Minneapolis, MN vs Oklahoma City, OK

Minneapolis, MN spends 21% more per resident than Oklahoma City, OK: $21,910 against $18,074. That gap is large enough to show up across most functional budget categories below.

On the CitySpend Fiscal Health Score the two are level: Minneapolis, MN and Oklahoma City, OK both land at 65/100 (grade B and B respectively), so the deciding factors sit in the underlying six-factor breakdown rather than the rolled-up grade.

On debt, Minneapolis, MN carries the lighter load at $644 per resident versus $3,520 for Oklahoma City, OK. Both cities pour the most per-resident dollars into the same function: parks and recreation leads in Minneapolis, MN at $3,486 per resident and in Oklahoma City, OK at $2,014.

They also fund themselves differently: other revenue is the largest single revenue source in Minneapolis, MN at 17% of total revenue, whereas Oklahoma City, OK relies most on intergovernmental transfers at 19%.