The People

Oklahoma's population density is 50.2 persons per square mile (19.4 per km2), roughly two-thirds that of the United States as a whole. Nonwhites—primarily blacks, the largest group, and Indians—make up about 16 per cent of the total population. Oklahoma, which became the home of the Five Civilized Tribes in the middle of the 19th century, has a large part of the nation's Indian population. About 70 tribes are represented, the largest being the Cherokee, the Choctaw, the Cree, the Chickasaw, and the Seminole. The majority of the Indians live among the general population. There is one Indian reservation in Oklahoma.

Annual events in Oklahoma
January-April
International Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City (January); An Affair of the Heart in Oklahoma City (February); Bullnanza in Guthrie (February); Chocolate Festival in Norman (February); Azalea Festival in Muskogee (April); Eighty-Niner Day Celebration in Guthrie (April); Festival of the Arts in Oklahoma City (April); Prince of Peace Easter Pageant in Lawton (April).
May-August
Burger Day Festival in El Reno (May); Kolache Festival in Prague (May); Red Earth in Oklahoma City (May); Strawberry Festival in Stilwell (May); Kiamichi Owa Chito Festival of the Forest in Broken Bow (June); OK Mozart Festival in Bartlesville (June); Pawnee Bill Wild West Show in Pawnee (June); Red Earth in Oklahoma City (June); Discoveryland's "Oklahoma!" in Tulsa (June-August); American Indian Exposition in Anadarko (August); Annual Rodeo and Old Cowhand Reunion in Freedom (August); Jazz on Greenwood in Tulsa (August).
September-December
Cherokee Strip Celebration in Enid (September); Oklahoma State Prison Rodeo in McAlester (September); State Fair of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City (September); Tulsa State Fair in Tulsa (September-October); Robbers Cave Fall Festival in Wilburton (October); Festival of Light in Chickasha (November-December); Territorial Christmas Celebration in Guthrie (November-December).