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<p><b>Oklahoma City</b> is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of <a href="/pages/w/105818976117390">Oklahoma</a>. The <a href="/pages/w/107892445909958">county seat</a> of <a href="/pages/w/108012832553372">Oklahoma County</a>, the city ranks <a href="/pages/w/118986031480507">27th</a> among United States cities in population. The population grew following the 2010 Census, with the population estimated to have increased to 631,346 as of July 2015. As of 2015, the <a href="/pages/w/133200706717987">Oklahoma City metropolitan area</a> had a population of 1,358,452, and the Oklahoma City-<a href="/pages/w/106268186070259">Shawnee</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_Statistical_Area" class="wikipedia">Combined Statistical Area</a> had a population of 1,459,758 (Chamber of Commerce) residents, making it Oklahoma's largest metropolitan area.</p><p>Oklahoma City's city limits extend into <a href="/pages/w/142203279129273">Canadian</a>, <a href="/pages/w/137640846256245">Cleveland</a>, and <a href="/pages/w/134892543209187">Pottawatomie</a> counties, though much of those areas outside of the core Oklahoma County area are suburban or rural (<a href="/pages/w/103103293062897">watershed</a>). The city ranks as the <a href="/pages/w/102605543126130">eighth-largest city in the United States by land area</a> (including <a href="/pages/w/102879716420862">consolidated city-counties</a>; it is the largest city in the United States by land area after Houston whose government is not consolidated with that of a county or borough).</p><p>Oklahoma City has the largest municipal population of any city in the <a href="/pages/w/112120845471914">Great Plains</a> region of the central United States as well as all neighboring states to <a href="/pages/w/105818976117390">Oklahoma</a>, excluding Texas and Colorado.</p>