Many Oklahomans (or Okies) may think to themselves ‘What Recession?’ when they watch the nightly news, and that sentiment is being noticed more every day as the national press continues to report how strong our local economy is here in the Sooner State.
Only a couple of weeks ago, USA Today reported on the strength of OKC’s economy and the list of these types of accolades continues to grow.
This city is perhaps the most surprising. Construction cranes are busy here. New medical buildings are underway. Buildings are being renovated in the historical Bricktown neighborhood. Oklahoma City’s June unemployment rate of 6% was the second-lowest in the nation for metropolitan areas with 1 million or people, says the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Its per-capita income grew 6.9% in 2008 to $40,942, compared with a year earlier, the Commerce Department reported last week. That growth made the city No. 1 in the USA for large metro areas.
What about your corner of the US? How are things there?
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