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OKLAHOMA STATISTICS:
POPULATION: 3,450,654 (2000 estimate)
SQUARE MILES: 69,919
NUMBER OF COUNTIES: 77
STATE CAPITAL: OKLAHOMA CITY
YEAR OF STATEHOOD: 1907 (the 46th state)
NUMBER OF MAN-MADE LAKES: 200 (more than any other state, and more miles of shoreline than any other state, including California's Pacific Coast, Texas' Gulf Coast, or Florida's Atlantic and Gulf Coasts!)
NUMBER OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: 43
NUMBER OF INDIAN TRIBES WITH HEADQUARTERS IN OKLAHOMA: 39
STATE NICKNAME: "SOONER STATE"
STATE SONG: "OKLAHOMA!"
STATE BIRD: SCISSOR-TAIL FLYCATCHER
STATE MOTTO: "LABOR OMNIA VINCIT" ("LABOR CONQUERS ALL")
STATE WILDFLOWER: INDIAN BLANKET
STATE INSECT: BUMBLE BEE
STATE ANIMAL: AMERICAN BISON
STATE GRASS: INDIAN GRASS
STATE TREE: RED BUD
STATE REPTILE: MOUNTAIN BOOMER
STATE ROCK: ROSE ROCK
STATE FLORAL EMBLEM: MISTLETOE
HIGHEST ELEVATION: 4,978 (in extreme Northwest Oklahoma)
LOWEST ELEVATION: 324 (in extreme southeast Oklahoma)
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