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Capital: Oklahoma City
State
abbreviation/Postal code: Okla./OK
Governor: Brad Henry, D
(to Jan. 2011)
Lieut. Governor: Jari
Askins, D (to Jan. 2011)
Senators: Tom Coburn, R
(to Jan. 2011); James Inhofe, R (to Jan. 2009)
U.S. Representatives: 5
Historical biographies of Congressional members
Secy. of State: M. Susan
Savage, D (to Jan. 2011)
Treasurer: Scott
Meacham, D (to Jan. 2011)
Atty. General: W. A.
Drew Edmondson, D (to Jan. 2011)
Organized as territory:
May 2, 1890
Entered Union (rank):
Nov. 16, 1907 (46)
Present constitution
adopted: 1907
Motto: Labor omnia
vincit (Labor conquers all things)
State symbols:
|
flower |
mistletoe
(1893) |
|
tree |
redbud (1937) |
|
bird |
scissor-tailed
flycatcher (1951) |
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animal |
bison (1972) |
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reptile |
mountain
boomer lizard (1969) |
|
stone |
rose rock
(barite rose) (1968) |
|
colors |
green and
white (1915) |
|
song |
�Oklahoma�
(1953) |
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beverage |
milk |
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butterfly |
black
swallowtail |
|
fish |
white or sand
bass |
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folk dance |
square dance |
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furbearer |
raccoon |
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game animal |
white-tailed
deer |
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grass |
Indiangrass |
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insect |
honeybee |
|
musical
instrument |
fiddle |
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poem |
�Howdy Folks,�
David Randolph Milsten |
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waltz |
�Oklahoma
Wind� |
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wildflower |
Indian blanket |
Nickname: Sooner State
Origin of name: From two
Choctaw Indian words meaning �red people�
10 largest cities (2005
est.): Oklahoma City, 531,324; Tulsa, 382,457;
Norman, 101,719; Lawton, 90,234; Broken Arrow,
86,228; Edmond, 74,881; Midwest City, 54,890; Moore,
47,697; Enid, 46,416; Stillwater, 40,906
Land area: 68,667 sq mi.
(177,848 sq km)
Geographic center: In
Oklahoma Co., 8 mi. N of Oklahoma City
Number of counties: 77
Largest county by population
and area: Oklahoma, 684,543 (2005); Osage, 2,251
sq mi.
State parks: 50
Residents: Oklahoman
2005 resident population est.: 3,547,884
2000 resident census
population (rank): 3,450,654 (27). Male:
1,696,895 (49.1%); Female: 1,754,759 (50.9%).
White: 2,628,434 (76.2%); Black:
260,968 (7.6%); American Indian: 273,230
(7.9%); Asian: 46,767 (1.4%); Other race:
82,898 (2.4%); Two or more races: 155,985
(4.5%); Hispanic/Latino: 179,304 (5.2%).
2000 percent population 18 and over: 74.1; 65
and over: 13.2; median age: 35.5.
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