Oklahoma City ranked No. 10 in Forbes‘ Best Big Cities for Jobs ranking, a list led by Austin, Houston, Fort Worth and other energy-rich economies in Texas. OKC was No. 22 on the magazine’s list in 2011. Overall, OKC had a 1.7 percent year-to-year employment growth, and ranked No. 48 among all cities on Forbes’ [...]
Three metropolitan areas dominate Oklahoma’s economy. The Oklahoma City, Tulsa and Lawton metro areas contributed about 75 percent of the state’s 2010 gross domestic product, a term that describes the total market value of goods and services that are produced, U.S. Department of Commerce data show. But Lawton’s GDP has grown significantly more than both [...]
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