塔尔萨, Okla.

Mayor:Dewey F. Bartlett, Jr. (to Dec. 2017) 2010 census population (rank):391,906 (46);Male:190,944 (48.7%);Female:200,962 (51.3%);White:245,309 (62.6%);Black:62,164 (15.9%);American Indian and Alaska Native:20,817 (5.3%);Asian:9,077 (2.3%);Other race:31,219 (8.0%);Two or more races:23,004 (5.9%);Hispanic/Latino:55266人(14.1%).人口18岁以上:2010%75.5%;65年和over:12.5%;Median age:34.7. 2014 population estimate (rank):391,906 (47) Seeadditional census data Land area:183 sq mi. (474 sq km); Alt.:674 ft. Avg. daily temp.:Jan., 35.2° F; July, 83.3° F Churches:Protestant, 290; Roman Catholic, 40; Jewish, 3; others, 4; City parks and playgrounds:128 (5,987 ac.); Radio stations:AM, 10; FM, 16; Television stations:7 commercial; 1 PBS; 123 cable Civilian Labor Force (MSA) April 2015:473,800; Unemployed (April 2015):18,000, Percent (April 2015):3.8; Per capita personal income 2013:$27,089 Chamber of Commerce:Metropolitan Tulsa Chamber of Commerce, 2 West Second St., Ste. 150, Tulsa, OK 74103

塔尔萨, the second-largest city inOklahomaand seat of Tulsa County, is located in the northeast part of the state on theArkansas River.

塔尔萨was settled in the 1830s by克里克印第安人from Alabama who were forcibly sent to the area (then part of Indian Territory) under theIndian Removal Actof 1830. Creek medicine men planted ashes from their old home at the new site, and the Creeks named their new village “Tulsy,” meaning old town, in memory of their former home in Tallassee, Ala. In time, the village became the town of Tulsa.

The coming of the first railroad in 1882 attracted white settlers to Tulsa, and the town developed into a cattle-shipping center. When enormous oil deposits were discovered at nearby Red Fork in 1901 and at Glenn Pool in 1905, the city experienced rapid growth as a center of a booming petroleum industry. Tulsa was incorporated as a city in 1898 and chartered in 1908.

塔尔萨is the center of the state's petroleum and telecommunications industries and has a diversified economy. Other important industries include aerospace, chemicals, computer parts, automobile glass, fabricated metals, and industrial machinery. The city became a major inland port when the Tulsa port of Catoosa opened in 1971.

See alsoEncyclopedia:塔尔萨.

Selected famous natives and residents:

• Garth Brookssinger;
• Blake Edwardsdirector;
• Paul Harveycommentator;
• Jennifer Jonesactress;
• Henry R. Kravisinvestment banker;
• Daniel Patrick Moynihansenator;
• Tony Randallactor;
• Alfre Woodardactress;
• Judy Woodruffjournalist.