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Oklahoma's current population is 4,019,800 (2022, estimated).
Oklahoma is comprised of 77 counties.
Oklahoma covers 69,919 square miles.
Guthrie was the first state capital of Oklahoma.
Oklahoma's state capitol is the only one in the world with an oil well drilled beneath it.
Oklahoma is the third-largest gas-producing state in the nation.
The Nellie Johnstone oil well, located at Johnstone Park in Bartlesville, was the first flowing commercial well in the world.
The world's largest air materiel center is Tinker Air Force Base in Midwest City.
Fort Sill at Lawton is the Army's principal artillery school.
Pawhuska had the first Boy Scout troop in America (1909).
Sylvan Goldman of Oklahoma created the first rolling supermarket cart.
The first parking meter was created in Oklahoma and installed in Oklahoma City in 1935.
Oklahoma has 43 colleges and universities.
Oklahoma is the winter quarters for more circuses than any other state.
Oklahoma's average annual temperature is a pleasant 60.5 degrees.
GeographyOklahoma has four mountain ranges: Ouachita, Arbuckle, Wichita and Ozark.
Forests cover 24 percent of Oklahoma.
The Poteau River is the only river in Oklahoma that flows north.
The world's largest single deposit of pure alabaster is found in the Alabaster Caverns near Freedom, Oklahoma.
Oklahoma is linked to the world's waters by the McClellan-Kerr Navigation System, which flows on the Arkansas River through Arkansas to the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.
The highest elevation in the state is Black Mesa, at 4,978 feet, in far northwestern Oklahoma.
The lowest elevation in the state is in the southeastern corner near Idabel, at 324 feet.
Oklahoma has the distinction of having the tallest hill in the world, Mount Cavanal, at 1,999 feet.
Oklahoma has more man-made lakes (200) than any other state, more than 1 million surface-acres of water and 2,000 more miles of shoreline than the Atlantic and Gulf coasts combined.
The largest lake in Oklahoma is Lake Eufaula, covering 102,000 surface acres of water.
Indian InformationOklahoma's name is derived from two Choctaw words - "okla," meaning people, and "humma," literally meaning "red people."
The "Trail of Tears" began in the 1830s. It was the journey of the Five Civilized Tribes from the southeastern United States to Indian Territory. The relocation was forced.
The Five Civilized Tribes attempted statehood in 1905 under the name Sequoyah.
There are 39 tribes and nations of American Indians with headquarters in Oklahoma. Descendants of the original 67 tribes inhabiting Indian Territory still live here.