Coordinates: 35°30′N 98°00′W / 35.5°N 98°W
State of Oklahoma | |
Anthem: Oklahoma, Oklahoma Hills | |
Country | United States |
Before statehood |
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Admitted to the Union | November 16, 1907 (46th) |
Capital (and largest city) | Oklahoma City |
Largest metro | Greater Oklahoma City |
Government | |
• Governor | Kevin Stitt (R) |
• Lieutenant Governor | Matt Pinnell (R) |
Legislature | Oklahoma Legislature |
• Upper house | Senate |
• Lower house | House of Representatives |
U.S. senators |
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U.S. House delegation | (list) |
Area | |
• Total | 69,899 sq mi (181,037 km2) |
• Land | 68,595 sq mi (177,660 km2) |
• Water | 1,304 sq mi (3,377 km2) 1.9% |
• Rank | 20th |
Elevation | 1,300 ft (400 m) |
Highest elevation | 4,975 ft (1,516 m) |
Lowest elevation | 289 ft (88 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 3,956,971 |
• Rank | 28th |
• Density | 55.2/sq mi (21.3/km2) |
• Rank | 35th |
• Median household income | $50,051 |
• Income rank | 44th |
Language | |
• Official language | English • Choctaw • Cherokee • Note: (Choctaw official within Choctaw Nation, Cherokee official within Cherokee Nation and UKB) |
Time zones | |
entire state (legally) | UTC−06:00 (Central) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−05:00 (CDT) |
Kenton (informally) | UTC−07:00 (Mountain) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
USPS abbreviation | OK |
ISO 3166 code | US-OK |
Trad. abbreviation | Okla. |
Latitude | 33°37' N to 37° N |
Longitude | 94° 26' W to 103° W |
Website | www |
Oklahoma state symbols | |
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Living insignia | |
Amphibian | Bullfrog |
Bird | Scissor-tailed Flycatcher |
Fish | Sand bass |
Flower |
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Grass | Indian Grass |
Insect | European honey bee |
Mammal | American bison |
Reptile | Mountain Boomer |
Tree | Redbud |
Inanimate insignia | |
Beverage | Milk |
Colors | White and green (vice versa) |
Dance | Waltz: Oklahoma Wind |
Dinosaur | Acrocanthosaurus atokensis |
Folk dance | Square dance |
Fossil | Saurophaganax maximus |
Instrument | Drum |
Rock | Rose Rock |
Soil | Port Silt Loam |
Tartan | Oklahoma Tartan |
Other |
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State route marker | |
State quarter | |
Released in 2008, as part of the state quarters series. Oklahoma's state bird flying above its state wildflower. | |
Lists of United States state symbols |