Capital City:
Oklahoma City
State FLower:
Mistletoe
State Bird:
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
State #46 Admitted to Union:
November 16, 1907
    People Facts Oklahoma USA
Population, 2006 estimate 3,579,212 299,398,484
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 3.7% 6.4%
Population, 2000 3,450,654 281,421,906
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 6.9% 6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 24.1% 24.8%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 13.2% 12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2005 50.6% 50.7%
 
White persons, percent, 2005 (a) 78.5% 80.2%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a) 7.7% 12.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a) 8.1% 1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a) 1.5% 4.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a) 0.1% 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 4.0% 1.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b) 6.6% 14.4%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 72.5% 66.9%
 
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 51.3% 54.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 3.8% 11.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 7.4% 17.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 80.6% 80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 20.3% 24.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 676,098 49,746,248
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 21.7 25.5
 
Housing units, 2005 1,588,749 124,521,886
Homeownership rate, 2000 68.4% 66.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 15.2% 26.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $70,700 $119,600
 
Households, 2000 1,342,293 105,480,101
Persons per household, 2000 2.49 2.59
Median household income, 2004 $37,109 $44,334
Per capita money income, 1999 $17,646 $21,587
Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 14.0% 12.7%
    Business Facts
Private nonfarm establishments, 2005 88,5481 7,499,702
Private nonfarm employment, 2005 1,220,2851 116,317,003
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005 1.6%1 2.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 248,416 19,523,741
 
Total number of firms, 2002 291,610 22,974,655
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 2.6% 5.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 5.9% 0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 1.6% 4.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 0.1% 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 1.9% 6.8%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 25.7% 28.2%
 
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 39,924,050 3,916,136,712
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 30,799,789 4,634,755,112
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 32,112,960 3,056,421,997
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $9,206 $10,615
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 3,901,754 449,498,718
Building permits, 2006 15,840 1,838,903
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 26,643,9121 2,143,781,7272
    Geography Facts Oklahoma USA
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 68,667.06 3,537,438.44
Persons per square mile, 2000 50.3 79.6