Tulsa is a large city located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 411,867 people and 142 associated neighborhoods, Tulsa is the second largest community in Oklahoma.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Tulsa is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Tulsa is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Tulsa who work in office and administrative support (11.65%), sales jobs (10.23%), and management occupations (9.51%). Also of interest is that Tulsa has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.42% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The overall education level of Tulsa citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.92% of adults in Tulsa have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Tulsa in 2022 was $36,490, which is wealthy relative to Oklahoma, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $145,960 for a family of four. However, Tulsa contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Tulsa is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Tulsa home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tulsa residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Tulsa also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.32% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Tulsa include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Tulsa is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Asian languages.
