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Forbes
5 hours ago
- Business
- Forbes
Here Are The Richest Places In Oklahoma, Per The Latest Census Data
The two cities that by far the wealthiest are both located in the immediate suburbs of Oklahoma ... More City. getty You know what one of the best things about Oklahoma is? It has the lowest overall cost of living out of all 50 states (and D.C.), according to the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center's (MERIC) Cost of Living Data Series. Of course, this does not mean Oklahoma is free of any wealthy residents or wealthy towns. Recently, a series of data-based studies have been analyzing states, identifying their richest cities based on data from the Census Bureau's 2023 American Community Survey. This study analyzed 846 cities — what the Census Bureau designates as 'places' — in Oklahoma that had complete data from the Census Bureau, in terms of their median household income, mean (average) household income, median home value, and median property taxes paid per year, to come up with a list of the 15 richest cities in the state. Read on to find out what the richest city in Oklahoma is, plus the top 15 wealthiest cities in the state overall. In order to compile this list of the richest cities in Oklahoma, relevant financial data from the Census Bureau's 2023 American Community Survey was sourced. Wielding these datasets, this study put together a four-factor scoring system to help identify the wealthiest cities in Oklahoma: Median household income Mean (average) household income Median home value Median property taxes paid There are a few important conditions and provisos about what the Census Bureau does with its data. For a number of factors, the Census figures have upper limits, so there's no exact value for certain factors. For example, for median household income, the Census Bureau has an upper limit of '$250,000+'. For median home value, the upper limit is '$2,000,000+'. For median property taxes paid, the upper limit is '$10,000+'. For these reasons, the mean household income (which is the same as average household income) dataset is crucial because the Census Bureau has exact figures for it. All four of these metrics were scored, added up, and then ranked by the cities' combined scores. Another aspect of the Census to point out is the census-designated place — CDP. The Census, more or less, treats CDPs as cities — their terminology is 'place' — and so will this list of the richest cities in Oklahoma. But if you see cities on this list that you see as, say, neighborhoods, you're not wrong; they just happen to be treated as cities by the Census Bureau. You'll find a table detailing the top 15 richest cities in Oklahoma and their respective dollar figures for each metric, below: The No. 1 richest city in Oklahoma in this ranking is Lake Aluma, a small little square-shaped town northeast of Oklahoma City. This place has only 29 households in total. Like so many lakeside towns, this one is wealthy and has beautiful homes on the lakefront. This is the only town in Oklahoma where the median household income exceeded $250,000. The average household income is the second highest in the state, at $333,152. Just under 57% of households here earn a minimum of $200,000 per year. The median home value is north of $1 million, which is absurdly high for Oklahoma considering most of the wealthiest cities on this list don't have home values that exceed $500,000. Finally, the median property tax paid per household is $8,250. The No. 2 richest place in Oklahoma is Nichols Hills is an upscale residential and shopping area, northwest of downtown Oklahoma City. This suburb is much larger than Lake Aluma, containing 1,540 households. Not surprisingly for a wealthy town, Management Occupations account for 30.4% of the workforce, the largest share, according to Data USA. The top industries by employment are Health Care & Social Assistance (23.4% of the workforce), Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (17.3% of the workforce), and Utilities (8.06% of the workforce). The median household income in Nichols Hills is $203,750. The average household income is substantially higher, at $344,808. The median home value too blows other cities' out of the water, at $855,300. And this town actually has higher property taxes than in the No. 1 richest city, the median paid being $9,281. The third richest place in Oklahoma is Cedar Valley, a small town of just 199 households. What's odd about this place is that it's composed of two rectangular areas of residents, connected by a line that runs along State Highway 33. And it seems to be the more western rectangular block that contains most of the wealth, including many newer and larger homes. The median home value reported by the Census Bureau is $322,000, but this figure is bound to far higher in the western quadrant. The median household income is $128,828, while the average household income is $146,169. Nearly two-thirds of households here earn $100,000 or more; and $100,000 goes far in a state where the median household income is $63,603.
The Independent
a day ago
- Health
- The Independent
These are the states where psychopaths are most likely to live
A new study claims to have identified the U.S. states where you are more likely to find yourself living next to psychopaths, narcissists, and sadists. Data on 1.8 million people in 183 countries, including 144,000 people in the U.S., was analyzed as part of the study, published in the scientific journal PNAS, and linked with information on adverse social conditions, such as poverty, inequality, and violence. The study aimed to explore why some people are more inclined to cheat, manipulate, or harm others for their own gain, revealing that one contributing factor is the societal conditions in which they grow up. Researchers used World Bank data for countries, while for U.S. states, data sets were gathered from Census Bureau statistics on inequality and poverty, Justice Department corruption convictions, and FBI homicide rates. Ingo Zettler, one of the researchers behind the study, told the University of Copenhagen that where these conditions were observed, people behaved accordingly: 'The more adverse conditions in a society, the higher the level of the 'Dark Factor of Personality' among its citizens. This applies both globally and within the United States.' He added: 'In societies where rules are broken without consequences and where the conditions for many citizens are bad, individuals perceive and learn that one should actually think of oneself first.' The study reveals that countries such as Indonesia and Mexico, as well as U.S. states like Louisiana and Nevada, exhibit higher 'Dark Factor' levels compared to countries like Denmark and New Zealand, or states like Utah and Vermont, which experience better societal conditions characterized by lower corruption, inequality, poverty, and violence. As to which states had a higher number of 'dark' personalities, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Nevada, South Dakota, and New York came out on top. If you are planning to move soon, you are less likely to encounter psychopaths, narcissists, and sadists in Utah, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Oregon, and Alaska. Researchers acknowledged that the study has some limitations, notably that the data does not include how long participants have lived in certain countries or states before personality tendencies developed — a sadistic neighbor in New York may have only recently arrived from Oregon. Although there is only a moderate link between social conditions and the development of disagreeable personality traits, the findings support the idea that personality is not something you are born with; it is also shaped by the society in which you live. As to whether anything can be done to address this, Zettler notes: 'Aversive personality traits are associated with behaviours such as aggression, cheating, and exploitation – and thus with high social costs. Therefore, even small variations can lead to large differences in how societies function.' He adds that if reforms can reduce corruption and inequality, they could not only improve living conditions now but also prevent the development of 'dark' personalities in the future.
Forbes
a day ago
- Business
- Forbes
The Richest Cities In Alaska, Based On The Latest Census Data
Recently, a series of studies have been analyzing and identifying the richest cities in states across the country. Some of the most recent studies have included the wealthiest cities in Indiana, Montana, Oregon, Washington state, among others. It was decided to keep going with this Pacific Northwest trajectory and analyze Alaska next. This study analyzed 111 cities in Alaska with complete data from the Census Bureau, in terms of their median household income, mean (average) household income, median home value, and median property taxes paid per year, to come up with a list of the 15 richest cities in the state. Read on to find out what the richest city in Alaska is, plus the top 15 wealthiest cities in the state overall. In order to compile this list of the richest cities in Alaska, important financial data from the Census Bureau's 2023 American Community Survey was sourced. With these chosen data points, a four-factor scoring system was constructed: You should be aware of a few oddities that the Census Bureau does with its data. For certain factors, the Census sets upper limits on the numbers, so there's no exact value for certain factors. Take for example median household income: The Census Bureau has an upper limit of '$250,000+', and will list exact values only for figures below that. For median home value, the upper limit is '$2,000,000+'. For median property taxes paid, the upper limit is '$10,000+'. For these reasons, the mean household income (which is the same as average household income) dataset is crucial because the Census Bureau has exact figures for it. All four of these metrics were scored, added up, and then ranked by the cities' combined scores. Another aspect of the Census to point out, and is particularly relevant to Alaska, is the Census-designated place — CDP. The Census, more or less, treats CDPs as cities — their terminology is 'place' — and so will this list of the richest cities in Alaska. But if you see cities on this list that you see as, say, neighborhoods, you're not wrong; they just happen to be treated as cities by the Census Bureau. You'll find a table detailing the top 15 richest cities in Alaska and their respective dollar figures for each metric, below: The No. 1 richest city in Alaska in this ranking is Gateway, a CDP a little under 40 miles northeast of Anchorage. There's a little over 2,000 households in this suburb. More than 30% of households in this town earn $200,000 or more. The average household income in Gateway is the highest in the state, at $166,988. The median household income is $137,150 is the third highest. The median home value, as reported by the Census Bureau, is $436,200, which is among the top five. The property taxes paid, with the median being $4,993, is the highest in the state. The No. 2 richest city in Alaska is Chena Ridge, a suburb of Fairbanks, west of the city. Chena Ridge is a census-designated place and actually contains the ghost town of Chena, which used to be as important as Fairbanks back in the early 1900s. This town is of comparable size to the No. 1 richest city on this list, containing just under 2,300 total households. Chena Ridge's median household income is the highest in the state, at $140,722. The mean household income is $158,967. The occupational breakdown for Chena Ridge makes sense for a high-income town, with Management Occupations accounting for a fifth of the workforce, according to Data USA. The median home value here is $411,600, with corresponding property taxes being amongst the highest, with a median paid of $4,757. The third richest city in Alaska is Cooper Landing, which is due south of Anchorage, situated on Kenai Lake. This town doesn't have a large population. There are only 114 total households in Cooper Landing. The median household income here is just under the median income of Chena Ridge, at $140,500 versus $140,500. The average household income in Cooper Landing is actually less than the median, which is unusual, at $134,467. The median home value reported by the Census is $404,500. The median property taxes paid here is comparatively cheap among the richest cities, costing $3,313 per household a year.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Business
- Yahoo
US May retail sales show resilience amid tariff uncertainty
The National Retail Federation says new data from the US Census Bureau shows growth in core retail sales in May 2025 despite a general dip in overall retail sales, linked to fluctuating tariffs on imported goods. Sales in core retail including clothing, which exclude sales from automobile dealerships, gas stations, and restaurants, increased by 0.1% on a seasonally adjusted basis in May and a 3.9% increase on an unadjusted basis from last year. On a three-month moving average, core sales rose by 4.4% year over year and by 3.9% for the first five months of the year. NRF chief economist Jack Kleinhenz said: 'We're continuing to see growth for core retail sales this year at about the same pace as last year. Despite a soft labour market, aggregate consumer spending has been supported by wage gains and an improvement in the stock market. Consumers are seeing their way through the uncertainty with trade policies, but I expect the inflation associated with tariffs to be felt later this year. Consumers remain very price sensitive, and those costs are likely to weigh heavily on consumer budgets.' These findings are consistent with those reported by the CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor, which indicated that core retail sales increased by 0.23% on a seasonally adjusted basis from April to May and saw a 4.2% rise on an unadjusted basis from the previous year. Despite the growth in core retail sales, overall retail sales in the US for the month of May declined by 0.9% when adjusted for seasonal variations from the previous month. It exhibited a 3.3% increase when not adjusted from the same period last year. This contrasts with April's figures, which showed a 0.1% monthly decrease and a 5% yearly increase. Furthermore, the latest Global Port Tracker report issued jointly by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates last week, anticipated an increase in cargo imports at major US container ports in upcoming months, with retailers are preparing to take advantage of a temporary 90-day reduction in tariffs on goods imported from China. "US May retail sales show resilience amid tariff uncertainty" was originally created and published by Just Style, a GlobalData owned brand. The information on this site has been included in good faith for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely, and we give no representation, warranty or guarantee, whether express or implied as to its accuracy or completeness. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Hindustan Times
2 days ago
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
In Los Angeles, Iranian Jews Dream of an Iran They Could One Day Visit
LOS ANGELES—Sam Yebri doesn't remember the country his family fled when he was a 1-year-old, exiled from Iran for being in the Jewish minority. But he has followed the politics of the Islamic nation his entire life, wondering if this current moment would ever come. 'For a long time there's been anxiety that my Jewish homeland would be at war with the land of my birth,' said Yebri, a lawyer and community activist. 'To see it actually happen is surreal.' The escalating conflict between Israel and Iran is gripping Iranian Americans in Los Angeles, which is home to the largest Iranian diaspora in the world. For many Iranian Jews, the war brings back memories of their families' expulsion. For some, it also has rekindled what long felt like a far-fetched dream: a future Iran they could possibly visit. A mile-long stretch of Westwood Boulevard known as 'Tehrangeles' includes Persian bookstores, hookah lounges, grocery stores selling Middle Eastern imports and passport-processing shops with signs in Farsi and English. Visitors can sit down for a slow-cooked chicken kebab over saffron rice before walking a few doors down for orange blossom Persian ice cream. Standing in his family's Persian rug store this week, Yoni Radfar recounted his Jewish family's harrowing escape from Iran in the early 1980s, after the Iranian Revolution installed Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini into power. As they fled by night on horseback, Kurdish coyotes chided a 6-month-old Radfar for crying, afraid he would give away their location. The family settled first in San Francisco, opening jewelry stores around Fisherman's Wharf, before being drawn south to the larger hub of Persian culture in Los Angeles. 'It was destined for us to move here,' Radfar said. Many Iranian Americans in Los Angeles refer to themselves as Persian, tying them to their cultural and linguistic heritage rather than the current Islamic regime. Almost 200,000 Iranian Americans live in the greater Los Angeles area, according to Census Bureau data, of roughly a half-million nationwide. 'I would love to visit a free Iran one day,' said Siamak Kordestani, who left Iran as a young boy with his family in the late 1980s to settle in Los Angeles. 'I hope it comes in my lifetime.' He imagines visiting famous archaeological and cultural sites, such as the ruins of the palace at Persepolis and the tomb of Cyrus the Great, a symbol of friendship between the Jewish and Iranian people. Kordestani, who works in international and government affairs, said he and his friends have celebrated seeing symbols of Iranian state oppression impacted in the recent bombings, such as the Iranian state television headquarters and other government ministries. Los Angeles's Iranian community began building in the 1970s, starting with waves of students coming to study at UCLA and other universities. It amplified after the revolution with families arriving en masse, and soon Tehrangeles was born. Some say Los Angeles's weather and even traffic were a draw because it felt like Tehran, but Kevan Harris, associate professor of sociology at UCLA, calls that a myth. For one thing, he notes, it snows in Tehran. Instead, Harris credits typical chain migration: The initial batch of immigrants drew their friends and relatives, and the community grew. Many became doctors and lawyers, started businesses or invested in real estate. Radfar, whose father lost his entire livelihood to the Khomeini regime before leaving Iran, characterized the success of the Iranian expat community as 'honestly living the American dream.' Iranian Americans are prominent in the civic community, particularly in west Los Angeles. Lawyers and business people stay connected through groups such as the Iranian American Chamber of Commerce and Iranian American Bar Association. Beverly Hills Iranian Americans were cast into the national spotlight in a long-running Bravo reality show, 'Shahs of Sunset,' that highlighted the glamour and tightknit community among a cast of young adults whose families were part of the diaspora. Beverly Hills Mayor Sharona Nazarian has spoken of coming to the U.S. with her family, who is Jewish, as they fled religious persecution in Iran. Watching the conflict has been painful, but Nazarian views Israel's actions as 'a pre-emptive effort to prevent a potential catastrophe,' rather than an assault on the people of Iran, she said in an email this week. Yet 'true change in Iran must come from its own people, the people who continue to show extraordinary courage under repression,' she wrote. Yebri doesn't want to see innocent Iranians caught in the middle of a war, but he sees potential for the current developments to become 'a Berlin Wall moment, a moment in history that can transform the world.' His phone has been pinging constantly with texts and WhatsApp chats with friends exchanging updates and videos, and their dreams of a free Iran. He hopes to one day smell the Iranian air, taste its fruit and hear poetry on the streets as his family has told him about. In 2007, he started an organization, 30 Years After, to help document the Iranian American Jewish experience and engage the community in civic activism. The people of Iran, he says, 'just need to be able to breathe again.' Write to Sara Randazzo at Get 360° coverage—from daily headlines to 100 year archives.
