Meanwhile, the share of the new immigrant population to come to Oklahoma from outside the U.S. borders continues to shrink.

One in four of the new migrants to Oklahoma in 2013 came from outside the U.S., Census Bureau figures indicate.

About 37 percent of the new residents moving to Oklahoma in 2012 came from international locales.

The 4,756 international residents added to the state population in the past year is about 750 fewer than moved to the state during the prior year.

In the past 10 years, the number of international migrants coming to Oklahoma annually has ranged between 7,277 in 2004 and 1,268 in 2010.

Annual domestic migration to the state has ranged between a high of 19,945 in 2009 and a low of 1,637, in 2010, just as the Great Recession was officially ending.

Overall, Oklahoma had a net migration rate of 4.96 new persons per 1,000 residents in the year ending July 1.

North Dakota led the nation with a net migration rate of over 25 new residents per 1,000 total population.

New Mexico ranked last in net migration rate with the state losing 4.23 residents per 1,000 total population to other states or countries in the one-year period.