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Oklahoma
Motto: "Labor omnia vincit" - Latin - "Labor conquers all things"
Nickname: "The Sooner State"
Capital: Oklahoma City
Population: 3,511,532 (Estimate by the US Census Bureau 7/01/03); Ranks 28th in US State Population
Size: 231 miles long and 478 miles wide; covers 69,903 square miles - 20th largest of the 50 states
State Bird: Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
State Flower: Mistletoe
Oklahoma is a word that was made up by Native American missionary Allen Wright. He combined two Choctaw words, "ukla" meaning person and "huma" meaning red, thus forming the word that first appears in an 1866 Choctaw treaty. Oklahoma means "red person."
Oklahoma became a state on November 16, 1907. It was the 46th state to be admitted to the Union.
People who live in and come from Oklahoma are called "Oklahomans" or "Oklahomians." Quite often, however, they are referred to as "Sooners."
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