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Quick facts on the Oklahoma economy

By Becky McCray

What industries make up the Oklahoma economy? Where are most of the jobs?

Oklahoma State Seal@Stargardener asked, and @DeidreDMyers of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce came to the rescue.

2008 Gross Domestic Product for Oklahoma

  • Mining 14% (Oil and Gas included)
  • Manufacturing 11%
  • Real estate 8%
  • Health Care and Social Asst 6.8%
  • Retail trade 6.7%

2009 Jobs by Sector in Oklahoma

  • Retail trade 10%
  • Health care and social asst 9.7%
  • Manufacturing 6.8%
  • Accommodation and food service 6.5%

Myers pointed out that Government leads both categories in Oklahoma, with a GDP % of 15.7 and jobs % of 16.5. Remember that Government includes federal, state, local, military, and the tribal nations.

UPDATE: Myers emailed me the charts that go with this data.Click the images for the larger view.
Oklahoma GDP Oklahoma Employment

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Becky McCray

Becky started Small Biz Survival in 2006 to share rural business and community building stories and ideas with other small town business people. She and her husband have a small cattle ranch and are lifelong entrepreneurs. Becky is an international speaker on small business and rural topics.

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  1. Joan Vasquez says

    May 16, 2010 at 9:17 pm

    I looked at the charts. I was wondering what is included under “information?” Would that include media and internet services?

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  2. Becky McCray says

    May 16, 2010 at 9:27 pm

    Joan, I don’t know. You might look at the Oklahoma Department of Commerce site for more info, since they provided the stats.

    http://www.okcommerce.gov

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  3. Joan Vasquez says

    May 16, 2010 at 11:22 pm

    Thanks Becky! I cannot tell you how excited I am that the Get Social events are being planned in this area! I am about 20 mins. West of Tulsa so I could attend at either Tulsa or OKC. :)

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