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Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City is Oklahoma's capital and largest city. Like many American cities, it saw a decline in population during the 1970s and 1980s, but a resurgence in recent years: In 1993, the city launched Metropolitan Area Projects (MAPS), a $3 billion redevelopment effort aimed at rebuilding the city's core. Projects included a new baseball park, a central library, civic center renovations, and a canal to the Bricktown entertainment district.

Oklahoma City has two Fortune 500 companies - Devon Energy and Chesapeake Energy, plus several in the Fortune 1000. The city is also home to the corporate headquarters of Sonic Drive In. Other large employers in Oklahoma City include Tinker Air Force Base, the Federal Government, Dell, AT&T, Boeing, Xerox, United Parcel Service, Cox, and the state of Oklahoma.

According to the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, the metropolitan area's economic output grew by 33 percent between 2001 and 2005 due chiefly to economic diversification. In 2008 Forbes Magazine named Oklahoma City the most "recession proof city in America." The magazine reports that the city has falling unemployment, one of the strongest housing markets in the country and solid growth in energy, agriculture and manufacturing.

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