OKLAHOMA QUICK FACTS Name Oklahoma is a Choctaw Native American word that roughly means land of the red people State Capital Oklahoma City population 620 602 Date of Statehood November 16 1907 46th state Population 3 911 338 28th most populous state Area Total Land and Water 69 899 square miles 181 038 sq km 20th largest state Largest City Oklahoma City population 620 602 Nickname The Sooner State Motto Labor omnia vincit Labor conquers all things State Bird Scissor Tailed Flycatcher OKLAHOMA
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA State Flower Oklahoma Rose State Rock Barite Rose State Tree Redbud State Song Oklahoma Highest Point Black Mesa 4 973 feet 1 516 m Lowest Point Little River 289 feet 88 m Average July High Temperature 94°F 34°C Record High Temperature 120°F 49°C near Altus on August 12 1936 Black Mesa Average January Low Temperature 26°F 3°C Record Low Temperature 31°F 35°C in Nowata on February 10 2011 Low Point Little River Average Annual Precipitation 36 inches 91 cm Number of U S Senators 2 Greetings from Number of U S Representatives 5 U S Postal Service Abbreviation OK QUICK FACTS
OKLAHOMA GEOGRAPHY Oklahoma Oklahoma is in the south central part of the United States Colorado and Kansas are its neighbors to the north Missouri and Arkansas are to the east Texas shares Oklahoma's southern border New Mexico is to the west Oklahoma is shaped like a giant frying pan with a long handle sticking out on the western side This area is called the Panhandle Cimarron County is in the far western part of the Panhandle It is the nation's only county that touches four states Texas New Mexico Colorado and a small part of Kansas In total Oklahoma covers 69 899 square miles 181 038 sq km of land and water That makes it the 20th largest state Oklahoma has the most lakes created by dams of any state in the United States Lake Hefner named after a former mayor is a reservoir near Oklahoma City OKLAHOMA
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA COLORADO KANSAS MISSOURI Tulsa OKLAHOMA Broken Arrow NEW MEXICO Oklahoma City Norman TEXAS ARKANSAS Oklahoma's total land and water area is 69 899 square miles 181 038 sq km It is the 2016 largest state The state capital is Oklahoma City GEOGRAPHY
