OKlahoma City - tops in the lowest unemployment rate in the country

The US Labor Department has reported the top cities ending in 2009 with the lowest unemployment rates of cities with over 1 million population in the Metro area. The top six cities are:

1. Oklahoma City         6%
2. Washington DC        6.2%
3. New Orleans             6.8%
4. San Antonio             6.8% 
5. Austin                     6.9%
6. Virginia Beach          6.9%

The cities with the highest rates were Detroit at 16.9% and Riverside, CA at 16.0%. There were 17 additional cities with unemployment rates of 10.0% or greater.

I would think this is good news for Oklahoma City real estate as we head into the new year.