"Oklahoma" is a combination of the Choctaw words okla, meaning "people," and homma, meaning "red"

Location one of the Great Plains States
Bordered By Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico

Total Area (rank) 69,903 sq mi (20th)
Greatest Distance E-W 464 mi
Greatest Distance N-S 230 mi
Geographic Center 8 miles north of Oklahoma City
Highest Point Black Mesa; 4,973 ft
Lowest Points along the Little River in McCurtain County; 287 ft

Population (rank) 3,850,568 (28th)
Largest Cities Oklahoma City (579,999), Tulsa (391,906), Norman (110,925), Lawton (96,867), Broken Arrow (98,850), Edmond (81,405), Moore (55,081), Midwest City (54,371), Enid (49,379), Stillwater (45,688)

Capital Oklahoma City
Local Administration 77 counties
U.S. Congress 2 Senators, 5 Representatives

Principal Industries transportation equipment, machinery, electric products, rubber and plastic products, food processing
Agricultural Products wheat, cotton; cattle, milk, poultry
Minerals petroleum, natural gas, coal, stone and clays, granite, helium

First Explored By Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, in 1541
First Permanent European Settlement
Oklahoma Territory Created 1890
Admitted to Union (rank) November 16, 1907 (46th)

SEE ALSO
Colorado
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Texas
New Mexico

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