The Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area is a large urban region located in the central part of the state of Oklahoma. It is often known as Oklahoma City Metroplex or Greater Oklahoma City, and contains the state capital and principal city, Oklahoma City.
Seven counties make up the Oklahoma City Metroplex; Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, Lincoln, Logan, McClain, and Oklahoma. The region had 1,172,339 residents in 2006 blank">http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metropop/2005/cbsa-01-fmt.csv , and continues to grow rapidly .
The micro urban area of _Shawnee (in Pottawatomie County) is included in Oklahoma City's Consolidated Statistical Area (CSA) which brings the region's population to 1,240,977.
