Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City | |
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Oklahoma City Hall Convention Center | |
| Nicknames: "OKC", "The 405", "Oklas", "Boomtown", "The Big Friendly", "The City", | |
Interactive map of Oklahoma City | |
| Coordinates: 35°28′7″N 97°31′17″W / 35.46861°N 97.52139°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| Counties | |
| Founded | April 22, 1889 |
| Incorporated | July 15, 1890 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council–manager |
| • Body | Oklahoma City Council |
| • Mayor | David Holt (R) |
| • City manager | Craig Freeman |
| Area | |
• City | 620.79 sq mi (1,607.83 km2) |
| • Land | 606.48 sq mi (1,570.77 km2) |
| • Water | 14.31 sq mi (37.06 km2) |
| • Urban | 421.73 sq mi (1,092.3 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,198 ft (365 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• City | 681,054 |
• Estimate (2024) | 712,919 |
| • Rank | 62nd in North America 20th in the United States 1st in Oklahoma |
| • Density | 1,122.96/sq mi (433.58/km2) |
| • Urban | 982,276 (US: 46th) |
| • Urban density | 2,329.2/sq mi (899.3/km2) |
| • Metro | 1,441,695 (US: 42nd) |
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| GDP | |
| • Metro | $100.054 billion (2023) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Codes | Zip codes |
| Area codes | 405/572 |
| FIPS code | 40-55000 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1102140 |
| Website | okc.gov |
Oklahoma City (/ˌoʊkləˈhoʊmə -/ ⓘ), officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, its population ranks 20th among United States cities and 8th in the Southern United States. The population grew following the 2010 Census and reached 681,054 in the 2020 United States census. The Oklahoma City metropolitan area had a population of 1,396,445, and the Oklahoma City–Shawnee Combined Statistical Area had a population of 1,469,124, making it Oklahoma's largest municipality and metropolitan area by population.
Oklahoma City's city limits extend somewhat into Canadian, Cleveland, and Pottawatomie counties. However, much of those areas outside the core Oklahoma County area are suburban tracts or protected rural zones (watershed). The city is the tenth-largest in the United States by area including consolidated city-counties; it is the second-largest, after Houston, not including consolidated cities. The city is also the second-largest by area among state capital cities in the United States, after Juneau, Alaska.
Oklahoma City has one of the world's largest livestock markets. Oil, natural gas, petroleum products, and related industries are its economy's largest sector. The city is in the middle of an active oil field, and oil derricks dot the capitol grounds. The federal government employs a large number of workers at Tinker Air Force Base and the United States Department of Transportation's Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center (which house offices of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Transportation Department's Enterprise Service Center, respectively).
Oklahoma City is on the I-35 and I-40 corridors, one of the primary travel corridors south into neighboring Texas and New Mexico, north towards Wichita and Kansas City, west to Albuquerque, and east towards Little Rock and Memphis. Located in the state's Frontier Country region, the city's northeast section lies in an ecological region known as the Cross Timbers. The city was founded during the Land Run of 1889 and grew to a population of over 10,000 within hours of its founding. It was the site of the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, in which 168 people died, the deadliest terror attack in U.S. history until the attacks of September 11, 2001, and the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history.
Since weather records have been kept beginning in 1890, Oklahoma City has been struck by 13 violent tornadoes, 11 of which were rated F4 or EF4 on the Fujita and Enhanced Fujita scales, and two rated F5 and EF5.