Ahead of National Small Business Week, new rankings have Tulsa as the ninth-best city for Hispanic entrepreneurs.
The nation's 150 largest cities are included in the WalletHub rankings, which incorporate 11 business-friendliness and eight purchasing power measures.
Tulsa scored well in the latter, standing out in its measure of Hispanics’ income growth — 20 percent from 2010 to 2014.
"Now, the median annual household income of Hispanics is about $45,000 in Tulsa, 30th best overall," said analyst Jill Gonzalez. "Many cities here are still in the $20,000s."
Tulsa’s business-friendliness scores were more middle-of-the-road.
"When you're just looking at share of businesses owned by Hispanics, it's a little less than 2.5 percent in Tulsa," Gonzalez said. "So, out of any of these metrics, that's one that could use some improvement."
Tulsa came in 78th out of the 150 cities in the share of Hispanic-owned businesses.
Overall, Tulsa was just a fraction of a point behind eighth-ranked Sioux Falls, S.D., and nearly an entire point ahead of Oklahoma City but almost 15 points behind top-ranked Laredo, Texas.
