Colorado vs Oklahoma: two economies side by side

Colorado and Oklahoma share a border. Here are the two economies on the same measures, with the rank of each among 51 states and DC.

Rocky Mountain · SouthwestColorado leads on 7, Oklahoma on 4 of 11 measures

Indicator	A · CO	B · OK	Ranks
GDP, 2025	$574.9B	$274.3B	17 · 31
Real GDP growth, 2025	+1.9%	+2.2%	27 · 19
Real growth a year since 2015	+3.2%	+1.1%	8 · 43
GDP per person	$95,610	$66,523	12 · 47
Income per person, 2025	$86,342	$66,055	10 · 41
Real income per person (2017 $)	$65,223	$58,692	8 · 23
Price level (US = 100)	103.1	87.8	13 · 48
Housing costs (US = 100)	127.4	62.8	5 · 47
Unemployment, September 2026	4.1%	4.2%	31 · 33
Population	6,012,561	4,123,288	20 · 28
Population growth a year since 2020	+0.77%	+0.78%	15 · 14

Highlighted: the higher value, or the lower one for prices and unemployment. BEA (GDP, income, price parities), BLS (unemployment).

Fig. 1Real GDP, index 2015 = 100Chained 2017 dollars

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Fig. 2Unemployment rateMonthly, seasonally adjusted, since 2015

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Industry mix, 2025

Share of each state’s GDP. Sorted by the gap between the two.

Industry	CO	OK	Gap, pp	Larger in
Professional services	11.4%	4.5%	6.9	CO
Mining, oil & gas	3.0%	8.7%	5.7	OK
Real estate	15.8%	10.6%	5.2	CO
Government	11.3%	15.7%	4.4	OK
Information	6.4%	2.3%	4.1	CO
Manufacturing	5.1%	9.1%	4.0	OK
Construction	5.7%	3.9%	1.7	CO
Health care	6.4%	8.0%	1.6	OK
Transportation & warehousing	3.4%	4.8%	1.4	OK
Agriculture	0.5%	1.6%	1.0	OK
Retail trade	5.5%	6.5%	1.0	OK
Utilities	1.1%	2.1%	1.0	OK
Arts & recreation	1.5%	0.7%	0.9	CO
Accommodation & food	3.6%	2.9%	0.7	CO
Administrative & waste services	2.8%	3.3%	0.5	OK
Wholesale trade	5.5%	5.2%	0.4	CO
Management of companies	1.9%	1.6%	0.3	CO
Education	0.8%	0.6%	0.2	CO
Finance & insurance	5.8%	5.6%	0.2	CO
Other services	2.3%	2.2%	0.1	CO