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Population Boom: Where are Oklahoma’s newest residents living and working?
The previous edition of the Oklahoma Economist discovered those moving in came mostly from the Western U.S., and the state experienced “brain gain” after losing college graduates to other states for many years. This edition explores where in Oklahoma these new residents moved to and where other residents have moved within the state, as well as the demographics and employment status of those moving in.
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Oklahoma’s Rising Labor Force Participation Driven Largely by Native Americans
This edition of Oklahoma Economist finds that the state’s increase in labor force participation since 2021 has been primarily driven by heightened participation among the Native American population, in both metro and non-metro areas.
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Harvesting the Wind: Oklahoma’s Strong Electricity Growth Has Few Agricultural Tradeoffs
This edition of Oklahoma Economist examines where electricity is generated within the state, its effect on agricultural land, and what may lie ahead.
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Consumer Discretionary Sector Has Boosted Recent Regional Services Activity as Business and Professional Activity Slows
The Kansas City Fed’s monthly services survey tracks business activity for a wide variety of services firms in the Tenth District. We segment the results into consumer services (both discretionary and nondiscretionary) and business and professional services and find that the consumer sector has been stronger than the business and professional sector recently, driven by discretionary services. Accordingly, consumer services firms report greater pricing power, expected wage growth, and capital expenditures.
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From Brain Drain to Brain Gain, Oklahoma’s Population on the Rise
This edition of Oklahoma Economist examines multiple sources of state migration data to quantify the drivers of the state’s population growth. It finds the recent surge of new residents was driven primarily by historic levels of domestic migration from states in the western half of the U.S., as well as a reversal of the “brain drain” that plagued the state for much of the 2010s.
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First-Time Homeownership Became Less Affordable Across Most of the United States in Recent Years
New homeownership became less affordable across much of the United States over the last five years. Swiftly rising house prices and higher borrowing costs have not been fully offset by wage gains, making homeownership less affordable in both metropolitan and rural areas. Although new homeownership is less affordable than in years past, slower housing price gains and steadily rising wages may offer some reprieve for housing affordability in the coming year.
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Oklahoma Tribal Area Economies: Rising Incomes, Falling Poverty
The previous edition of the Oklahoma Economist showed Oklahoma’s labor force participation rate recently surpassed the national rate for the first time in decades, driven especially by greater workforce participation among Native Americans. This edition analyzes in more detail the economic progress made by Native Americans across the state over the past 10 to 15 years.