RezoneOKC

The 2010 Census is coming up to give us an accurate picture of how the demographics of Oklahoma have changed in the last decade, but the Census has just released its most current estimates for counties and metropolitan areas, so we can see approximately where we were on July 1, 2009.

The result is that the Oklahoma City MSA added 19,759 people between July 2008 and July 2009, the largest numerical increase of the decade- barely beating the 05-06 increase of 19,644. More than half of the year’s growth was in Oklahoma County, which added 10,588. The Shawnee Micropolitan Area (Pottawatomie County) made it to 70,274, meaning that the Oklahoma City Combined Statistical Area is barely shy of 1.3 million at 1,297,552.

The Tulsa MSA increased to 929,015.

The Lawton MSA increased to 113,228, but the population is still down from its decade high of 114,996 in 2000.

Oklahoma also has five Micropolitan areas over 50,000 (plus Shawnee which I pointed out above).

The Stillwater Micropolitan area increased to 79,727.

The Muskogee Micropolitan area increased to 71,412.

The Enid Micropolitan area increased to 58,298.

The Ardmore Micropolitan area increased to 57,450.

The Bartlesville Micropolitan area increased to 50,706.

I found out how to make a big panoramic viewer in Bing.com’s maps section, and found some really beautiful views of the city from an aerial perspective- beautiful in spite of the fact that aerial photography is often taken during winter months when there are no leaves and the grass is yellow.

For best results when viewing these images full size, open the images in a new window by right clicking. Or, if you have a Mac, apple+click.