What are five fact about Oklahoma?

Fast Facts

• Nickname: The Sooner State.
• Statehood: 1907; 46th state.
• Population (as of July 2016): 3,923,561.
• Capital: Oklahoma City.
• Biggest City: Oklahoma City.
• Abbreviation: OK.
• State bird: scissor-tailed flycatcher.
• State flower: Oklahoma rose.

1. What are interesting facts about Oklahoma?
2. What is a weird fact about Oklahoma?
3. What is the Oklahoma state animal?
4. What food is Oklahoma famous for?
5. What is the Oklahoma state song?
6. What makes Oklahoma great?
7. What is Oklahoma State Dessert?
8. What is Oklahoma's state vegetable?
9. What is Oklahoma's state butterfly?

What are interesting facts about Oklahoma?

Oklahoma is second only to California in the size of its Native American population. Many of the 252,420 American Indians living in the state (8 percent of population) are descended from 67 tribes who inhabited Indian Territory (what is now the state of Oklahoma).

What is a weird fact about Oklahoma?

Oklahoma has more man-made lakes than any other state, with over one million surface acres of water. In Wynona, mules may not drink out of bird baths and if you wash clothes in this avian spa, it's also illegal. Oklahoma has the largest Native American population of any state in the nation.

What is the Oklahoma state animal?

Animal. The American buffalo was adopted as the state animal in 1972.

What food is Oklahoma famous for?

Oklahomans have a love of the land and the food raised and grown on it. The state is rich with culinary heritage evident in local favorites like chicken-fried steak, Indian tacos, fried-onion burgers and, of course, barbecue.

What is the Oklahoma state song?

The song, "Oklahoma!," with words by Oscar Hammerstein II and music by Richard Rodgers, was adopted by the Oklahoma Legislature as the official state song of Oklahoma in 1953. The song was chosen as both an official song and anthem.

What makes Oklahoma great?

1. We have a low cost of living. In CNBC's "America's Top States for Business 2012" ranking, CNBC ranked Oklahoma the top state for cost of living. Oklahoma also placed fourth in cost of business, proving that in Oklahoma the value you get for your dollar exceeds almost anywhere else in the country.

What is Oklahoma State Dessert?

Its signature dessert, the pecan pie, is dense and sweet in a melt-in-your-mouth pie crust.

What is Oklahoma's state vegetable?

The watermelon has been Oklahoma's state vegetable — not fruit — for nearly a decade.

What is Oklahoma's state butterfly?

Eight swallowtail species have been recorded in Oklahoma, including our state butterfly, the black swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes).