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Cities in Oklahoma by unemployed people

Oklahoma City, OK had the highest unemployed people of 20 cities in 2024, at 11,459. Ponca City, OK had the lowest, at 371. The median was 693. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest11,459Oklahoma City, OK
Lowest371Ponca City, OK
Median69320 cities

All cities, 2024

Oklahoma City, OK: 11,459 personsOklahoma City, OK11,459Tulsa, OK: 7,110 personsTulsa, OK7,110Norman, OK: 2,039 personsNorman, OK2,039Broken Arrow, OK: 1,884 personsBroken Arrow, OK1,884Edmond, OK: 1,461 personsEdmond, OK1,461Lawton, OK: 1,345 personsLawton, OK1,345Midwest City, OK: 1,021 personsMidwest City, OK1,021Moore, OK: 984 personsMoore, OK984Stillwater, OK: 773 personsStillwater, OK773Enid, OK: 735 personsEnid, OK735Muskogee, OK: 650 personsMuskogee, OK650Owasso, OK: 615 personsOwasso, OK615Bartlesville, OK: 574 personsBartlesville, OK574Shawnee, OK: 527 personsShawnee, OK527Bixby, OK: 458 personsBixby, OK458Ardmore, OK: 453 personsArdmore, OK453Del City, OK: 403 personsDel City, OK403Jenks, OK: 403 personsJenks, OK403Yukon, OK: 403 personsYukon, OK403Ponca City, OK: 371 personsPonca City, OK371Oklahoma City, OK: 11,459 personsOklahoma City, OK11,459Tulsa, OK: 7,110 personsTulsa, OK7,110Norman, OK: 2,039 personsNorman, OK2,039Broken Arrow, OK: 1,884 personsBroken Arrow, OK1,884Edmond, OK: 1,461 personsEdmond, OK1,461Lawton, OK: 1,345 personsLawton, OK1,345Midwest City, OK: 1,021 personsMidwest City, OK1,021Moore, OK: 984 personsMoore, OK984Stillwater, OK: 773 personsStillwater, OK773Enid, OK: 735 personsEnid, OK735Muskogee, OK: 650 personsMuskogee, OK650Owasso, OK: 615 personsOwasso, OK615Bartlesville, OK: 574 personsBartlesville, OK574Shawnee, OK: 527 personsShawnee, OK527Bixby, OK: 458 personsBixby, OK458Ardmore, OK: 453 personsArdmore, OK453Del City, OK: 403 personsDel City, OK403Jenks, OK: 403 personsJenks, OK403Yukon, OK: 403 personsYukon, OK403Ponca City, OK: 371 personsPonca City, OK371
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024
persons		Change on 2023
1Oklahoma City, OK11,459+5.2%
2Tulsa, OK7,110+2.6%
3Norman, OK2,039+5.5%
4Broken Arrow, OK1,884+6.1%
5Edmond, OK1,461+6.7%
6Lawton, OK1,345-6.1%
7Midwest City, OK1,021-1.4%
8Moore, OK984+6.6%
9Stillwater, OK773+6.5%
10Enid, OK735+4.6%
11Muskogee, OK650+4.3%
12Owasso, OK615+3.9%
13Bartlesville, OK574+4.9%
14Shawnee, OK527-1.3%
15Bixby, OK458+6%
16Ardmore, OK453+4.6%
17Del City, OK403+1.8%
17Jenks, OK403+9.8%
17Yukon, OK403+5.8%
20Ponca City, OK371+2.5%

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

More on how it is measured
  • 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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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.CurrentU20-24. 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 (Cities in Oklahoma by unemployed people, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Oklahoma by unemployed people, 2024. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/oklahoma-cities?period=2024. 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. Cities in Oklahoma by unemployed people, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/oklahoma-cities?period=2024.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Oklahoma by unemployed people, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/oklahoma-cities?period=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Oklahoma City, OK, with 11,459 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Ponca City, OK, with 371 in 2024.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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