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Welcome to Arkansas
 Introduction
Arkansas is known as “The Natural State” and one of the southern states in the United States. Arkansas shares a border with six different states, with its eastern border mainly the Mississippi River. The capital and largest city is Little Rock. The state's agriculture outputs are poultry and eggs, soybeans, sorghum, cattle, cotton, rice, hogs, and milk. Its industrial outputs are food processing, electric equipment, fabricated metal products, machinery, paper products, bromine, and vanadium.
 People
Total population (2007) 2,834,797
Total Births (2006) 39,790
Total Deaths (2006) 28,259
Total natural population increases (2006) 11,531
Total international migration (2006) 4,189
Total internal migration (2006) 19,495
Net migration (2006) 23,684
Total male population (2000) 1,304,693
Total female population (2000) 1,368,707
Total white population (2000) 2,138,598
Total black population (2000) 418,950
Total asian population (2000) 20,220
American Indian & Alaska Native population (2000) 17,808
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander popualtion (2000) 1,668
Hispanic population (2000) 86,866
Total population over 18 yrs (2000) 1,993,031
White population over 18 yrs (2000) 1,639,443
Black population over 18 yrs (2000) 278,007
American Indian & Alaska Native population over 18 yrs (2000) 12,490
Asian population over 18 yrs (2000) 15,177
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander population over 18 yrs (2000) 1,057
Female median age (2000) 37
Male median age (2000) 35
Total number households (2000) 1,042,696
Average household size (2000) 2.49




 Geography
Capital Little Rock
Largest City Little Rock
State's Total Area Ranking 29
Total Area 53 sq mi
Width 239 miles
Length 261 miles
Percent Water 0.02%
Latitude 33°N to 36°30'N
Longitude 89°41'W to 94°42'W
Highest Elevation Mount Magazine 2,753 ft (840 m)
Mean Elevation 650 ft
Lowest Elevation Ouachita River 55 ft (17 m)
 Economics
GDP (2005) $86,752,000,000
GDP average annual growth rate percent 1997 to 2004 2.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting contribution to GDP (2005) $2,401,000,000
Mining contribution to GDP (2005) $972,000,000
Utilities contribution to GDP (2005) $1,838,000,000
Construction contribution to GDP (2005) $3,841,000,000
Durable goods manufacturing contribution to GDP (2005) $9,210,000,000
Non-durable goods manufacturing contribution to GDP (2005) $7,665,000,000
Wholesale trade contribution to GDP (2005) $5,798,000,000
Retail trade contribution to GDP (2005) $6,268,000,000
Transportation and warehousing contribution to GDP (2005) $4,336,000,000
Information contribution to GDP (2005) $3,120,000,000
Finance and insurance contribution to GDP (2005) $3,884,000,000
Real estate, rental, and leasing contribution to GDP (2005) $7,854,000,000
Professional and technical services contribution to GDP (2005) $3,263,000,000
Management of companies contribution to GDP (2005) $1,797,000,000
Administrative and waste services contribution to GDP (2005) $1,759,000,000
Educational services contribution to GDP (2005) $365,000,000
Health care and social assistance contribution to GDP (2005) $6,593,000,000
Arts, entertainment, and recreation contribution to GDP (2005) $377,000,000
Accomodation and food services contribution to GDP (2005) $1,950,000,000
Other services contribution to GDP (2005) $1,938,000,000
Government contribution to GDP (2005) $11,523,000,000
Total state tax (2005) $6,552,449
Total state tax per capita (2005) $2,358
Total employees state & local government (2005) 160,115
Firefighters (2005) 2,726
Government hospital employees (2005) 5,902
Government transit employees (2005) 248
Population with health insurance (2000) 2,224,475
Population without health insurance (2000) 426,271
 Other
State Flower Apple Blossom
State Bird Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
Violent crime (2005) 14,659
Violent crime rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 527.5
Murder & nonnegligent manslaughter (2005) 186
Murder & nonnegligent manslaughter rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 6.7
Forcible rape (2005) 1,193
Forcible rape rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 42.9
Robbery (2005) 2,531
Robbery rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 91.1
Aggravated assault (2005) 10,749
Aggravated assault rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 386.8
Property crime (2005) 112,775
Property crime rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 4057.9
Burglary (2005) 30,143
Burglary rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 1084.6
Larceny-theft (2005) 75,348
Larceny-theft rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 2711.2
Motor vehicle theft (2005) 7,284
Motor vehicle theft rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 262.1
 City List
Adona Alco Alexander Alicia
Alma Almyra Alpena Alpine
Altheimer Altus Amagon Amity
Appleton Arkadelphia Ash Flat Ashdown
Atkins Augusta Austin Balch
Bald Knob Banks Barling Bass
Bates Batesville Bauxite Bay
Bearden Bee Branch Beebe Beech Grove
Bella Vista Belleville Benton Bentonville
Berryville Bethel Heights Bexar Big Flat
Bigelow Biggers Birdeye Biscoe
Bismarck Black Oak Black Rock Blackwell
Blevins Bluff City Bluffton Blytheville
Boles Bonanza Bonnerdale Bono
Booneville Boswell Bradford Bradley
Branch Brickeys Briggsville Brinkley
Brockwell Brookland Bruno Bryant
Buckner Buckville Bull Shoals Busch
Cabot Caddo Gap Calamine Calico Rock
Camden Cammack Village Camp Canehill
Caraway Carlisle Carthage Casa
Cash Casscoe Cave City Cave Springs
Cecil Cedarville Center Ridge Centerton
Central City Charleston Charlotte Cherokee Village
Cherry Valley Chester Chidester Clarendon
Clarkridge Clarksville Cleveland Clinton
Coal Hill Collins Colt Columbus
Combs Compton Concord Conway
Cord Corning Cotter Cotton Plant
Cove Cozahome Crawfordsville Crocketts Bluff
Crossett Damascus Danville Dardanelle
De Queen De Valls Bluff De Witt Decatur
Deer Delaplaine Delaware Delight
Dennard Dermott Des Arc Desha
Devalls Bluff Dewitt Diamond City Dierks
Doddridge Dolph Donaldson Dover
Drasco Dumas Dyess Earle
East Camden Edgemont El Dorado El Paso
Elaine Elizabeth Elkins Emerson
Emmet England Enola Ethel
Etowah Eudora Eureka Springs Evansville
Evening Shade Everton Fair Oaks Fairfield Bay
Farmington Fayetteville Fifty Six Fisher
Flippin Floral Fordyce Foreman
Forrest City Fort Smith Fouke Fountain Hill
Fountain Lake Fox Franklin Frenchmans Bayou
Fulton Gamaliel Garfield Garland City
Gassville Gentry Georgetown Gepp
Gillett Gillham Glencoe Glenwood
Gosnell Gould Grady Grannis
Grapevine Gravel Ridge Gravelly Gravette
Green Forest Greenbrier Greenway Greenwood
Greers Ferry Griffithville Guion Gurdon
Guy Hackett Hagarville Hamburg
Hampton Hanover Hardy Harriet
Harrisburg Harrison Hartford Hartman
Harvey Haskell Hasty Hatfield
Hattieville Hatton Havana Hazen
Heber Springs Hector Helena Henderson
Hensley Hermitage Heth Hickory Ridge
Higden Higginson Highland Hindsville
Hiwasse Holiday Island Holland Holly Grove
Hope Horatio Horseshoe Bend Horseshoe Lake
Hot Springs National Park Houston Howell Hoxie
Hughes Humnoke Humphrey Hunt
Huntington Huntsville Huttig Ida
Imboden Jacksonville Jasper Jefferson
Jennie Jersey Jerusalem Jessieville
Joiner Jonesboro Jordan Judsonia
Junction City Kensett Kingsland Kingston
Kirby Knobel Knoxville Lafe
Lake City Lake Hamilton Lake Village Lakeview
Lamar Langley Lavaca Leachville
Lead Hill Leola Lepanto Leslie
Lewisville Lexa Light Lincoln
Little Rock Lockesburg Locust Grove London
Lonoke Lonsdale Louann Lowell
Little Rock Afb Little Rock Air Force Base Luxora Lynn
Mabelvale Magazine Magnolia Malvern
Mammoth Spring Manila Manning Mansfield
Marble Falls Marcella Marianna Marion
Marked Tree Marmaduke Marshall Marvell
Maumelle Mayflower Maynard Maysville
Mc Caskill Mc Crory Mc Gehee Mc Neil
Mc Rae Mccrory Mcgehee Melbourne
Mena Midway Mineral Springs Moko
Monette Monticello Montrose Moro
Morrilton Morrow Mount Holly Mount Ida
Mount Judea Mount Vernon Mountain Home Mountain Pine
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