Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City | |
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| Nicknames: "OKC", "The 405", “Loud City”, "Oklas", "Boomtown", "The Big Friendly", "The City", | |
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Oklahoma City Location within Oklahoma Oklahoma City Location within the United States | |
| Coordinates: 35°28′7″N 97°31′17″W / 35.46861°N 97.52139°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
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| 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 | 421.7 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 | 1,123.0/sq mi (433.58/km2) |
| • Urban | 982,276 (US: 46th) |
| • Urban density | 2,329/sq mi (899.3/km2) |
| • Metro | 1,512,242 (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 | 73101–73132, 73134–73137, 73139-73157, 73159-73160, 73162–73165, 73167, 73169–73170, 73172–73173, 73178–73179, 73184, 73189–73190, 73194–73196 |
| Area codes | 405/572 |
| FIPS code | 40-55000 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1102140 |
| Website | okc.gov |
Oklahoma City (/ˌoʊkləˈhoʊmə -/ ⓘ OH-klə-HOH-mə -), often shortened to OKC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is the 20th-most populous U.S. city and 8th largest in the Southern United States, with a population of 681,054 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Oklahoma County, with the city limits extending into Canadian, Cleveland, and Pottawatomie counties; however, areas beyond Oklahoma County primarily consist of suburban developments or areas designated rural and watershed zones. Oklahoma City ranks as the tenth-largest city by area in the United States when including consolidated city-counties, and second-largest when such consolidations are excluded. It is also the second-largest state capital by area, after Juneau, Alaska. The Oklahoma City metropolitan area, with an estimated 1.49 million residents, is the largest metropolitan area in the state and 42nd-most populous in the country.
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 Texas and New Mexico, north towards Wichita and Kansas City, west towards 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.
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 which were rated F5 or EF5.