Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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The city of Oklahoma City is primarily located in Canadian County. It is the county seat and the capital of Oklahoma. A portion of Oklahoma City extends into Cleveland County.

Oklahoma City is 360 feet [109.73 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Oklahoma City lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Oklahoma City, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Oklahoma City had a population of 506,132 people^<2> (or 574.2% of the total population of Canadian County). The population of Oklahoma City represented 14.67% of the total of Oklahoma, making it the state's most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Oklahoma City had a population of 551,789 people. This is an increase of 9.02% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Oklahoma City.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bethany	W	7 mi [11.27 km]	19,729	2.85% decrease
	Choctaw	E	13 mi [20.92 km]	11,354	21.08% increase
	Edmond	N	14 mi [22.53 km]	79,559	16.46% increase
	Midwest City	E	8 mi [12.87 km]	56,394	4.26% increase
	Moore	S	9 mi [14.48 km]	52,615	27.9% increase
	Mustang	SW	12 mi [19.31 km]	17,727	34.74% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Oklahoma City.

Websites for Oklahoma City

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The Commemorative Quarter for Oklahoma<4>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Oklahoma City. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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