Oklahoma City, OK vs Minneapolis, MN

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: Oklahoma City, OK and Minneapolis, MN 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 Oklahoma City, OK at $2,014 per resident and in Minneapolis, MN at $3,486.

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