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Welcome. Oklahoma is ranked as one of the most business-friendly states in the country. We offer businesses the nation's best career-development program, a talented, productive workforce, low operating costs for your company, low cost of living for your employees, a great quality of life, and much more - all in a central location. For a closer look at Oklahoma's Advantage, go to Oklahoma Department of Commerce's Web site under the Related Topics section.
Natalie Shirley
Secretary of Commerce and Tourism
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Department of Commerce
Employment Security Commission
- The world's first installed parking meter was in Oklahoma City, on July 16, 1935. Carl C. Magee, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is generally credited with originating the parking meter. He filed for a patent for a "coin controlled parking meter" on May 13, 1935.
- Oklahoma ranks fourth in the nation in the production of all wheat, fourth in cattle and calf production; fifth in the production of pecans; sixth in peanuts and eighth in peaches.
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