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Unemployed people in Oklahoma City, OK

Unemployed people in Oklahoma City, OK was 12,374 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 8% from 2024. That is the 1st highest of 20 cities in 2025.

2025, persons12,374
Change on 2024+8%
Rank1st of 20Cities in Oklahoma ranked
Series high21,5122020
Series low7,1641999

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Unemployed people in Oklahoma City, OK, 1990 to 2025

5,00010K15K20K25K19901996200220082014202020251990: 12,922 persons1991: 12,564 persons1992: 13,304 persons1993: 11,896 persons1994: 10,892 persons1995: 9,106 persons1996: 8,879 persons1997: 8,471 persons1998: 8,997 persons1999: 7,164 persons2000: 7,357 persons2001: 10,224 persons2002: 12,437 persons2003: 14,296 persons2004: 12,544 persons2005: 12,281 persons2006: 10,960 persons2007: 11,362 persons2008: 9,191 persons2009: 15,397 persons2010: 15,589 persons2011: 13,464 persons2012: 12,736 persons2013: 13,090 persons2014: 11,325 persons2015: 11,007 persons2016: 12,021 persons2017: 11,743 persons2018: 10,009 persons2019: 9,713 persons2020: 21,512 persons2021: 14,026 persons2022: 9,996 persons2023: 10,895 persons2024: 11,459 persons2025: 12,374 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
202512,374
202411,459
202310,895
20229,996
202114,026
202021,512
20199,713
201810,009
201711,743
201612,021
201511,007
201411,325
201313,090
201212,736
201113,464
201015,589
200915,397
20089,191
200711,362
200610,960
200512,281
200412,544
200314,296
200212,437
200110,224
20007,357
19997,164
19988,997
19978,471
19968,879
19959,106
199410,892
199311,896
199213,304
199112,564
199012,922

Rankings

Definition

Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, annual average. People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. The survey definition, not a count of benefit claimants. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Unemployed people, Oklahoma City, OK, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Oklahoma City, OK, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/oklahoma-city-ok. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Unemployed people, Oklahoma City, OK, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/oklahoma-city-ok.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Oklahoma City, OK, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/oklahoma-city-ok (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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What is the unemployed people in Oklahoma City, OK?

Unemployed people in Oklahoma City, OK was 12,374 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 8% from 2024. That is the 1st highest of 20 cities in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest unemployed people in Oklahoma City, OK?

21,512 in 2020, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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