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'''[[About the OKLAHOMA WIKI]]'''
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Because it HAS been found  in every country on earth  that men, eceasiplly young men under age 25  are responsible for the majority of car crashes, and the deadliest car crashes. Its unequivocal. You don't have a right to car insurance, ride your bike or take public transport if you don't want to pay.After that age, rates are the same. Most recently, during the debate over health care, another nasty reality was brought back into the spotlight: Many insurance companies charge women higher premiums and/or impose harsher terms (by rejecting claims or curtailing coverage), eceasiplly for those of childbearing age. Examples ranged from 22% to 50% higher, depending on age and state .
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'''[http://editthis.info/oklahoma/Special:Recentchanges Recent Changes on Oklahoma Wiki]
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'''Featured Articles'''
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* [[Ozark Trail (auto trail)]]
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* [[Lonnie Latham]]
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* [[Grady the Cow]] - famous for being the 1,200-pound cow stuck inside a storage silo on a farm in Yukon, Oklahoma in 1949.
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* [[Round House Overalls]] - made in Shawnee, OK. Some of the only work clothes still made in the USA
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* [[McClain County, Oklahoma|McClain County]] - includes information about the county's biggest city, [[Newcastle, Oklahoma|Newcastle]]
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* [[Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty]]
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* [[Oklahoma City Sonic Boom Tests]]
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* [[Pine Ridge, Oklahoma|Pine Ridge, Oklahoma]]
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* [[Oklahomans for Ballot Access Reform]] (an article that was censored by Wikipedia --- [[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/delete&page=Oklahomans_for_Ballot_Access_Reform]])
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* [[Tri-point]] - a place where the borders of three states touch (Oklahoma has six tri-points)
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* [[Flag of Oklahoma]]
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'''Oklahoma''' is a [[U.S. state|state]] located in the southern Great Plains and Eastern Woodlands regions of the United States. It is sometimes called "Native America" and the "Sooner State", and is part of a region commonly known as the American "[[Heartland]]."  [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma|Oklahoma City]] is the state's capital and largest city.  The Congressional Quarterly and Census report place Oklahoma in the Southern United States.  However, since Oklahoma is near the geographic center of the U.S., the regional influences add to Oklahoma's unique character. 
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Oklahoma became the 46th state in the Union on November 16th, 1907.  The state's name comes from the [[Choctaw]] words ''okla'' meaning people and ''homma'' meaning red, literally meaning "red people"
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([http://www.state.ok.us/osfdocs/stinfo2.html see Oklahoma State History and Information]) and was chosen by [[Allen Wright]], Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation between 1866 and 1870. <ref name="">{{cite web | last=Merserve | first=John | year=1941 | month=December | url=http://digital.library.okstate.edu/chronicles/v019/v019p314.html | title=Chief Allen Wright | work=Chronicles of Oklahoma | language=English | accessdate=2006-06-07}}</ref>  It is a state with a colorful history, including its days as a frontier state, it being a destination of recently freed slaves looking for opportunity and equality, and being at the heart of the oil boom in the early 20th century. 
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Most notably, Oklahoma has the nation's second largest [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]] population. In honor of its large American Indian population, and for tourism purposes, Oklahoma is called "Native America."  Oklahoma's early history is intertwined with the [[Trail of Tears]], which was the forced removal of the [[Five Civilized Tribes]] from the southeastern United States to present-day Oklahoma.   As a testament to the state's western and American Indian heritage, Oklahoma ([[Tulsa]]) is the home of the world-renowned [[Gilcrease Museum]], which houses the world's largest, most comprehensive collection of [[American West]]ern art and artifacts, as well as an unparalled collection of American Indian, Central and South American art, artifacts, documents, and maps.  
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== History ==
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[[History of Oklahoma]]
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Honestly.  Don't people rialeze that 4% of the income fro the top 1% of wage earner's income is a lot of money?  That money is used to employee many people.  Think of it.  The rich are just like the middle class.  They buy stuff.  So, if Joe Millionaire wants to put a 500k addition on his mansion, which would employ a small army of workers, and now he doesn't have that 500k cause Uncle Sam took it, don't you think that army of workers will be affected?  Exactly.  Joe Millionaire may not put on the addition this year.  People don't get this.  They say take from the rich and give to the poor. Yeah... now all those workers who were going to build the addition are collecting checks from the government because they didn't get a contract for the job.  What a joke.  Anyway, let's hope that McCain can do half as good a job as Ron Paul would have done.  Maybe I'll write in Chuck Baldwin.
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== Economy ==
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Oklahoma is a major fuel and food-producing state; thousands of oil and natural gas wells dot the Oklahoma landscape, and the state is among the highest food producing states in the nation.
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Its main agricultural outputs are soy, wheat, cattle, dairy, poultry, and cotton. Oklahoma ranks fourth in the nation in the production of all wheat, fourth in cattle and calf production; fifth in the production of pecans; sixth in peanuts and eight in peaches.
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Its industrial outputs are transportation equipment, machinery, electric products, rubber and plastic products, and food processing.
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Its 1999 total gross state product was $86 billion, placing it 29th in the nation.
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Its 2000 per capita personal income was $23,517, 43rd in the nation.
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Oklahoma City suburb [[Nichols Hills, Oklahoma|Nichols Hills]] is ranked first on [[Oklahoma locations by per capita income]] at $73,661.
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[[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma|Oklahoma City]] is a primary economic engine of the state, centered on the finance, retail, governance, entertainment, and tourism sectors. The city has numerous manufacturing and processing plants as well as a growing biotech research and health center. Oklahoma City has a large aviation market and its location at the intersection of [[I-35]], [[I-40]], and [[I-44]] makes Oklahoma City an important distribution point.
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Oklahoma City is home to many corporate and regional headquarters including [[Devon Energy]], [[Chesapeake Energy]], [[Sonic Drive-In]], [[AT&T]], [[The Hertz Corporation]], BancFirst, [[OGE Energy]], Midfirst Bank, [[Hobby Lobby]], [[Dobson Communications]], Express Personnel Services, Oklahoma Publishing Company, Spectro Wire & Cable, Inc., Rainbo Manufacturing, Globe Life and Accident Insurance, [[Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.]], and [[Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce]].
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[[Image:Downtown Tulsa.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Tulsa is a major economic center for the state.]]
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[[Tulsa, Oklahoma|Tulsa]] is another primary economic engine of the state, centered on energy, aerospace, telecommunications, and transportation. The city has the nation's most inland sea port and Oklahoma's only connection to the ocean, the [[Tulsa Port of Catoosa]] [http://www.tulsaport.com/], which connects the state with international ocean trade routes through the [[Arkansas River]] and [[Mississippi River]]. Despite an oil bust that plagued the entire state in the 1980's, Tulsa is still among the top cities in the nation for the number of oil and energy related company headquarters. Tulsa is also home to an extensive aviation market, exemplified by its [[American Airlines]] maintenance center, the largest airline maintenance base in the world.
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Recently, Forbes magazine rated Tulsa as second in the nation in job income growth, and one of the best 50 cities to do business in the country. <ref name="forbestop50">{{cite web | date=2006 | url=http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/1/2813.html | title= Tulsa, OK: Best Places to do Business 2006 | format=web | work=Forbes Magazine| pages=1 | publisher= Forbes Magazine| language=English | accessdate=2006-07-23}}</ref>
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Companies based in Tulsa include The NORDAM Group, BOK Financial Corporation (BOKF), [[Bank of Oklahoma]], [[Williams Companies]], Oneok, Wiltel, [[QuikTrip]], Public Service of Oklahoma, [[Mazzio's]] Corporation, [[RibCrib]], [[SemGroup]], [[Thrifty Car Rental|Dollar-Thrifty]], [[Hilti]] USA, and [[Vanguard]].
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Both of Oklahoma's major metropolitan areas, Oklahoma City and Tulsa, are engaged in large-scale economic development and tourism initiatives.
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== Transportation ==
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Oklahoma City is an integral point on the U.S. Interstate Network. Most highways throughout the city are 6-8 lanes and have a level of congestion lower than most comparably sized cities. [[Interstate 35]], [[Interstate 40]], and [[Interstate 44]] bisect the city, [[Interstate 240 (Oklahoma)|Interstate 240]] connects I-40 to I-44 in South OKC, the Lake Hefner Parkway ([[Oklahoma State Highway 74|OK-74]]) runs through Northwest Oklahoma City, [[Kilpatrick Turnpike]] makes a loop around North and West Oklahoma City, Airport Rd. (actually a freeway section of S.W. 44th Street) runs through Southwest Oklahoma City and leads to [[Will Rogers World Airport]], [[United States Highway 77|Broadway Extension/U.S. 77]] connects Central Oklahoma City to Edmond, and [[Interstate 235 (Oklahoma)|Interstate 235]] spurs from I-44 in North Central OKC into downtown Oklahoma City.
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The section of I-40 known as the "Crosstown" because of its intersecting path right by downtown. The I-40 Crosstown Construction Project will relocate the stretch of highway right through a mass transit center named [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Station_(Oklahoma_City) Union Station]. It is expected to be completed in 2008 but it has [http://www.okgazette.com/news/templates/news.asp?articleid=1040&zoneid=3 legal issues] that it must survive.  Realigning the highway will destroy [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Station_(Oklahoma_City) Union Station], leaving only the depot behind, for the new NAFTA highway west bound spur. This will destroy existing rail infrastructure forcing Oklahoma City to find a new central hub of mass transit elsewhere.
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There were plans in the early 1990s to build a light rail system for the city as part of the MAPS urban redevelopment program, but the project stalled repeatedly on issues of funding. (Ernest Istook, 5th District Congressman and chairman of the congressional transportation committee, played a major role in killing federal funding for the project).  However he played vital roles in getting other major cities funded for light rail like [http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=1776&IssueNum=92 Los Angeles].
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New Development: A downtown trolley system could be implemented under a future new MAPS III initiative. METRO Transit released a new Mass Transit plan in January 2006 that details its vision of rapid transit in the coming years. The study results showed light-rail trolley in downtown OKC, commuter rail from downtown to the suburbs of Edmond and Norman, and a comprehensive, specialized metropolian bus network that has been long overdue because they have to reroute the infrastructure that they�re destroying at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Station_(Oklahoma_City) Union Station].
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Oklahoma City was a major stop on Route 66 and was prominently mentioned in Bobby Troup's 1946 jazz classic, "(Get Your Kicks) on Route 66," later made famous by Nat King Cole.
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Oklahoma City is served by two primary airports, Will Rogers World Airport and the much smaller [[Wiley Post Airport]] (incidentally, the two honorees died in the same plane crash in [[Alaska]]). Will Rogers World Airport is currently undergoing a major reconstruction period. [[Tinker Air Force Base]], in East OKC, is the largest military air depot in the nation, a major maintenance and deployment facility for the [[United States Navy|Navy]] and the [[United States Air Force|Air Force]], and the second largest military institution in the state (after [[Fort Sill]] in [[Lawton]]).
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[[Amtrak]] has an Art Deco train station downtown, with daily service to [[Fort Worth]] and the nation's rail network via the [[Heartland Flyer]]. There is also a heritage rail line under re-construction that will connect Bricktown and the [[Adventure District]] in NE Oklahoma City.
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[[Greyhound]] and several other intercity bus companies serve Oklahoma City at Union Bus Station, Downtown. [[METRO Transit]] is the public transit company. Their bus terminal and headquarters is located downtown at NW 5th Street and Hudson Avenue.
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Oklahoma Links:
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*[http://AdvancedTransport.org NATI - Promoting Mass Transit in Oklahoma]
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Oklahoma is served by two major airports:
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*[[Will Rogers World Airport]], Oklahoma City
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*[[Tulsa International Airport]]
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See: [[List of airports in Oklahoma]]
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Amtrak also operates a daily train between Oklahoma City and Fort Worth, Texas, the [[Heartland Flyer]].
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*[http://www.heartlandflyer.com/index.htm Heartland Flyer] Official Website
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== Education ==
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* [[List of Oklahoma school districts by county]]
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* [[List of school districts in Oklahoma]]
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* [[List of private schools in Oklahoma]]
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* [[List of CareerTech centers in Oklahoma]]
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* [[List of colleges and universities in Oklahoma]]
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== Culture ==
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[[Image:OklahomaPrairie.jpg|thumb|250px|Oklahoma Prairie]]
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The various government sponsored arts, community, and tourism programs emphasize Oklahoma's Native American heritage heavily. There are many central areas of Native American heritage in Oklahoma, including one of the most notable, Tahlequah, which is near Muskogee in Eastern Oklahoma. Native American culture runs deep in the lives of Oklahomans and one may experience it through various cultural programs including pow wows, the Tsa-La-Gi village in Tahlequah, OK and the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.
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Other ethnic celebrations include those of [[Yukon, Oklahoma|Yukon]] & Prague (celebrating the Czech heritage of some early immigrants), [[Tulsa]]'s Greek Holiday, the Tulsa Scottish Games, Shalomfest (in Tulsa), Tulsa's German Oktoberfest, the Mennonite Relief Sale (in Enid, OK), Italian festivals and neighborhoods in the McAlester and Krebs area, traditional [[Asian]], [[African American]], and [[Hispanic]] celebrations in [[Oklahoma City]] as well as the [[pride parade]] and festival in the city's [[39th GLBT|GLBT]] district, and the [[Juneteenth]] Celebrations found all across the state.
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While most Oklahomans consider themselves part of the Old Southwest, and therefore Southwesterners, the southern influence in Oklahoma is evident.  Indeed, apart from Native American semblances, Oklahoma culture resembles the southern elements of Arkansas, southern Missouri, Texas, and northern Louisiana.  While Oklahomans do not necessarily "drawl" like their Deep South neighbors from Mississippi and beyond, the dialect of most Okies is "twangy", which can most readily be heard in the voices of current country music stars such as Reba McIntire, Toby Keith, Garth Brooks, Vince Gill, Blake Shelton, etc.  Oklahoma cuisine, moreover, clearly has southern flare with fried catfish, pork ribs, fried chicken, okra, sweet potatoes, and cornbread with little sugar as main staples.  In the eastern and south central parts of Oklahoma sweet tea can be found, but becomes less and less prominent as you move into the west and southwestern parts of the state.
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Because of the [[Hurricane Katrina|devastation]] of [[New Orleans, Louisiana]] in 2005, the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]]'s New Orleans Hornets relocated to Oklahoma City and are currently known as the [[New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets]]. The Hornets are the first [[major professional sports league]] franchise to play in the state.  The owner of the Hornets announced in December of 2006, that the team would be returning to New Orleans for the 2007-2008 season.
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The recent purchase of the Seattle Supersonics NBA Basketball team, by a group of Oklahoma businessmen, has led to speculation that the team will be relocated to Oklahoma City in the near future.
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*[[Oklahoma City Blazers]] ([[Ice Hockey]]: [[Central Hockey League|CHL]])
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*[[New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets]] ([[National Basketball Association]])
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===Oklahoma City ===
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{{Main|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma}}
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[[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma|Oklahoma City]], with a population of 523,303 in the immediate city limits<ref name="Oklahoma City (city) QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau">{{ cite web | date=2006-01-12 | url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/40/4055000.html | title=Oklahoma City (city) QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau | work=State & County QuickFacts | publisher=U.S. Census Bureau | language=English | accessdate=2006-09-16 }}</ref> and 1.3 million in the metro area,<ref>[http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/Profiles/Single/2003/ACS/Narrative/380/NP38000US5880.htm Population and Housing Profile:  Oklahoma City, OK MSA (2003)] Retrieved September 16, 2006</ref> is the principal city of the eight-county [[Oklahoma City Metroplex]] and is Oklahoma's largest urbanized area.  As of 2000, it was the 47th largest metro in the nation.<ref name="US Census - Metro ranks 2000">{{cite web | date=2003-12-30 | url=http://www.census.gov/population/cen2000/phc-t29/tab03a.pdf | title=Population in Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas Ranked by 2000 Population for the United States and Puerto Rico: 1990 and 2000 | format=PDF | work=United States Census 2000 | pages=3 | publisher=United State Census Bureau | language=English | accessdate=2006-06-08}}</ref>  Some of the major cities comprising the Oklahoma City Metro include [[Norman, Oklahoma|Norman]], [[Edmond, Oklahoma|Edmond]], [[Guthrie, Oklahoma|Guthrie]], [[Moore, Oklahoma|Moore]], [[Mustang, Oklahoma|Mustang]], [[Yukon, Oklahoma|Yukon]], [[Shawnee, Oklahoma|Shawnee]], [[Del City, Oklahoma|Del City]], [[Midwest City, Oklahoma|Midewest City]].
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Oklahoma City is the capital of Oklahoma, as well as its main civic, business, and arts and entertainment hub. Oklahoma City is steadily recovering from the oil bust that destroyed the city's identity{{fact}}.
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===Tulsa===
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{{main|Tulsa, Oklahoma}}
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[[Tulsa]] is the second largest city in Oklahoma, with 387,807 within the city limits<ref name="Oklahoma City (city) QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau">{{ cite web | date=2006-09-16 | url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/40/4075000.html | title=Tulsa (city) QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau | work=State & County QuickFacts | publisher=U.S. Census Bureau | language=English | accessdate=2006-06-07 }}</ref> and 890,000 in the statistical metropolitan area.<ref>[http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/Profiles/Single/2003/ACS/Narrative/380/NP38000US8560.htm Population and Housing Profile:  Tulsa, OK MSA (2003)] Retrieved September 16, 2006</ref>. The city is an important Southern and Midwest regional economic hub, and is the architectural center of the state. It is Oklahoma's second largest urbanized area.  As of 2000, it was the 53rd largest metropolitan area in the nation.<ref name="US Census - Metro ranks 2000"/>
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*[[Norman, Oklahoma|Norman]] (3rd Largest City)
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*[[Lawton, Oklahoma|Lawton]] (4th Largest City)
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*[[Broken Arrow, Oklahoma|Broken Arrow]] (5th Largest City)
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*[[Edmond, Oklahoma|Edmond]] (6th Largest City)
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*[[Enid, Oklahoma|Enid]] (8th Largest City)
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*[[Moore, Oklahoma|Moore]] (9th Largest City)
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*[[Stillwater, Oklahoma|Stillwater]] (10th Largest City)
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*[[Claremore, Oklahoma|Claremore]]
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*[[Owasso, Oklahoma|Owasso]]
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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2005, Oklahoma has an estimated population of 3,547,884, which is an increase of 24,338, or 0.7%, from the prior year and an increase of 97,232, or 2.8%, since the year 2000. This includes a natural increase since the last census of 80,753 people (that is 264,324 births minus 183,571 deaths) and an increase due to net migration of 21,128 people into the state. Immigration from outside the United States resulted in a net increase of 36,546 people, and migration within the country produced a net decrease of 15,418 people.
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The [[center of population]] of Oklahoma is located in [[Lincoln County, Oklahoma|Lincoln County]], in the town of [[Sparks, Oklahoma|Sparks]] [http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cenpop/statecenters.txt].
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The five largest ancestry groups in Oklahoma are [[German American|German]] (14.5%), American (13.1%), [[Irish American|Irish]] (11.8%), [[British American|English]] (9.6%), [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] (7.9%, with Cherokees as the largest tribe).
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German-Americans are present in the northwestern part of the state. American Indians predominate in eastern Oklahoma. Oklahomans of British ancestry dominate Tulsa and some other areas. Americans of African descent are a plurality in Lawton and Oklahoma City, while Pittsburg county has many Irish-Americans. Oklahoma City has the largest [[Asian]] and [[Asian American]] populations. A few western counties have significant [[Mexican American]] populations.
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6.8% of Oklahoma's population was reported as under 5, 25.9% under 18, and 13.2% was 65 or older. Females made up approximately 50.9% of the population.
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Descendants of these people still live in Oklahoma today.
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Counties with the names of these tribes also exist. Oklahoma has the second highest number of Native Americans/Amerindians in the country estimated at 395,219 as of 2003. Only California has a higher Amerindian population at 682,720 [http://eire.census.gov/popest/data/states/ST-EST2002-ASRO-04.php]. Oklahoma also has the second highest concentration of Native Americans/Amerindians in the nation with 11.4% of the state's population, topped only by Alaska at 19% of that state's population. [http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/c2kbr01-15.pdf]. 39 of the Amerindian tribes currently living in Oklahoma are headquartered in the state.
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=== Religion ===
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The people of Oklahoma participate in 73 major religious affiliations ranging from the Southern Baptist Convention with 1578 churches and 967,223 members to the Holy Orthodox Church in North America, 1 church, 6 members.
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==Trivia==
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*[[Watonga]], Oklahoma is the birth place of [[Clarence Nash]], better known as the voice of [[Donald Duck]].  Nash captured the ears of a young [[Walt Disney]] with his voice imitation of a duck.  Nash provided Donald Duck's world famous voice exclusively until his death in [[1985]]
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*Oklahoma is one of only two states whose capital city's name includes the state name. The other is [[Indianapolis, Indiana]].
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*The first YIELD sign was used in a trial basis in Tulsa.
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* Oklahoma was the last state in the Union to legalize tattooing as of November 1, 2006. [http://www.9news.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA&IKOBJECTID=9b33bed6-0abe-421a-0028-8c1b4cab1a2e&TEMPLATEID=0c76dce6-ac1f-02d8-0047-c589c01ca7bf ]
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* The world's first installed parking meter was in Oklahoma City, on July 16, 1935. Carl C. Magee, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is generally credited with originating the parking meter. He filed for a patent for a "coin controlled parking meter" on May 13, 1935.
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* Vinita is the oldest incorporated town on Oklahoma [[Route 66]], having been established in 1871. Vinita was the first town in Oklahoma to enjoy electricity. Originally named Downingville. The town's name was later changed to Vinita, in honor of Vinnie Ream, the sculptress who created the life-size statue of Lincoln at the [[United States Capitol]].
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* Rural Oklahoma, similar to problems faced by other Plains states ([[Nebraska]], [[Kansas]], [[North Dakota]], [[South Dakota]] and [[Iowa]]), is seeing populations fall in many communities. Between 1996 and 2004 nearly 500,000 people, half of them with college degrees, left the six states. The effects of rural flight in Oklahoma have mostly been felt in Western Oklahoma.
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* The Amateur Softball Association of America - a volunteer-driven, not-for-profit organization based in Oklahoma City, OK - was founded in 1933 and has evolved into the strongest softball organization in the country.
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* [[Boise City, Oklahoma]] was the only city in the continental United States to be bombed during [[World War II]]. On Monday night, July 5, 1943, at approximately 12:30 a.m., a B-17 Bomber based at Dalhart Army Air Base (50 miles to the south of Boise City) dropped six practice bombs on the sleeping town.
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* An Oklahoman, [[Sylvan Goldman]], invented the first shopping cart.
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* In Guthrie, nearly 20,000 lighters and "fire starters" are displayed at the National Lighter Museum. It is the nation's only museum devoted to the collection of lighters.
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* Oklahoma has approximately 11,611 miles of shoreline, slightly less than the estimated combined general (nontidal) coastline of the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific, and Arctic Coasts which has 12,383 miles.<ref>Oklahoma Water Resources Board, [http://www.owrb.state.ok.us/util/waterfact.php ''Oklahoma Water Facts'']: "Oklahoma has approximately 11,611 miles of shoreline ...". (Retrieved August 3, 2006)</ref>
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* In recent years, Oklahoma has become the second largest natural gas-producing state in the nation. Only Texas surpasses Oklahoma in natural gas production.
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===Oklahoma state symbols===
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!colspan=3|Flora
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||[[Indian Blanket]] <small> ''Gaillardia pulchella''
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|[[Tree]]
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|[[State grass|Grass]]
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||[[Indian Grass]] <small>''Sorghastrum nutans''
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|[[State flower|Flower]]
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||Oklahoma Rose
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||1951
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|[[State reptile|Reptile]]
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||[[Common Collared Lizard|Collared Lizard]] <small>(Mountain Boomer) ''Crotaphytus collaris)''
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||[[Bison]] <small>''Bison bison''
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||[[White bass]] <small>(Sand bass) ''Morone chrysops''
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||[[Common Raccoon]] <small>''Procyon lotor''
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||1989
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|[[State insect|Insect]]
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|Western Band
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||Lynn Riggs Players of Oklahoma, Inc.
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|[[Poem]]
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* [http://www.50states.com/facts/okla.htm More Oklahoma Trivia]
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* [http://www.kfor.com/Global/story.asp?S=5084612 Full Auto Shoot]
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* [[Cavanal Hill]], World's tallest hill
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* [[List of people from Oklahoma]]
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* [[List of casinos#Oklahoma|Partial list of Oklahoma casinos]]
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* [[List of Oklahoma numbered highways]]
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==Further reading==
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*{{cite book|last=Baird|first=W. David|coauthors=and Danney Goble|title=The Story of Oklahoma|year=1994|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|location=Norman|id=ISBN 0-8061-2650-7}}
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*{{cite book|last=Dale|first=Edward Everett|coauthors=and Morris L. Wardell|title=History of Oklahoma|year=1948|publisher=Prentice-Hall|location=New York|url=http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=9570550}}
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*{{cite book|last=Gibson|first=Arrell Morgan|title=Oklahoma: A History of Five Centuries|year=1981|edition=2nd ed.|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|location=Norman|id=ISBN 0-8061-1758-3}}
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*{{cite book|last=Goble|first=Danney|title=Progressive Oklahoma: The Making of a New Kind of State|year=1980|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|location=Norman|id=ISBN 0-8061-1510-6}}
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*{{cite book|last=Jones|first=Stephen|title=Oklahoma Politics in State and Nation|year=1974|edition=vol. 1 (1907-62)|publisher=Haymaker Press|location=Enid, Okla.}}
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*{{cite book|last=Joyce|first=Davis D. (ed.)|title=An Oklahoma I Had Never Seen Before: Alternative Views of Oklahoma History|year=1994|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|location=Norman|id=ISBN 0-8061-2599-3}}
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*{{cite book|last=Morgan|first=Anne Hodges|coauthors=and H. Wayne Morgan (eds.)|title=Oklahoma: New Views of the Forty-sixth State|year=1982|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|location=Norman|id=ISBN 0-8061-1651-X}}
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*{{cite book|last=Morgan|first=David R.|coauthors=Robert E. England, and George G. Humphreys|title=Oklahoma Politics and Policies: Governing the Sooner State|year=1991|publisher=University of Nebraska Press|location=Lincoln|id=ISBN 0-8032-3106-7}}
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*{{cite book|last=Morris|first=John W.|coauthors=Charles R. Goins, and Edwin C. McReynolds|title=Historical Atlas of Oklahoma|year=1986|edition=3rd ed.|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|location=Norman|id=ISBN 0-8061-1991-8}}
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*{{cite book|last=Wishart|first=David J. (ed.)|title=Encyclopedia of the Great Plains|year=2004|publisher=University of Nebraska Press|location=Lincoln|id=ISBN 0-8032-4787-7}}
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** [http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/40000.html Oklahoma QuickFacts]. Geographic and demographic information.
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* [http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/40000.html U.S. Census Bureau]
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* [http://www.ers.usda.gov/StateFacts/OK.htm Oklahoma State Facts]
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