Oklahoma

===Race and ethnicity===
[[File:Oklahoma counties by race.svg|thumb|Map of counties in Oklahoma by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census{{Collapsible list
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'''Non-Hispanic White'''

{{legend|#cc4125|50–60%}}

{{legend|#a61c00|60–70%}}

{{legend|#85200c|70–80%}}

{{legend|#5b0f00|80–90%}}

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'''Native American'''

{{legend|#b6d7a8|40–50%}}

{{legend|#93c47d|50–60%}}

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'''Hispanic or Latino'''

{{legend|#76a5af|50–60%}}

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As with majority of the U.S., Oklahoma has experienced diversification since the beginning of the 21st century;<ref>{{Cite web |title=New census data show's the nation is diversifying even faster than predicted |url=https://www.brookings.edu/research/new-census-data-shows-the-nation-is-diversifying-even-faster-than-predicted/ |website=Brookings Institution|date=July 2020 }}</ref> in 1940, 90.1% of the state's population was [[non-Hispanic White]]; in 2020, 75.5% of the population was White, down from 1990's 81% yet up from 2010's 72.2%. Among its population at the 2020 census, the remainder of its increasingly diverse population was 11.9% [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race, 16% [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian and Alaska Native]], 9.7% [[African Americans|Black or African American]], 3.1% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 0.4% [[Native Hawaiians|Native Hawaiian]] and [[Pacific Islander Americans|other Pacific Islander]], and 9% some other race.<ref name="2020OKCensus" /> According to the 2010 census, 8.6% were American Indian and Alaska Native, 7.4% Black or African American, 1.7%  Asian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, 4.1% from some other race and 5.9% of two or more races; 8.9% of Oklahoma's population were of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin (they may be of any race).<ref name="2020OKCensus" />

{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="font-size: 90%;"
|+ Historical racial demographics
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! Racial composition !!1940<ref name="census" />  !! 1970<ref name="census" />  !! 1990<ref name="census">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725044857/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html |archive-date=July 25, 2008 |title=Historical Census Statistics on Population Totals By Race, 1790 to 1990, and By Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990, For The United States, Regions, Divisions, and States |publisher=Census.gov |access-date=April 23, 2014 }}</ref> !! 2010<ref name="Census2010">{{cite web |title=2010 Census: Oklahoma Profile |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10_thematic/2010_Profile/2010_Profile_Map_Oklahoma.pdf |website=census.gov |publisher=US Census Bureau |access-date=June 28, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[White Americans|White]] || 90.1% || 89.1% || 81% || 72.2% 
|-
| [[Hispanic Americans|Hispanic]] || – || – || 2.7% || 8.9% 
|-
| [[Native Americans in the United States|Native]] || 2.7% || 3.8% || 8% || 8.6% 
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]] || 7.2% || 6.7%|| 7.4% || 7.4% 
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]] (Included<br />[[Pacific Islands Americans|Pacific Islanders]] before 1990) || - || 0.1% || 1.1% || 1.7%  
|-
| [[Native Hawaiian]] and<br />[[Pacific Islands Americans|other Pacific Islander]] || – || – || – || 0.1% 
|-
| [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|Other race]] || – || 0.2% || 1.3% || 4.1% 
|-
| [[Multiracial Americans|Two or more races]]  || – || – || – || 5.9% 
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="font-size: 90%;"
|+ Oklahoma racial composition by ethnicity, including in combination
|-
! Racial composition !!2010<ref name="2020OKCensus">{{cite web |title=Race and Ethnicity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census |url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html |website=census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=August 15, 2021}}</ref> !!2020<ref name="2020OKCensus" />
|-
| [[White Americans|White]] || 77.5% || 75.5%
|-
| [[Hispanic Americans|Hispanic]] || 8.9% || 11.9% 
|-
| [[Native Americans in the United States|Native]] || 12.9% || 16% 
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]] || 8.7% ||9.7%
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]] || 2.2% || 3.1% 
|-
| [[Native Hawaiian]] and<br />[[Pacific Islands Americans|other Pacific Islander]] || 0.2% || 0.4%
|-
| [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|Other race]] || 4.7% || 9% 
|}
[[File:Oklahoma Tribal Areas.svg|thumb|[[Oklahoma Tribal Statistical Area]]s (teal)]]In 2005, Oklahoma's estimated ancestral makeup was 14.5% German, 13.1% [[Southern United States#European colonization|American]], 11.8% [[Irish American|Irish]], 9.6% [[English American|English]], 8.1% [[African Americans|African American]], and 11.4% Native American (including 7.9% Cherokee),<ref name="demo">{{cite web | year=2002 | url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/c2kbr01-15.pdf | title= The American Indian and Alaska Native Population: 2000| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=August 5, 2007}}</ref> though the percentage of people claiming American Indian as their only race was 8.1%.<ref name="Oklahoma QuickFacts">{{cite web|date=January 12, 2006 |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/40000.html |title=Oklahoma QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau |website=State & County QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=July 10, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514235102/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/40000.html |archive-date=May 14, 2008 }}</ref> Most people from Oklahoma who self-identify as having [[American ancestry]] are of overwhelmingly [[English American|English]] and [[Scots-Irish Americans|Scots-Irish]] ancestry with significant amounts of [[Scottish American|Scottish]], [[Welsh American|Welsh]] and [[Irish American|Irish]] ancestry as well.<ref>[[David Hackett Fischer]], ''[[Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America]]'', New York: Oxford University Press, 1989, pp.602–645</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Dominic Pulera|title=Sharing the Dream: White Males in Multicultural America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SVoAXh-dNuYC&pg=PA57|year=2004|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-0-8264-1643-8|page=57}}</ref> The majority of Hispanics in Oklahoma are of [[Mexican Americans|Mexican]] origin.<ref>[https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=HI014 Hispanics | The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture]</ref> There are 38 federally recognized Native American tribes in the state.<ref>[https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndok/indian-country Northern District of Oklahoma | Indian Country]</ref>

In 2011, 47.3% of Oklahoma's population younger than age{{nbsp}}1 were minorities, meaning they had at least one parent who was not non-Hispanic white.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2012/06/americas_under_age_1_populatio.html|title=Americans under age{{nbsp}}1 now mostly minorities, but not in Ohio: Statistical Snapshot|last=Exner|first=Rich|date=June 3, 2012|work=[[The Plain Dealer]]}}</ref>