Demographics of Oklahoma

[2] According to the U.S. Census, as of 2010, Oklahoma has a historical estimated population of 3,751,351 which is an increase of 300,058 or 8.7 percent, since the year 2000.

[10] The center of population of Oklahoma is located at 35.598464 N, -96.836786 W, in Lincoln County near the town of Sparks.

The median age in Oklahoma is 37 which is a year and a half less than the United States average.

This data shows us that as groups of people get older, the gender ratio begins to weigh more and more heavily female as time goes on.

Those who reported two or more races made up 6.3% of the population and the percentage of people who were Hispanic or Latino was 11.1%.

Major ancestry groups of the Hispanic population include: 7.1% Mexican, 0.3% Puerto Rican, 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% Guatemalan, 0.1% Salvadoran, 0.1% Cuban.

African Americans are a plurality in southeast Lawton, northeast Oklahoma City, northwest Tulsa, and portions of Muskogee.

[17][18] In 2010, Oklahoma had the second-largest Native American population after California, with the highest concentration found in the Tulsa-Broken Arrow metropolitan area (8.3%).

As a percentage of population, Oklahoma ranked fourth behind Alaska, New Mexico, and South Dakota with 8.57%.

[19] The large Native American population in Oklahoma is largely the result of the Trail of Tears, a series of forced relocations of Native Americans from south eastern states in the 19th century.

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are mostly concentrated in the Oklahoma City−Norman metropolitan area.

[20] Oklahoma is also home to a large and growing Hmong (3369) and Burmese (1146) population, more than half of whom reside in the Tulsa-Broken Arrow metropolitan area.

[27] Two of the fifty largest cities in the United States are located in Oklahoma, Oklahoma City and Tulsa, and 58 percent of Oklahomans live within their metropolitan areas, or spheres of economic and social influence defined by the United States Census Bureau as a metropolitan statistical area.

Between 2000 and 2010, the cities that led the state in population growth were Blanchard 172.4%, Elgin 78.2%, Piedmont 56.7%, Bixby 56.6%, and Owasso 56.3%.

The per capita income from the time that they answered spanning back over the previous 12 months averaged at about $28,422 and the percentage of people living in poverty out of the population mentioned earlier was 15.2%.

Oklahoma has dealt with many socioeconomic issues, as the state's rank of annual household income is below national average and the state's poverty rate exceeds 15 percent, higher in rural areas.

Note: Births in table don't add up, because Hispanics are counted both by their ethnicity and by their race, giving a higher overall number.