19.4 /100k
Uninsured−2.4 points16.8% → 14.4%
Broadband+10 points78.6% → 88.9%
Arts & recreation+24%3.0 /10k → 3.7 /10k
Firearm deaths−15%20.8 /100k → 17.6 /100k

Declined5

Restaurants−5.9%8.8 /10k → 8.3 /10k
Overdose deaths+11%17.9 /100k → 19.8 /100k
Rent / income+1 points27.4% → 28.4%
Rent burden+2 points44.3% → 46.3%
Price / income+0.5×2.6× → 3.1×

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Oklahoma between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.0 /10k2020	3.7 /10k2025	+24%	Improved	87%
Average commute time	21.9 min2015-2019	22.4 min2020-2024	+0.4 min	Little change	28%
Average weekly wage	$9532020	$1,1732025	+23%	Improved	52%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%2015-2019	28.3%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Improved	11%
Broadband subscriptions	78.6%2015-2019	88.9%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	85%
Child poverty rate	19.7%2019	18.7%2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Distance to an airport	36 mi2020	36 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	51%
Drug overdose deaths	17.9 /100k2020	19.8 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+11%	Declined	17%
Effective property tax rate	0.88%2015-2019	0.79%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	36%
Firearm deaths	20.8 /100k2020	17.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−15%	Improved	74%
Grocery stores	1.2 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	+0.2%	Within the margin of error	42%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.0 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	+12%	Within the margin of error	50%
High school diploma or higher	88.0%2015-2019	89.4%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Improved	50%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	52%
Homicide rate	8.6 /100k2020	6.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−26%	Improved	28%
Income adjusted for local prices	$53,9302019	$72,5252024	+34%	Improved	68%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4692015-2019	0.4672020-2024	−0.002	Within the margin of error	83%
Median household income	$54,4472019	$66,1242024	+21%	Improved	28%
New business applications	11.5 /1k2020	13.8 /1k2025	+20%	Improved	25%
Pharmacies	2.0 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	−7.7%	Within the margin of error	46%
Poverty rate	15.1%2019	14.8%2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Public libraries	0.6 /10k2019	0.5 /10k2024	−1.6%	Within the margin of error	74%
Public transit commuters	0.4%2015-2019	0.3%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	85%
Rent as share of income	27.4%2015-2019	28.4%2020-2024	+1 points	Declined	21%
Rent-burdened households	44.3%2015-2019	46.3%2020-2024	+2 points	Declined	26%
Restaurants and bars	8.8 /10k2020	8.3 /10k2025	−5.9%	Declined	9%
Students per teacher	16.3×2019	16.3×2024	+0.0×	Little change	11%
Suicide rate	21.9 /100k2020	19.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−11%	Improved	99%
Traffic deaths	16.7 /100k2015-2019	17.3 /100k2020-2024	+3.5%	Within the margin of error	62%
Unemployment rate	6.3%2020	3.4%2025	−2.9 points	Improved	40%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	16.8%2019	14.4%2024	−2.4 points	Improved	89%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

States like Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Oklahoma in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Oklahoma itself moved −3 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

4,028,634 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 women (−0.6 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

4,028,634 residents

Oklahoma
United States share

White62%2,502,660
Black6.8%272,436
Hispanic or Latino13%510,804
Asian2.4%95,183
American Indian and Alaska Native6.6%266,888
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.2%6,984
Other or two or more races9.3%373,679

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−3.5 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

2,668,805 residents (±806)

Oklahoma
United States share

No high school diploma11%282,378
High school or GED31%817,828
Some college22%589,458
Associate degree8.3%222,610
Bachelor's degree18%492,938
Graduate degree9.9%263,593

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Bachelor's degree (+1.6 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,562,389 households (±2,824)

Oklahoma
United States share

Under $25k18%273,730
$25k–50k21%326,209
$50k–75k18%281,780
$75k–100k13%204,141
$100k–150k16%250,942
$150k–200k7.2%112,660
$200k or more7.2%112,927

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−5.2 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,562,389 households (±2,824)

Oklahoma
United States share

Own66%1,027,837
Rent34%534,552

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

493,271 households (±3,751)

Oklahoma
United States share

Under $75022%110,575
$750–1,00026%129,885
$1,000–1,50035%174,268
$1,500–2,000

Home values

1,027,837 homes (±4,261)

Oklahoma
United States share

Under $150k34%353,090
$150k–250k30%304,171
$250k–400k22%224,788
$400k–750k

Age of homes

1,775,127 homes (±745)

Oklahoma
United States share

2010 or later13%235,353
2000–200913%234,223
1980–199924%428,120
1960–1979

Size of homes

1,775,127 homes (±745)

Oklahoma
United States share

Studio2.1%37,787
1 bedroom9.0%160,633
2 bedrooms23%402,858
3 bedrooms

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,816,948 workers (±5,179)

Oklahoma
United States share

Drive alone77%1,407,146
Carpool9.7%175,679
Public transit0.3%4,849
Walk1.8%32,107
Bike0.2%3,823
Work from home9.4%170,373
Other1.3%22,971

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+5.2 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,646,575 workers (±5,456)

Oklahoma
United States share

Under 15 min33%543,614
15–29 min39%642,384
30–44 min18%288,622

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Oklahoma employ 384,940 people. 10 pay a median below the US median.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Oklahoma by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Fast Food and Counter Workers52,520 jobs	52,520	$23,430US $31,200	−25%	1.24×
General and Operations Managers43,890 jobs	43,890	$90,430US $105,770	−15%	1.14×
Retail Salespersons43,830 jobs	43,830	$29,660US $35,410	−16%	1.02×
Cashiers41,140 jobs	41,140	$28,180US $32,880	−14%	1.21×
Registered Nurses38,270 jobs	38,270	$82,920US $97,550	−15%	1.03×
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand38,210 jobs	38,210	$36,990US $40,240	−8%	1.18×
Customer Service Representatives34,460 jobs	34,460	$38,650US $44,770	−14%	1.21×
Stockers and Order Fillers32,910 jobs	32,910	$34,790US $37,330	−7%	1.06×
Office Clerks, General31,870 jobs	31,870	$37,240US $45,010	−17%	1.18×
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers27,840 jobs	27,840	$54,410US $58,640	−7%	1.23×

Look up any occupation

Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Oklahoma.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Oklahoma has 96,402 employer establishments, 237 for every 10,000 residents (0.96× the US rate of 248), with 1,431,690 paid employees at an average annual pay of $54,886. The Census Bureau also counts 337,237 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 96,402; 337,237 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 237; US 248
Paid employees: 1,431,690
Average annual pay: $54,886; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Oklahoma by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	8,289	20.4	0.98×About typical	82,643	$66,756	13,169
Restaurants and other eating places	6,882	16.9	0.92×About typical	138,237	$19,485	1,817
Specialty trade contractors	6,128	15.1	0.97×About typical	49,148	$58,375	28,932
Lessors of real estate	4,061	10	0.81×About typical	13,043	$46,815	31,493
Religious organizations	3,332	8.2	1.48×More than typical	27,320	$25,064	—
Limited-service restaurants	3,024	7.4	0.93×About typical	67,183	$17,618	644
Full-service restaurants	2,992	7.4	0.96×About typical	61,438	$21,662	737
Building equipment contractors	2,822	6.9	1.15×About typical	25,067	$59,260	4,903
Legal services	2,529	6.2	1.16×About typical	12,025	$82,361	3,090
Offices of physicians	2,492	6.1	0.95×About typical	22,696	$105,151	2,501
Offices of other health practitioners	2,471	6.1	1.00×About typical	12,421	$44,585	6,359
Insurance agencies and brokerages	2,328	5.7	1.30×More than typical	11,137	$71,974	5,414

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 4,062,716 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $4.3B on contracts performed in Oklahoma: $1,052 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $4.3B; −36% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,052; US $1,994
Sole-source: 45%; US 30%
Single offer: 8.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Air Force$1.8B42%
Federal Aviation Administration$578.8M

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $43.7B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Oklahoma: $10,610 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $43.7B; +0.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $10,610; US $12,955
Loan face value: $5.2B; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.9%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$14.3B33%
93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid$8.7B20%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$3.8B8.7%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$2.2B5.1%
93.210 · Tribal Self-Governance Program: Ihs Compacts/Funding Agreements$1.5B3.5%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$1.5B3.5%
10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$1.2B2.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$794.1M1.8%

Top recipients (organizations)

OKLAHOMA HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY$8.9B20%
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
HUMAN SERVICES, OKLAHOMA DEPT OF$1.9B4.3%
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$1.1B2.5%
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION$1B2.4%
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
CHEROKEE NATION$884.4M

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$18.8B43%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$10.1B23%
Department of Health and Human Services
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$4.3B9.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Food and Nutrition Service$1.9B4.4%
Department of Agriculture
Indian Health Service

Assistance by fiscal year

48.8BFY2021
38.5BFY2022
40.1BFY2023
41.3BFY2024
43.5BFY2025
43.7BFY2026

County aggregates

55%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

Federal money per resident in Oklahoma, and how its outcomes moved, each next to the United States. Counties whose money jumped are compared on their own pages.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Oklahoma
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Oklahoma and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Oklahoma	United States
FY2017	$1,029	$1,436
FY2018	$1,019	$1,552
FY2019	$1,049	$1,654
FY2020	$1,109	$1,880
FY2021	$1,131	$1,810
FY2022	$1,240	$1,917
FY2023	$1,218	$2,079
FY2024	$1,331	$2,047
FY2025	$1,649	$2,165
FY2026	$1,052 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Oklahoma and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Oklahoma	United States
FY2017	$116	$93.28
FY2018	$104	$105
FY2019	$181	$128
FY2020	$123	$145
FY2021	$161	$117
FY2022	$189

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Oklahoma and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Oklahoma	United States
FY2021	$4,855	$5,748
FY2022	$4,460	$5,221
FY2023	$4,572	$5,364
FY2024	$4,796	$5,501
FY2025	$5,094	$5,732
FY2026	$4,699

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Oklahoma and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Oklahoma	United States
FY2021	$253	$298
FY2022	$361	$357
FY2023	$296	$301
FY2024	$353	$319
FY2025	$350	$360
FY2026	$359 (partial year)

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Oklahoma and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Oklahoma	United States
FY2021	$173	$239
FY2022	$163	$185
FY2023	$155	$229
FY2024	$164	$229
FY2025	$169	$249
FY2026	$151 (partial year)

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Oklahoma and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Oklahoma	United States
FY2021	$2,043	$2,304
FY2022	$2,023	$2,197
FY2023	$2,322	$2,274
FY2024	$2,201	$2,267
FY2025	$2,221	$2,397
FY2026	$2,596 (partial year)

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Oklahoma and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Oklahoma	United States
FY2021	$989	$1,186
FY2022	$353	$465
FY2023	$39.19	$76.52
FY2024	$91.32	$120
FY2025	$81.34	$148
FY2026	$73.20 (partial year)

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Oklahoma
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Oklahoma and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Oklahoma	United States
2014	1.4%	2.0%
2015	0.7%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties of Oklahoma whose money per resident jumped. Open a county for its comparison with similar counties.

Love County, OKTransportation grants · FY2024$4,656 (3×)
Love County, OKContracts and grants · FY2024$4,718 (2.9×)
Atoka County, OKContracts and grants · FY2024$1,845 (3.1×)
Cherokee County, OKTransportation grants · FY2024$1,714 (2.9×)
Tulsa County, OKTransportation grants · FY2024$444 (4.1×)
Pawnee County, OK

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Oklahoma is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Counties of Oklahoma

All 77 counties, best quality-of-life score first.

Metro areas in Oklahoma

Metropolitan and micropolitan areas based in Oklahoma, largest first.

Largest cities and towns in Oklahoma

By population.

All 846 cities and towns in Oklahoma

Neighboring states

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar states

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Oklahoma	United States
2014	−0.2%	−4.2%
2015	+0.9%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.8%	+3.3%
2018	+6.5%	+6.8%
2019	+9.5%	+10.5%
2020	+12.9%	+19.4%
2021	+16.9%	+26.1%
2022	+23.0%	+30.6%
2023	+28.3%	+35.0%
2024	+33.8%	+41.0%
2025	+39.0%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Oklahoma	United States
2014	+9.1%	−5.5%
2015	+5.3%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.3%	+4.1%
2018	+9.5%	+8.9%
2019	+14.6%	+13.5%
2020	+18.9%	+20.8%
2021	+29.8%	+32.1%
2022	+37.7%	+35.4%
2023	+44.7%	+42.9%
2024	+51.5%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Oklahoma	United States
2014	3.7/1k	3.3/1k
2015	3.0/1k	3.7/1k
2016	3.1/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.8/1k	3.9/1k
2018	2.7/1k	4.1/1k
2019	3.1/1k	4.2/1k
2020	3.5/1k	4.4/1k
2021	3.7/1k	5.2/1k
2022	3.4/1k	5.0/1k
2023	3.3/1k	4.5/1k
2024	3.3/1k	4.3/1k
2025	3.8/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Oklahoma	United States
2014	−3.4%	−6.9%
2015	−1.2%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.7%	+4.7%
2018	+5.5%	+7.5%
2019	+10.7%	+14.0%
2020	+10.8%	+16.9%
2021	+13.5%	+21.0%
2022	+21.2%	+29.7%
2023	+26.2%	+34.9%
2024	+34.4%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Oklahoma	United States
2014	16.6%	15.5%
2015	16.0%	14.7%
2016	16.1%	14.0%
2017	15.8%	13.4%
2018	15.5%	13.1%
2019	15.1%	12.3%
2020	14.3%	11.9%
2021	15.4%	12.8%
2022	15.6%	12.6%
2023	15.8%	12.5%
2024	14.8%	12.1%

Calendar years	Oklahoma	United States
2014	4.3%	6.2%
2015	4.3%	5.3%
2016	4.6%	4.9%
2017	4.0%	4.4%
2018	3.3%	3.9%
2019	3.1%	3.7%
2020	6.3%	8.1%
2021	4.0%	5.4%
2022	3.0%	3.7%
2023	3.1%	3.6%
2024	3.2%	4.0%
2025	3.4%	4.3%

Calendar years	Oklahoma	United States
2014	−6.1% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−3.5% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+2.9% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+6.8% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+12.3% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+23.7% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+40.6% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+56.2% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+61.0% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+66.3% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+69.0% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Oklahoma	United States
2014	17.9%	13.5%
2015	16.1%	10.9%
2016	16.0%	10.0%
2017	16.5%	10.2%
2018	16.6%	10.4%
2019	16.8%	10.8%
2020	18.1%	10.4%
2021	16.9%	10.2%
2022	14.3%	9.5%
2023	14.0%	9.5%
2024	14.4%	9.8%

Calendar years	Oklahoma	United States
2014	7.6/1k	8.5/1k
2015	7.6/1k	8.7/1k
2016	8.3/1k	9.1/1k
2017	9.0/1k	9.8/1k
2018	10.1/1k	10.7/1k
2019	10.3/1k	10.6/1k
2020	11.5/1k	13.1/1k
2021	14.5/1k	16.2/1k
2022	13.7/1k	15.1/1k
2023	14.3/1k	16.2/1k
2024	13.1/1k	15.4/1k
2025	13.8/1k	16.6/1k

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved13

Declined5

States like Oklahoma five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Jobs and pay

Look up any occupation

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Representation in Congress

House

Counties of Oklahoma

Metro areas in Oklahoma

Largest cities and towns in Oklahoma

Neighboring states

Similar states

Data and sources

Improved13

Declined5

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Household income

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

House

Senate

Look up any occupation

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Top buying agencies

By type

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

What was bought

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards