Oklahoma is a first-level division of United States, in North America. Its mapped cities centre on 35.7663° N, 97.3778° W.

What is the largest city in Oklahoma?

Tulsa is the largest city mapped in Oklahoma, with a metropolitan population of about 946,962.

How many cities are in Oklahoma?

YearMaps maps 14 cities and towns in Oklahoma, with a combined metropolitan population of about 2.23 million. This counts mapped settlements, not every municipality.

Oklahoma Map — Cities & Geography, United States

Interactive Map of Oklahoma

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About Oklahoma

Oklahoma ( OH-klə-HOH-mə; Choctaw: Oklahumma, pronounced [oklahómma]), is a landlocked state in the South Central, Southern, and Southwestern regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the southwest, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northeast, Arkansas to the southeast, New Mexico to the west, and Colorado to the northwest. Partially in the western extreme of the Upland South, it is the 20th-most extensive and the 28th-most populous of the 50 United States. Its residents are known as Oklahomans, and its capital and largest city is Oklahoma City.

The state's name is derived from the Choctaw words okla, 'people' and humma, which translates as 'red'. Oklahoma is also known informally by its nickname, "The Sooner State", in reference to the Sooners, American settlers who staked their claims in formerly American Indian-owned lands until the Indian Appropriations Act of 1889 authorized the Land Rush of 1889 opening the land to settlement.

With ancient mountain ranges, prairie, mesas, and eastern forests, most of Oklahoma lies in the Great Plains, Cross Timbers, and the U.S. Interior Highlands, all regions prone to severe weather. Oklahoma is at a confluence of three major American cultural regions. Historically, it served as a government-sanctioned territory for American Indians moved from east of the Mississippi River, a route for cattle drives from Texas and related regions, and a destination for Southern settlers. There are currently 25 Indigenous languages spoken in Oklahoma. According to the 2020 U.S. census, 14.2 percent of Oklahomans identify as American Indians, the highest Indigenous population by percentage out of any state.

A major producer of natural gas, oil, and agricultural products, Oklahoma relies on an economic base of aviation, energy, telecommunications, and biotechnology. Oklahoma City and Tulsa serve as Oklahoma's primary economic anchors, with nearly two-thirds of Oklahomans living within their metropolitan statistical areas.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia: Oklahoma (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Oklahoma in Depth

History

Indigenous peoples were present in what is now Oklahoma by the last ice age. Ancestors of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (including Teyas and Escanjaques and Tawakoni), Tonkawa, and Caddo (including Kichai) lived in what is now Oklahoma. Southern Plains villagers lived in the central and west of the state, with a subgroup, the Panhandle culture people, living in the panhandle region. Caddoan Mississippian culture peoples lived in the eastern part of the state. Spiro Mounds, in what is now Spiro, Oklahoma, was a major Mississippian mound complex that flourished between AD 850 and 1450. Plains Apache people settled in the Southern Plains and in Oklahoma between 1300 and 1500.

Geography

Oklahoma is the 20th-largest state in the United States, covering an area of 69,895 square miles (181,030 km2), with 68,591 square miles (177,650 km2) of land, and 1,304 square miles (3,380 km2) of water. It lies partly in the Great Plains near the geographical center of the 48 contiguous states. It is bordered on the east by Arkansas and Missouri, on the north by Kansas, on the northwest by Colorado, on the far west by New Mexico, and on the south and near-west by Texas.

Oklahoma's border with Kansas was defined as the 37th Parallel in the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act. This was disputed with the Cherokee and Osage Nations, which claimed their border extended north of this line and could not be part of the Kansas Territory.

Economy

In 2025, Oklahoma's gross domestic product was $274.4 billion and the state had a per capita personal income of $66,660. Its median household income ranked 46th at $59,673 in 2023. Additionally, Oklahoma ranks consistently among the lowest states in cost of living index.

Oklahoma is host to a diverse range of sectors including aviation, energy, transportation equipment, food processing, electronics, and telecommunications. Oklahoma is an important producer of natural gas, aircraft, and food. The state ranks third in the nation for production of natural gas, is the 27th-most agriculturally productive state, and also ranks 5th in production of wheat.

Demographics

From a 1920 U.S. census population of 2,028,283, Oklahoma's population has continued to increase. At the 2010 census, its population was 3,751,675. The 2020 census revealed its population to be was 3,959,353, an 5.5% increase since 2010. A 2022 American Community Survey estimate found that the population had surpassed 4 million residents for the first time. Among the states of the South Central region, Oklahoma had the second-largest population increase from 2010 to 2020, behind Texas.

In 2018, of Oklahoma's total resident population, approximately 236,882 were immigrants, making up 6% of Oklahoma's population at the time.

Sections adapted from Wikipedia: Oklahoma (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Oklahoma: Key Facts

Key facts about Oklahoma
Population	3,959,353 (2020)
Area	181,195 km²
Capital	Oklahoma City
Head of government	Kevin Stitt
Highest point	Black Mesa
Established	16 November 1907

Facts from Wikidata Q1649 (CC0).

History of Oklahoma: Empires and States

One mapped polity is recorded over Oklahoma: United States of America, 1866–2024 CE.

Polities that held Oklahoma, in chronological order
Polity	Period here
United States of America	1866–2024 CE

Historical Maps of Oklahoma

Oklahoma on the world map in each year one of these states held it:

Derived by testing mapped cities against dated territorial polygons. Dates are when the polygons cover this place, not the polity's whole lifespan, and polities absent from the source dataset are not listed.

Visiting Oklahoma

Oklahoma is a state in the Great Plains region of the United States of America. Oklahoma has a rich Native American past. There are all kinds of activities available from hunting, fishing, hiking, to gambling in one of the hundred or so casinos and bingo parlors, and metro activities in Tulsa and Oklahoma City

Travel notes adapted from Wikivoyage: Oklahoma (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Largest Cities in Oklahoma

14 cities mapped. Ranked by metropolitan population. A port city's harbour is written up on the page of its sea.

Largest Cities in Oklahoma
#	Name	Population	Region	Role
1	Tulsa	946,962	Oklahoma	Populated place
2	Oklahoma City	788,000	Oklahoma	Admin-1 capital
3	Norman	113,525	Oklahoma	Populated place
4	Lawton	91,752	Oklahoma	Populated place
5	Stillwater	47,667	Oklahoma	Populated place
6	Enid	46,138	Oklahoma	Populated place
7	Muskogee	39,295	Oklahoma	Populated place
8	Bartlesville	34,610	Oklahoma	Populated place
9	Shawnee	29,628	Oklahoma	Populated place
10	Ponca City	25,273	Oklahoma	Populated place
11	Ardmore	24,960	Oklahoma	Populated place
12	McAlester	21,668	Oklahoma	Populated place
13	Woodward	12,931	Oklahoma	Populated place
14	Guymon	11,178	Oklahoma	Populated place

Oklahoma: Quick Answers

Where is Oklahoma?: Oklahoma is a first-level division of United States, in North America. Its mapped cities centre on 35.7663° N, 97.3778° W.
What is the largest city in Oklahoma?: Tulsa is the largest city mapped in Oklahoma, with a metropolitan population of about 946,962.
How many cities are in Oklahoma?: YearMaps maps 14 cities and towns in Oklahoma, with a combined metropolitan population of about 2.23 million. This counts mapped settlements, not every municipality.