Forming the first ring of suburbs are Catoosa, Bixby, Broken Arrow, Jenks, Owasso, Sand Springs, Sapulpa and Turley.

Cities and towns in the second ring of suburbs include, Claremore, Okmulgee, Glenpool, Collinsville, Wagoner, Coweta, Skiatook, and Inola.

The city, once known as the Oil Capital of the World, is still home to a large array of international oil-related industries, financial corporations, and manufacturing bases.

According to the 2020 US Census, Broken Arrow has a population of 113,540 residents and is the fourth largest city in the state.

Once a bedroom community for nearby Tulsa, Broken Arrow has emerged in recent decades as an economic center in its own right.

[5] Owasso, a bedroom community of 38,240 people in 2020, is the third largest city in the Tulsa metropolitan area and one of the fastest-growing in the state.

A portion of the Jenks Public School District extends east of the Arkansas River encompassing a part of the city of Tulsa south of 91st street.

Sand Springs, a diverse urban community is one of the oldest suburbs of Tulsa, and eighth largest city in the TMA.

The city is home to many historical figures such as Will Rogers, a famous actor, Lynn Riggs, author of the novel that inspired the musical Oklahoma.

East – Catoosa, Wagoner, Coweta, Porter, Inola, Verdigris, Pryor Creek.

The Will Rogers, Turner, Muskogee, Cimarron, and Creek turnpikes aide travel in the area.

The Tulsa metropolitan area, like much of the state of Oklahoma, is served by independent school districts.

Rogers State University is located in Claremore with branch campuses in Bartlesville and Pryor.

Langston University, Oklahoma's only Historically Black College (HBCU) has a satellite branch in Tulsa.

THE Consortium is a higher education collaborative designed to support cross-institutional and cross-sector work.

This compares to 23.0% for all of Oklahoma and 28.2% for the entire U.S.[15][16] In 2009, Businessweek ranked Tulsa as one of the best cities for new college grads.

[17] The Tulsa metropolitan area is the economic engine of the Green Country as well as Eastern Oklahoma.

Energy has long been a dominant player in the area's economy, as Tulsa was once dubbed the 'Oil Capital of the World'.

Also, a majority of American car rental companies are headquartered in the area, such as Fortune 1000 Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group.

[23] Among its residents, the Tulsa area is home to two billionaires, George Kaiser (BOK Financial Corporation), and Lynn Schusterman (philanthropist).

Some of the well known shopping areas are Downtown Tulsa, Brookside (Peoria Avenue), Cherry Street, Brady Arts District, and Utica Square.

Each usage of the term is derived from its official meaning as the tourism designation for all of Northeastern Oklahoma.

Its name was devised in the 1960s by the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation as one of six travel destination regions within the state, but is the most historically significant of all of them, as the name's usage can be traced to the early part of the 20th century.

Museums focusing on western heritage draw visitors, such as Woolaroc near Bartlesville and Will Rogers Memorial in Claremore.