Portland, OR vs Oklahoma City, OK
Side-by-side fiscal comparison · U.S. Census Bureau data (2023)
Portland, OR spends 31% more per resident than Oklahoma City, OK: $23,675 against $18,074. That gap is large enough to show up across most functional budget categories below.
Oklahoma City, OK edges Portland, OR on the Fiscal Health Score by 2 points — 65/100 (grade B) to 63/100 (grade C). At a margin this narrow the grade is close enough that the factor-level detail matters more than the composite.
On debt, Portland, OR carries the lighter load at $1,574 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 Portland, OR at $2,477 per resident and in Oklahoma City, OK at $2,014.
On the revenue side both lean hardest on intergovernmental transfers — 19% of total revenue in Portland, OR and 19% in Oklahoma City, OK.
Summary
Portland spends 31.0% more per capita than Oklahoma City ($5,601/person difference). Oklahoma City, OK has the stronger Fiscal Health Score (B, 65/100).
Fiscal Health Score
Key Metrics
Per Capita Spending by Department
Revenue Breakdown (Per Capita)
| Sales Tax | $1,695 | $763 |
| Income Tax | $130 | $1,037 |
| Intergovernmental | $8,979 | $6,852 |
| Charges & Fees | $3,883 | $3,256 |
| Other | $7,916 | $1,836 |
Spending Breakdown (Per Capita)
| Fire Protection | $1,700 | $513 |
| Highways & Roads | $139 | $0 |
| Public Welfare | $3,607 | $1,525 |
| Health | $0 | $5 |
| Hospitals | $2,893 | $2,044 |
| Parks & Recreation | $2,477 | $2,014 |
| Housing | $3,694 | $2,857 |
| Sewerage | $630 | $0 |
| Utilities | $1,845 | $4,523 |
| Interest on Debt | $0 | $707 |
| Other | $6,689 | $3,886 |
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Source: Census Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, 2026.