Oklahoma vs Texas: two economies side by side

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

SouthwestOklahoma leads on 4, Texas on 7 of 11 measures

Indicator	A · OK	B · TX	Ranks
GDP, 2025	$274.3B	$2.93T	31 · 2
Real GDP growth, 2025	+2.2%	+2.8%	19 · 9
Real growth a year since 2015	+1.1%	+3.6%	43 · 6
GDP per person	$66,523	$92,474	47 · 14
Income per person, 2025	$66,055	$73,156	41 · 26
Real income per person (2017 $)	$58,692	$58,219	23 · 27
Price level (US = 100)	87.8	97.1	48 · 25
Housing costs (US = 100)	62.8	96.5	47 · 20
Unemployment, September 2026	4.2%	4.4%	33 · 38
Population	4,123,288	31,709,821	28 · 2
Population growth a year since 2020	+0.78%	+1.6%	14 · 4

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	OK	TX	Gap, pp	Larger in
Government	15.7%	9.0%	6.7	OK
Wholesale trade	5.2%	8.6%	3.5	TX
Professional services	4.5%	7.5%	2.9	TX
Health care	8.0%	5.6%	2.4	OK
Manufacturing	9.1%	11.3%	2.3	TX
Real estate	10.6%	12.7%	2.1	TX
Mining, oil & gas	8.7%	6.9%	1.8	OK
Finance & insurance	5.6%	7.4%	1.8	TX
Information	2.3%	4.0%	1.7	TX
Agriculture	1.6%	0.6%	1.0	OK
Transportation & warehousing	4.8%	3.9%	1.0	OK
Construction	3.9%	4.9%	0.9	TX
Retail trade	6.5%	5.7%	0.8	OK
Other services	2.2%	1.8%	0.4	OK
Utilities	2.1%	1.8%	0.4	OK
Management of companies	1.6%	1.3%	0.3	OK
Accommodation & food	2.9%	2.6%	0.3	OK
Administrative & waste services	3.3%	3.2%	0.1	OK
Education	0.6%	0.7%	0.1	TX
Arts & recreation	0.7%	0.6%	0.1	OK