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By job gal | November 21, 2008
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is located in the South Central region of the United States and is the 28th most-populous state and the 20th-largest state in the country. The majority of the state lies within the Great Plains and the U.S. Interior Highlands, which are notorious for bad weather conditions. Oklahoma City serves as the state’s capital and largest city. Of the state’s residents, about 60 percent live in the metropolitan areas of Oklahoma City and Tulsa.
The name Oklahoma comes from the Choctaw words okla and humma, meaning “red people.” It is thought that native peoples traveled through Oklahoma as early as the last ice age. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, a Spanish explorer, traveled through the area in 1541, but French explorers claimed the state in the 1700s and in remained under French rule until 1803, when the land was purchased by America as part of the Louisiana Purchase.
In the 1830s, many Native Americans were moved to Oklahoma from other states on the Trail of Tears, and the area was designated Indian Territory by the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the Indian Intercourse Act of 1834. By 1890, more than 30 tribes were given federal land in the state. Eventually, portions of Native American land were opened for purchase by settlers and companies under the Dawes Act in 1887 and the Land Run of 1889.
Eventually, Oklahoma was formed from the Indian Territory and became the 46th state to enter the Union in 1907. During the early to mid-1900s, Oklahoma was home to race riots, poor farming practices, drought and high winds. In 1995, Oklahoma was the scene of the Oklahoma City Bombing, which killed 168 people.
Oklahoma’s Job Market
In 2006, Oklahoma had a gross domestic product of $134.6 billion. Today Oklahoma is known for its production of natural gas, oil and agriculture, as well as aviation, energy, transportation equipment, food processing, electronics, telecommunications and biotechnology.
The state’s fastest-growing industries include: education and health services, leisure and hospitality and government
Work Trends
Oklahoma unemployment rate: 3.8 percent
National unemployment rate: 6.5 percent
Mean travel time to work: 21.7 minutes
Oklahoma’s Largest Employers
Oneok
100 W. Fifth St.
Tulsa, OK 74103
Williams
1 Williams Center
Tulsa, OK 74172
Devon Energy
20 N. Broadway
Oklahoma City, OK 73102
Chesapeake Energy
6100 N. Western Ave.
Oklahoma City, OK 73118
OGE Energy
321 N. Harvey Ave.
Oklahoma City, OK 73101
Dollar Thrifty Automotive
5330 E. 31st St.
Tulsa, OK 74135
Helmerich & Payne
1437 S. Boulder Ave.
Tulsa, OK 74119
Popular Local Job Search Sites
Cheezhead
JobCentral
Craigslist
OklahomaJobs
Oklahoma Government Job Search
CareerBuilder
JobsOK
State of Oklahoma
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Surrounding Area Job Search
Kingfisher, OK
Oklahoma City, OK
Norman, OK
Stillwater, OK
Tulsa, OK
Ft. Worth, TX
Dallas, TX
Richardson, TX
Kansas City, KS
St. Louis, MO
Continuing Education
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma State University
University of Central Oklahoma
Northeastern State University
Cameron University
Discovering Oklahoma
Oklahoma Mozart Festival
Tulsa Ballet
Discoveryland!
Philbrook Museum
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
Gilcrease Museum
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum
Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art
Oklahoma State Fair
Tulsa State Fair
Oklahoma City Thunder
Indian city USA
Oklahoma Statistics
Population
Total population: 3,579,212
Persons under five-years old: 7.1 percent
Persons under 18-years old: 25 percent
Persons 65-years and older: 13.2 percent
Female: 50.7 percent
White: 78.3 percent
Black: 7.8 percent
American Indian and Alaska Native: 8 percent
Asian: 1.7 percent
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander: .1 percent
Multi-racial: 4.1 percent
Hispanic or Latino: 6.9 percent
Non-Hispanic white: 72.1 percent
Education
High school graduates: 80.6 percent
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 20.3 percent
Housing
Housing units: 1,607,349
Homeownership rate: 68.4 percent
Housing units in multi-unit structures: 15.2 percent
Median value of owner-occupied housing units: $70,700
Households: 1,342,293
Persons per household: 2.49
Income
Median household income: $37,109
Per capita income: $17,646
Persons below poverty: 14 percent
Transportation
Airports: Will Rogers World, Tulsa International, Riverside-Jones
Railroads: Amtrak (Heartland Flyer)
Public mass transit: Oklahoma Department of Transportation, METRO, Oklahoma City Bus System
Weather (Oklahoma City)
Average annual precipitation: 50 inches
Average low temp. in January: 26 degrees
Average high temp. in July: 93 degrees
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