Oklahoma population grew almost 9 percent since 2000

 
BY PAUL MONIES pmonies@opubco.com
Published: December 21, 2010

Oklahoma 's population grew by almost 9 percent in the last decade as the state added 300,000 residents, the U.S. Census Bureau said Tuesday.

The latest population count meant Oklahoma had 3,751,351 residents on April 1. That's up from 3,450,654 people in the 2000 Census. The state slipped one place in the rankings and is now the 28th-largest in the nation.

Oklahoma has shown a healthy rate of growth duri...


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