Oklahoma
Capital: Oklahoma City · South · Sooner State
State Statistics
| Population | 3.99M |
| GDP | $210.0B |
| Area | 181,037 km² |
| Capital | Oklahoma City |
| Largest City | Oklahoma City |
| Political Lean | Unknown |
About Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state where the Great Plains meet Southern culture, shaped by 39 federally recognized tribal nations, the thunderous legacy of land runs, the trauma of the Dust Bowl and the 1995 bombing, and a defiant energy-industry economy. With more tornadoes per square mile than anywhere on Earth and one of the most legally complex Native American land jurisdiction landscapes in the U.S. following McGirt v. Oklahoma, Oklahoma is perpetually at the intersection of the elemental and the historic.
Major Cities
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City is a sprawling Great Plains capital that grew from the famous 1889 Land Run into a major oil, aerospace, and healthcare hub. Bricktown, the National Memorial, and the OKC Thunder have...
Tulsa
Tulsa was once dubbed the 'Oil Capital of the World' and built one of the most prosperous Black communities in America in its Greenwood District — destroyed in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Today i...
Norman
Norman is a college town defined by the University of Oklahoma's flagship campus and the National Severe Storms Laboratory. Home to the Sooners and a thriving arts district, it functions as the aca...
Notable Universities
| University | City | Type | Founded | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Oklahoma | Norman | Public Research University (R1) | 1890 | 30K |
| Oklahoma State University | Stillwater | Public Research University (R1) | 1890 | 25K |
| University of Tulsa | Tulsa | Private Research University | 1894 | 4K |
| Oral Roberts University | Tulsa | Private Christian University | 1963 | 4K |