Kansas vs Oklahoma: two economies side by side

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

Plains · SouthwestKansas leads on 5, Oklahoma on 6 of 11 measures

Indicator	A · KS	B · OK	Ranks
GDP, 2025	$232.1B	$274.3B	33 · 31
Real GDP growth, 2025	+1.00%	+2.2%	43 · 19
Real growth a year since 2015	+1.2%	+1.1%	42 · 43
GDP per person	$77,961	$66,523	33 · 47
Income per person, 2025	$69,149	$66,055	33 · 41
Real income per person (2017 $)	$59,172	$58,692	21 · 23
Price level (US = 100)	90.1	87.8	42 · 48
Housing costs (US = 100)	71.2	62.8	40 · 47
Unemployment, September 2026	3.8%	4.2%	25 · 33
Population	2,977,220	4,123,288	34 · 28
Population growth a year since 2020	+0.26%	+0.78%	36 · 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	KS	OK	Gap, pp	Larger in
Mining, oil & gas	0.5%	8.7%	8.2	OK
Manufacturing	15.1%	9.1%	6.1	KS
Government	12.3%	15.7%	3.3	OK
Agriculture	3.0%	1.6%	1.5	KS
Professional services	6.0%	4.5%	1.5	KS
Wholesale trade	6.5%	5.2%	1.4	KS
Real estate	11.4%	10.6%	0.7	KS
Transportation & warehousing	4.1%	4.8%	0.7	OK
Construction	4.6%	3.9%	0.7	KS
Finance & insurance	6.2%	5.6%	0.6	KS
Information	2.6%	2.3%	0.4	KS
Retail trade	6.2%	6.5%	0.3	OK
Utilities	1.8%	2.1%	0.3	OK
Health care	8.2%	8.0%	0.2	KS
Management of companies	1.8%	1.6%	0.2	KS
Administrative & waste services	3.1%	3.3%	0.2	OK
Other services	2.4%	2.2%	0.2	KS
Accommodation & food	2.8%	2.9%	0.2	OK
Arts & recreation	0.6%	0.7%	0.1	OK
Education	0.6%	0.6%	0.0