Oklahoma's estimated population in 2023 is approximately 4,021,753 residents, equal to 1.19% of the total U.S. population. Nicknamed the Sooner State, Oklahoma has a total area of 69,899 mi², which ranks as the 20th-largest state in the Union.
Oklahoma gained statehood in November 1907. The state voted Democratic in all but two elections through 1948 but has not gone Democratic since, except in the landslide win for Lyndon Johnson in 1964. Already relatively populous when admitted to the Union, the state had seven electoral votes in the 1908 election, the first in which it participated. No state outside the original 13 colonies, except Maine, started with more. In 2020, Donald Trump defeated Joe Biden by 65% to 32%, the fifth consecutive election that the Republican has won by over 30%.
Oklahoma has 598 incorporated places but only four cities with a population over 100,000. 65% of Oklahomans live within the Oklahoma City and Tulsa metropolitan areas, two of the country's sixty largest cities. According to a 2022 study from the U.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 77 counties, 592 cities, towns, and villages, and 632 special districts.
The median age of the population residing in Oklahoma is approximately 36.3 years of age. The ratio of females to males is currently around 50.5% females and 49.5% males.
Oklahoma is a state of diverse religious beliefs. According to a 2022 study from the U.S. Census Bureau, the population of Oklahoma is 79% Christian-based faiths, 2% non-Christian based faiths, and 18% of the population is non-affiliated with any faith.
According to the most recent ACS, the racial composition of Oklahoma was:
White: 69.72%
Two or more races: 9.96%
Native American: 7.69%
Black or African American: 7.21%
Other race: 3%
Asian: 2.24%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 0.17%
Muslims are under 20,000,
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