| About Arkansas -
Arkansas is a southern state in the United States. The population according to the 2000 census was 2,673,400. It was admitted as the 25th state of the United States in 1836.
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Living in Arkansas
People of Arkansas -
As of 2005, Arkansas has an estimated population of 2,779,154, which is an increase of 29,154, or 1.1%, from the prior year and an increase of 105,756, or 4.0%, since the year 2000. This includes a natural increase since the last census of 52,214 people (that is 198,800 births minus 146,586 deaths) and an increase due to net migration of 57,611 people into the state. Immigration from outside the United States resulted in a net increase of 21,947 people, and migration within the country produced a net increase of 35,664 people.
48.8% is male, and 51.2% is female.
Racially, Arkansas is:
78.6% White non-Hispanic
15.7% Black
3.2% Hispanic
0.8% Asian
0.7% Native American
1.3% Mixed race
The five largest ancestry groups in the state are: American (15.9%), African American (15.7%), Irish (9.5%), German (9.3%), English (7.9%).
People of American ancestry have a strong presence in the northwestern Ozarks and the central part of the state. Blacks live mainly in the fertile southern and eastern parts of the state, especially along the Mississippi river. Arkansans of British and German ancestry are mostly found in the far northwestern Ozarks near the Missouri border.
As of 2000, 95.0% of Arkansas residents age 5 and
older speak English at home and 3.3% speak Spanish.
French is the third most spoken language at 0.3%, followed
by German at 0.3% and Vietnamese at 0.1%.
About Little Rock - Little
Rock is the capital and largest city in the U.S.
state of Arkansas. It is located
in central Arkansas and is the
county seat of Pulaski County. Little Rock derives its
name from a small rock formation on the south bank of
the Arkansas River called La Petite Roche (the "little
rock"). The "little rock" was used by early river traffic
as a landmark and became a well-known river crossing.
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Arkadelphia | Batesville
| Benton | Berryville
| Blytheville | Camden
| Clarksville | Conway
| Dardanelle | El
Dorado | Fayetteville
| Forrest City | Fort
Smith | Greenwood | Harrison
| Heber Springs | Hope
| Hot Springs | Jonesboro
| Little Rock | Magnolia
| Mena | Monticello
| Mountain Home | Mountain
View | Nashville | Paragould
| Pine Bluff | Pocahontas
| Rogers | Russellville
| Springdale | Texarkana
| Van Buren | West
Memphis | White Hall
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