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Oklahoma Economic Statistics

NumberPercentEMPLOYMENT STATUSPopulation 16 years and over2,666,724100.0In labor force1,656,08762.1Civilian labor force1,632,12861.2Employed1,545,29657.9Unemployed86,8323.3Percent of civilian…

Oklahoma Housing Statistics

NumberPercentTotal housing units1,514,400100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached1,080,62471.41-unit, attached36,3442.42 units28,8441.93 or 4 units42,7402.85 to 9 units54,5093.610 to 19 units40,…

Oklahoma Social Statistics

NumberPercentSCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school930,865100.0Nursery school, preschool60,1006.5Kindergarten50,2205.4Elementary school (grades 1-8)412,96644.4High…

Oklahoma City, Okla.

Mayor: Mick Cornett (to 2018)City Manager: James D. Couch2010 census population (rank): 579,999 (31); Male: 285,556 (49.2%); Female: 294,443 (50.8%); White: 363,646 (62.7%); Black: 87,354 (…

Cimarron, Territory of

(Encyclopedia) Cimarron, Territory of, now the Panhandle of Okla. It was settled in the early 1800s by cattle ranchers, many of them squatters. To protect their claims they attempted, in 1887, to…

Pensacola Dam

(Encyclopedia) Pensacola Dam, 145 ft (44 m) high and 6,500 ft (1,980 m) long, on the Grand River (local name of the Neosho), NE Okla., NE of Tulsa; built 1938–41 by the state of Oklahoma. The dam…

Rogers, Will

(Encyclopedia) Rogers, Will (William Penn Adair Rogers), 1879–1935, American humorist, b. Oolagah, Indian Territory (now in Oklahoma). In his youth he worked as a cowboy in Oklahoma, and after…

Norman

(Encyclopedia) Norman, city (1990 pop. 80,071), seat of Cleveland co., central Okla.; inc. 1891. It is the center of a livestock region. Oil wells, food processing, and printing and publishing…

Ponca

(Encyclopedia) Ponca, Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Siouan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). According to tradition the group lived…

Chickasha

(Encyclopedia) Chickasha Chickasha chĭkˈəshā [key], city (2020 pop. 16,051), seat of Grady co., S central Okla., on…