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Recessions come and go, but the lucky residents of Moore have long enjoyed a consistently low unemployment rate -- currently less than half the national average. This safe suburb of Oklahoma City also has some of the top-ranked schools in the state. Seems that the word is out, though: Last year the city issued more building permits than it had since 2002. -- L.M.
Due to an error by our data provider, an earlier version listed incorrect stats for this city's number of colleges.
(I) Income tax notes:
The income brackets reported for Oklahoma are for single persons. For married persons filing jointly, the same tax rates apply to income brackets ranging from $2,000, to $15,000.
Using statistics from data services company Onboard Informatics, we crunched the numbers in order to zero in on America's best small cities for families. (Last year, we looked at small towns, with populations between 8,500 and 50,000.)
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