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Article: Oklahoma.
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- Plants Sites & Parks
- Article date:
- May 1, 1999
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POPULATION
1990: 3.1 million
1998: 3.3 million
2005 Projected: 3.5 million
Major metropolitan centers and 1997 populations:
Oklahoma City MSA: 1 million
Tulsa MSA: 764,400
Fort Smith, AR-OK MSA: 192,400
Lawton MSA: 114,000
Enid MSA: 56,700
WORK FORCE
Right-to-work state: No
1998 work force: 1.6 million
1998 unemployment rate: 4.3%
TARGET INDUSTRIES
Biotechnology, aviation and aerospace, electronics,
industrial machinery, telecommunications and plastics
INCENTIVES
* Income tax credit for companies that create computer,
data processing or R&D jobs paying at
least $35,000
* Income tax credits (100 percent usable in
Oklahoma) for investment and job ...