Oklahoma City

  •  5.5% Unemployment Rate, well below the national average of 9.8%
  • The Oklahoma City was ranked 2nd on “Best Cities to Buy a Home” by ABC News

    Devon Building
  • Oklahoma City’s Festival of the Arts is ranked in the elite Top 20 in the Fine Arts Category of Greg Lawler’s “Art Fair SourceBook.”
  • Forbes ranks Oklahoma City 5th on the America’s Best Job Markets List
  • Forbes ranks Oklahoma City among the Top Ten Best Bargain Cities
  • Oklahoma City is ranked in the Top 10 for Private-Sector Job Growth Rate. The Oklahoma City MSA added 7,200 positions, enough to rank the city in the Top 20 for raw job growth.
  • USAA ranked Oklahoma City 2nd for Post-Military Best Places
  • Oklahoma City was ranked No. 1 for Tech Job Growth by the TechAmerica Foundation/Cybercities
  • In 2010, Bizjournals claims Oklahoma as leading the nation in Gross State Product Growth
  • Forbes lists Oklahoma City No. 1 in “America’s Most Affordable City” list The Milken Institute names Oklahoma City in the Top 25 Best Performing Cities
  • Portfolio.com ranks Oklahoma City 7th for income growth
  • The Oklahoma City Arts District Neighborhood named one of America’s “10 Great Neighborhoods for 2010”
  • Portfolio.com lists Oklahoma City as the 6th least stressful city in America The American Institute for Economic Research lists Oklahoma City as one of the top 75 places to live while attending college
  • America’s Promise Alliance listed Oklahoma City among 2010’s Best Communities for Young People
  • Local Market Monitor by The Wall Street Journal honored Oklahoma City as one of the Top 10 Best Real Estate Investment Markets.
  • Looking heavily at growth potential of each city’s economic development strategy, OKC landed in the top 10 (No. 9) of Business Facilities’ Top 10 Metro list.
  • OKC’s “Paw Park” Repeatedly Recognized Among Nation’s Best by Dog Fancy and Southern Living magazines
  • Among U.S. metros of 1 million population or greater, Oklahoma City has the lowest business costs, according to KPMG’s 2010 “Competitive Alternatives” analysis of 26 separate cost drivers for business in 112 cities in 10 countries.
  • Among the top 52 cities in the country, Oklahoma City residents deal with the third-shortest commutes to and from work, according to the Census Bureau’s most recent American Community Survey.
  • According to a new Portfolio.com / Bizjournals study, OKC ranks in the top 10 “Best Places for Young Adults” due to strong growth rates, low cost of living and high numbers of employed, college-educated under-34s.

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