Missouri vs Oklahoma: two economies side by side

Missouri 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 · SouthwestMissouri leads on 6, Oklahoma on 5 of 11 measures

Indicator	A · MO	B · OK	Ranks
GDP, 2025	$475.4B	$274.3B	22 · 31
Real GDP growth, 2025	+1.2%	+2.2%	42 · 19
Real growth a year since 2015	+1.6%	+1.1%	31 · 43
GDP per person	$75,811	$66,523	38 · 47
Income per person, 2025	$69,836	$66,055	31 · 41
Real income per person (2017 $)	$57,850	$58,692	28 · 23
Price level (US = 100)	90.8	87.8	39 · 48
Housing costs (US = 100)	69.9	62.8	42 · 47
Unemployment, September 2026	3.6%	4.2%	21 · 33
Population	6,270,541	4,123,288	18 · 28
Population growth a year since 2020	+0.37%	+0.78%	32 · 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	MO	OK	Gap, pp	Larger in
Mining, oil & gas	0.2%	8.7%	8.5	OK
Government	10.3%	15.7%	5.4	OK
Finance & insurance	9.2%	5.6%	3.6	MO
Professional services	6.8%	4.5%	2.3	MO
Real estate	12.7%	10.6%	2.0	MO
Wholesale trade	7.0%	5.2%	1.8	MO
Manufacturing	10.7%	9.1%	1.6	MO
Transportation & warehousing	3.3%	4.8%	1.5	OK
Information	3.7%	2.3%	1.5	MO
Health care	9.3%	8.0%	1.3	MO
Construction	4.8%	3.9%	0.8	MO
Management of companies	2.2%	1.6%	0.6	MO
Utilities	1.6%	2.1%	0.5	OK
Education	1.1%	0.6%	0.5	MO
Administrative & waste services	2.9%	3.3%	0.4	OK
Arts & recreation	1.1%	0.7%	0.4	MO
Agriculture	1.2%	1.6%	0.4	OK
Other services	2.3%	2.2%	0.1	MO
Accommodation & food	3.0%	2.9%	0.1	MO
Retail trade	6.5%	6.5%	0.0