Capital: Oklahoma City
Motto: Labor omnia vincit (Labor conquers all things)
Nickname: Sooner State
Origin of name: From two Choctaw Indian words meaning "red people"
Ten largest cities (1994):
Oklahoma City, 463,201;
Tulsa, 374,851;
Norman, 87,290;
Lawton, 86,078;
Broken Arrow, 65,679;
Edmond, 61,224;
Midwest City, 53,473;
Enid, 45,851;
Moore, 42,593;
Muskogee, 39,299
Land area (rank): 68,679 sq mi. (177,877 sq km) (19)
Geographic center: In Oklahoma Co., 8 mi. N of Oklahoma City
1997 resident population est.: 3,317,091
1990 resident census population (rank): 3,145,585 (28).
Male: 1,530,819; Female: 1,614,766.
White: 2,583,512 (82.1%); Black: 233,801 (7.4%); American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut: 252,420 (8.0%); Asian or Pacific Islander: 33,563 (1.1%); Other race: 42,289 (1.3%); Hispanic: 86,160 (2.7%).
1990 percent population under 18: 26.6; 65 and over: 13.5; median age: 33.2.
Musical: "Oklahoma!", 1943 - Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II
(Considered by many to be the first musical comedy to have a plot,
musical score and dances that were necessary ingredients to
advance the story line.
First musical to have its entire score recorded, thus creating
the first original cast album.)
Contact your USA Volleyball Regional Office for details.
REGIONAL OFFICES: 1. USAV Oklahoma Region
In in 1996-1997 school year,
58 high schools fielded girls teams with 802 girls representing those schools.
0 high schools fielded boys teams with 0 boys representing those schools.
OKLAHOMA SECONDARY SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION
7300 N Broadway Extension
(PO Box 14590 [73113-0590])
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73116-9012
405-840-1116
405.840.9559 - FAX
DIVISION I - WOMENS
University of Oklahoma Norman OK 73019 (Sooners) Oral Roberts University Tulsa OK 74171 University of Tulsa Tulsa OK 74104DIVISION II - WOMENS
CAMERON UNIVERSITY LAWTON OK 73505-6377 UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA EDMOND OK 73034DIVISION III - WOMENS
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