Statehood: November 16, 1907
Origin of Name: A combination of two Chowtaw words - okla, meaning "people," a hummus, meaning" red", thus,Oklahoma means "red people."
State Capital: Oklahoma City, founded 1889
State Nickname: The Boomer State, Land of Six Countries and America's Fronteir Lake State.
State Motto: Labor Omnia Vincit (Labor Conqers All Things)
State Flag: An Osage warriors curcular buckskin shield,
decorated with seven eagle feathers and with six crosses that
symbolize stars, or high endeavor.The sheild is crossed in the shape
of an X by an olive branch , the white mans symbol of peace,and a
calumet, or Indian peace pipe.The background is a field of blue,
signfying devotion.The design was adopted on April 2,1925 and the name
Oklahoma was added on the flag in 1941.
State Bird: Scissor- tailed flycatcher
State Animal: American buffilo or bison
State Flower: Mistletoe(named the"flower emblem" in 1893)
State Tree: Redbud
State Fish: White bass or sand bass
State Mineral: Barite rose rock
Population: 3,025,495
Population Density: 43 people per sq. mi.(17 people per km)
Population Distribution: 67 percent of the people live in cities or towns. About 50 percent of Oklahomans live in the Oklahoma City and Tulsa metropolitan areas.
Borders: Kansas, Colorado, Arkansas, Missouri, Texas and New Mexico
Highest Point: Black Mesa in the nourthwest corner of Cimarron-
County,4,973 ft.
Lowest Point: Along the Little River in McCurtain County,
287 ft. (87 m)
Greatest Distances
Area: 69,956 sq. mi.(181,185 km)
Rank in Area Among the States: Eighteenth