Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Oklahoma County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 718,633, making it the most populous county in Oklahoma. The county seat is Oklahoma City, the state capital. Oklahoma County is at the heart of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Statistical Area. Oklahoma County is one of seven counties in the United States to share the same name as the state it is located in (the other six counties are Arkansas County, Hawaii County, Idaho County, Iowa County, New York County (known commonly as
Capital punishment in Oklahoma on death row. Capital punishment in Oklahoma Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The state has executed the third largest number of convicts in the United States (after Texas and Virginia) since re-legalization following "Gregg v. Georgia " in 1976. Oklahoma also has the highest number of executions per capita in the country. Oklahoma was the first jurisdiction in the world to adopt lethal injection as method of execution. No executions have been performed in Oklahoma since January 2015. After a three-year moratorium on lethal injection in March 2018, Oklahoma lifted aforementioned moratorium. Oklahoma