Oklahoma State Profile

Oklahoma's business confidence improves indicating possible economic growth over next six months; economic recovery ahead of nation despite low prices for state's major resource - natural gas; property tax among lowest in US.

• State job growth fell 2.9% in August 2009 from a year ago; national job growth fell 4.4%.
• State unemployment averaged 6.8% in August 2009; the national average was 9.7%
• Personal income fell 2.1% to $129 billion in Q2 2009 from a year ago.
• Tax revenue fell 21.8% in Q2 2009 from the previous year.
• Exports fell 13.5% to $2.7 billion in the first seven months of 2009 from a year ago.