The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Arkansas:

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the O ...

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located in the southern region of the

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General reference

* Names ** Common name:

*** Pronunciation: ** Official name: State of Arkansas ** Abbreviations and name codes *** Postal symbol: AR *** ISO 3166-2 code: US-AR *** Internet

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: .ar.us ** Nicknames *** Bear State (pronounced "Bar State") *** Bowie State *** Hot Springs State *** Land of Opportunity (former official nickname; previously used on

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* Demonyms **

Arkansan Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...

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Geography of Arkansas

Geography of Arkansas The geography of Arkansas varies widely. The state is covered by mountains, river valleys, forests, lakes, and bayous in addition to the cities of Arkansas. Hot Springs National Park features bubbling springs of hot water, formerly sought across t ...

* Arkansas is: a

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of the United States of America * Location ** Northern hemisphere **

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South Central United States The South Central United States or South Central states is a region in the south central portion of the Southern United States. It evolved out of the Old Southwest, which originally was the western portion of the South. The states of Arkansas, ...

* Population of Arkansas: 2,915,918 (2010 U.S. Census) * Area of Arkansas: * Atlas of Arkansas

Places in Arkansas

Places in Arkansas * Historic places in Arkansas **

Ghost towns in Arkansas A ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that is believed to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to re ...

** National Historic Landmarks in Arkansas **

National Register of Historic Places listings in Arkansas This is a list of properties and historic districts in Arkansas that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are more than 2,600 listings in the state, including at least 8 listings in each of Arkansas's 75 counties. Nu ...

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Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somethi ...

* National Natural Landmarks in Arkansas * State parks in Arkansas

Environment of Arkansas

* Climate of Arkansas * Protected areas in Arkansas ** State forests of Arkansas * Superfund sites in Arkansas * Wildlife of Arkansas **

Flora of Arkansas Geobotanically, Arkansas belongs to the North American Atlantic Region. Rare Species A *Amorpha ouachitensis - Ouachita leadplant *Amorpha paniculata - Panicled indigobush * Amsonia hubrichtii - Ouachita blue star * Astragalus soxmaniorum - S ...

** Fauna of Arkansas *** Reptiles **** Snakes of Arkansas

Natural geographic features of Arkansas

Lakes of Arkansas There are at least 2340 named lakes and reservoirs in Arkansas. The following list contains lists of lakes and reservoirs in Arkansas by county. A lake is a terrain feature (or physical feature), a body of liquid on the surface of a world that ...

Rivers of Arkansas List of rivers in Arkansas ( U.S. state). For a list of dams and reservoirs in Arkansas, see List of Arkansas dams and reservoirs Rivers are listed by drainage basin, by size, and alphabetically. By drainage basin This list is arranged by draina ...

Regions of Arkansas

Arkansas Delta The Arkansas Delta is one of the six natural regions of the state of Arkansas. Willard B. Gatewood Jr., author of ''The Arkansas Delta: Land of Paradox'', says that rich cotton lands of the Arkansas Delta make that area "The Deepest of the Deep ...

Arkansas River Valley The Arkansas River Valley (usually shortened to River Valley) is a region in Arkansas defined by the Arkansas River in the western part of the state. Generally defined as the area between the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains, the River Valley is cha ...

Arkansas Timberlands The Arkansas Timberlands (sometimes also called Southern Arkansas or Southwest Arkansas) is a region of the U.S. state of Arkansas generally encompassing the area south of the Ouachita Mountains, south of Central Arkansas and west of the Arkans ...

Ark-La-Tex The Ark-La-Tex (a portmanteau of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas; also stylized as Arklatex or ArkLaTex) is a socio-economic tri-state region where the Southern U.S. states of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas join together. The region contains por ...

Central Arkansas Central Arkansas, also known as the Little Rock metro, designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area, is the most populous metro area in the U.S. state o ...

Crowley's Ridge Crowley's Ridge (also Crowleys Ridge) is a geological formation that rises 250 to above the alluvial plain of the Mississippi embayment in a line from southeastern Missouri to the Mississippi River near Helena, Arkansas. It is the most pro ...

* Four State Area *

Osage Plains The Osage Plains are a physiographic section of the larger Central Lowland province, which in turn is part of the larger Interior Plains physiographic division. The area is sometimes called the Lower Plains, North Central Plains,or Rolling Plains ...

Ouachita Mountains The Ouachita Mountains (), simply referred to as the Ouachitas, are a mountain range in western Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma. They are formed by a thick succession of highly deformed Paleozoic strata constituting the Ouachita Fold and Thru ...

The Ozarks The Ozarks, also known as the Ozark Mountains, Ozark Highlands or Ozark Plateau, is a physiographic region in the U.S. states of Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and the extreme southeastern corner of Kansas. The Ozarks cover a significant porti ...

Piney Woods The Piney Woods is a temperate coniferous forest terrestrial ecoregion in the Southern United States covering of East Texas, southern Arkansas, western Louisiana, and southeastern Oklahoma. These coniferous forests are dominated by several sp ...

South Arkansas South Arkansas lies within the southernmost portions of Arkansas Gulf Coastal Plain and Delta regions. It encompasses the lower 15 counties of the state. History In the 1920s, nationwide attention focused on South Arkansas when the Smackover ...

* U.S. Interior Highlands *

Western Arkansas The geography of Arkansas varies widely. The state is covered by mountains, river valleys, forests, lakes, and bayous in addition to the cities of Arkansas. Hot Springs National Park features bubbling springs of hot water, formerly sought across t ...

Metropolitan areas of Arkansas

Arkansas metropolitan areas The State of Arkansas has a total of eight metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) that are fully or partially located in the state. Twenty of the state's 75 counties are classified by the United States Census Bureau as metropolitan. Among these ...

* Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway * Fayetteville‑Springdale‑Rogers * Fort Smith * Texarkana * Jonesboro * Pine Bluff * Hot Springs * Memphis (TN)

Administrative divisions of Arkansas

* The 75 counties of the state of Arkansas ** Municipalities in Arkansas ***

Cities in Arkansas Arkansas is a state in the Southern United States. According to the 2020 United States census, it is the 33rd most populous state with inhabitants and the 27th largest by land area spanning of land. Arkansas is divided into 75 counties and ...

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State capital Below is an index of pages containing lists of capital cities. National capitals *List of national capitals * List of national capitals by latitude *List of national capitals by population * List of national capitals by area * List of capital c ...

of Arkansas:

Little Rock ( The "Little Rock") , government_type = Council-manager , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = Frank Scott Jr. , leader_party = D , leader_title2 = Council , leader_name2 ...

**** City nicknames in Arkansas

Demography of Arkansas

Demographics of Arkansas This article refers to the demographics of the U.S. state of Arkansas. Arkansas is the 32nd largest state, with a population of 2,915,918 as of the 2010 United States Census. Demographics The United States Census Bureau estimates that the po ...

Government and politics of Arkansas

Politics of Arkansas * Form of government: U.S. state government *

United States congressional delegations from Arkansas Since Arkansas became a U.S. state in 1836, it has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years, and members of the House to two-year ...

Arkansas State Capitol The Arkansas State Capitol, often called the Capitol Building, is the home of the Arkansas General Assembly, and the seat of the Arkansas state government that sits atop Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the Capitol Mall in Little Rock, Arkan ...

Political party strength in Arkansas The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Arkansas: *Governor *Lieutenant Governor * Secretary of State *Attorney General *State Auditor *State Treasurer * State Land Commissioner The table also indicates th ...

Branches of the government of Arkansas

Government of Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...

Executive branch of the government of Arkansas

* Governor of Arkansas **

Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas The lieutenant governor of Arkansas presides over the Arkansas Senate with a tie-breaking vote, serves as acting governor of Arkansas when the governor is out of state and assumes the governorship in cases of impeachment, removal from office, deat ...

Secretary of State of Arkansas The secretary of state of Arkansas is one of the elected constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The current Secretary of State is Republican John Thurston, former Arkansas land commissioner from Pulaski County in central Arkan ...

* State departments **

Arkansas Department of Transportation The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT), formerly the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department, is a government department in the U.S. state of Arkansas. Its mission is to provide a safe, efficient, aesthetically pleasing and e ...

Legislative branch of the government of Arkansas

* Arkansas General Assembly ( bicameral) **

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Arkansas State Senate The Arkansas State Senate is the upper branch of the Arkansas General Assembly. The Senate consists of 35 members, each representing a district with about 83,000 people. Service in the state legislature is part-time, and many state senators have ...

** Lower house: Arkansas House of Representatives

Judicial branch of the government of Arkansas

Courts of Arkansas Courts of Arkansas include: ;State courts of Arkansas *Arkansas Supreme Court ** Arkansas Court of Appeals *** Arkansas Circuit Courts (23 judicial circuits) ****Arkansas District Courts (formerly Arkansas Municipal Courts) ****Arkansas City Court ...

* Supreme Court of Arkansas

Law and order in Arkansas

Law of Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...

* Cannabis in Arkansas *

Capital punishment in Arkansas Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Arkansas. Since 1820, a total of 505 individuals have been executed. According to the Arkansas Department of Correction, as of January 16, 2019, a total of 29 men were under a sentence ...

** Individuals executed in Arkansas *

Constitution of Arkansas The Constitution of Arkansas is the primary organizing law for the U.S. state of Arkansas delineating the duties, powers, structures, and functions of the state government. Arkansas' original constitution was adopted at a constitutional conv ...

* Crime in Arkansas *

Gun laws in Arkansas Gun laws in Arkansas regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition in the state of Arkansas in the United States. Summary table Arkansas gun laws Automatic weapons must be registered with the Arkansas secretary of state ...

* Law enforcement in Arkansas ** Law enforcement agencies in Arkansas ***

Arkansas State Police The Arkansas State Police is a state police division of the Arkansas Department of Public Safety and the "premier" law enforcement agency in the State of Arkansas. The Arkansas State Police is responsible for enforcing motor vehicle laws, traf ...

Military in Arkansas

* Arkansas Air National Guard *

Arkansas Army National Guard The Arkansas Army National Guard (ARARNG) is a component of the Arkansas National Guard and the United States National Guard. National coordination of various state National Guard units are maintained through the National Guard Bureau. Arkansa ...

History of Arkansas

History of Arkansas, by period

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* French colony of Louisiane, 1699–1764 **

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(though predominantly Francophone) district of Alta Luisiana, 1764–1803 **

Third Treaty of San Ildefonso The Third Treaty of San Ildefonso was a secret agreement signed on 1 October 1800 between the Spanish Empire and the French Republic by which Spain agreed in principle to exchange its North American colony of Louisiana for territories in Tuscany ...

of 1800 * French district of Haute-Louisiane, 1803 **

Louisiana Purchase The Louisiana Purchase (french: Vente de la Louisiane, translation=Sale of Louisiana) was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803. In return for fifteen million dollars, or app ...

of 1803 * Unorganized U.S. territory created by the

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, (1812–1819)–1821 ** Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819 *

Territory of Arkansaw The Arkansas Territory was a territory of the United States that existed from July 4, 1819, to June 15, 1836, when the final extent of Arkansas Territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Arkansas. Arkansas Post was the first territo ...

, 1819–1836 * State of Arkansas becomes the 25th state admitted to the

on June 15, 1836 **

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, April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848 **

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, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865 ***

Arkansas in the American Civil War During the American Civil War, Arkansas was a Confederate state, though it had initially voted to remain in the Union. Following the capture of Fort Sumter in April 1861, Abraham Lincoln called for troops from every Union state to put dow ...

*****Ninth state to declare secession from the

on May 6, 1861 *****Ninth state admitted to the

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on May 18, 1861 ****

Battle of Pea Ridge The Battle of Pea Ridge (March 7–8, 1862), also known as the Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, took place in the American Civil War near Leetown, Arkansas, Leetown, northeast of Fayetteville, Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas. United States, Federal f ...

, March 7–8, 1862 ****

Battle of Whitney's Lane The Battle of Whitney's Lane (also known as the Action at Whitney's Lane) was a small, but psychologically important, land battle of the American Civil War fought on May 19, 1862, in north-central Arkansas. Strategic situation Union situat ...

, May 19, 1862 **** Battle of Saint Charles, June 17, 1862 **** Battle of Hill's Plantation, July 7, 1862 ****

Battle of Cane Hill The Battle of Cane Hill (also known as the Engagement at Cane Hill) was fought during the American Civil War on November 28, 1862, in northwestern Arkansas, near the town of Cane Hill. Union troops under Brig. Gen. James G. Blunt had entered ...

, November 28, 1862 ****

Battle of Prairie Grove The Battle of Prairie Grove was a battle of the American Civil War fought on December 7, 1862. While tactically indecisive, the battle secured the Union control of northwestern Arkansas. A division of Union troops in the Army of the Front ...

, December 7, 1862 ****

Battle of Arkansas Post The Battle of Arkansas Post, also known as Battle of Fort Hindman, was fought from January 9 to 11, 1863, near the mouth of the Arkansas River at Arkansas Post, Arkansas, as part of the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. Confederat ...

, January 9–11, 1863 **** Battle of Chalk Bluff, May 1–2, 1863 ****

Battle of Helena The Battle of Helena was fought on July 4, 1863, near Helena, Arkansas, as part of the American Civil War. Union troops had captured the city in July 1862, and had been using it as a base of operations. Over 7,500 Confederate troops led by Li ...

, July 4, 1863 ****

Battle of Devil's Backbone The Battle of Devil's Backbone, also known as the Action at Devil's Backbone, was a military engagement in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War. Devil's Backbone is a ridge in the Ouachita Mountains approximately southwest o ...

, September 1, 1863 ****

Battle of Bayou Fourche The Battle of Bayou Fourche, also known as the Battle of Little Rock and the Engagement at Bayou Fourche, took place on September 10, 1863, in Pulaski County, Arkansas, and was the final battle of the Little Rock Campaign, also known as the Ad ...

, September 10, 1863 ****

Battle of Pine Bluff The Battle of Pine Bluff, also known as the Action at Pine Bluff, was an engagement fought on October 25, 1863 in Jefferson County, Arkansas during the American Civil War. The Post of Pine Bluff, a United States garrison commanded by Colonel Po ...

, October 25, 1863 ****

Battle of Elkin's Ferry The Battle of Elkin's Ferry (April 3 – 4, 1864), also known as Engagement at Elkin's Ferry, was fought in Clark and Nevada counties in Arkansas as part of the Camden Expedition, during the American Civil War. Prelude Major-General Frederic ...

, April 3–4, 1864 **** Battle of Prairie D'Ane, April 9–13, 1864 **** Battle of Poison Spring, April 18, 1864 ****

Battle of Marks' Mills The Battle of Marks' Mills (April 25, 1864), also known as the Action at Marks’ Mills, was fought in present-day Cleveland County, Arkansas, during the American Civil War. Confederate Brigadier-General James F. Fagan, having made a forced m ...

, April 25, 1864 ****

Battle of Jenkins' Ferry The Battle of Jenkins' Ferry, also known as the Engagement at Jenkins' Ferry, was fought on April 30, 1864, at Jenkins' Ferry, southwest of Little Rock (present-day Grant County, Arkansas), during the American Civil War. Although the battle ...

, April 30, 1864 ****

Battle of Old River Lake The Battle of Old River Lake, also known as Ditch Bayou, Furlough, and Fish Bayou, was a small skirmish between U.S. Army troops and Confederate troops from June 5 to June 6, 1864, during the American Civil War. A Union Army force marched into C ...

, June 5–6, 1864 ** Arkansas in Reconstruction, 1865–1868 ****Second former

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readmitted to the

on June 22, 1868 **

Hot Springs National Park Hot Springs National Park is an American national park in central Garland County, Arkansas, adjacent to the city of Hot Springs, the county seat. Hot Springs Reservation was initially created by an act of the United States Congress on April 20, 1 ...

established on March 4, 1921 **

Civil Rights Movement The civil rights movement was a nonviolent social and political movement and campaign from 1954 to 1968 in the United States to abolish legalized institutional racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement throughout the Unite ...

from December 1, 1955, to January 20, 1969 ***

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, September 4, 1957 – May 27, 1958 **

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becomes 42nd

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on January 20, 1993

History of Arkansas, by region

History of Little Rock, Arkansas ( The "Little Rock") , government_type = Council-manager , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = Frank Scott Jr. , leader_party = D , leader_title2 = Council , leader_name2 ...

History of Arkansas, by subject

* History of universities in Arkansas **

History of the University of Arkansas The History of the University of Arkansas began with its establishment in Fayetteville, Arkansas, in 1871 under the Morrill Act, as the Arkansas Industrial College. Over the period of its nearly 140-year history, the school has grown from two smal ...

Publications about Arkansas history

Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture The Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) ''Encyclopedia of Arkansas'' is a web-based encyclopedia of the U.S. state of Arkansas, described by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as "a free, authoritative source of information ab ...

Culture of Arkansas

Culture of Arkansas * Museums in Arkansas * Religion in Arkansas ** The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Arkansas ** Episcopal Diocese of Arkansas * Scouting in Arkansas * State symbols of Arkansas **

Flag of Arkansas The flag of Arkansas, also known as the Arkansas flag, consists of a red field Charge (heraldry), charged with a large blue-bordered white Lozenge (heraldry), lozenge (or diamond). Twenty-nine Pentagram, five-pointed stars appear on the flag: t ...

Great Seal of Arkansas The Great Seal of Arkansas is used to authenticate certain documents issued by the Government of Arkansas. The phrase is used both for the physical seal itself, which is kept by the Governor of Arkansas, and more generally for the design impressed ...

The arts in Arkansas

Music of Arkansas Arkansas is a Southern state of the United States. Arkansas's musical heritage includes country music and various related styles like bluegrass and rockabilly. State songs Arkansas has four official state songs: *State Anthem: "Arkansas" by M ...

Economy and infrastructure of Arkansas

Economy of Arkansas * Communications in Arkansas ** Newspapers in Arkansas **

Radio stations in Arkansas The following is a list of FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of Arkansas, which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats. NOAA Weather Radio stations are not listed. List ...

Television stations in Arkansas Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication Media (communication), medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of Transmission (telecommunications), television tra ...

** Media in Little Rock, Arkansas * Health care in Arkansas ** Hospitals in Arkansas * Transportation in Arkansas **

Airports in Arkansas An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfa ...

** Roads in Arkansas *** U.S. Highways in Arkansas *** Interstate Highways in Arkansas ***

State highways in Arkansas State may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State * ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States * ''Our S ...

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State highway spurs in Arkansas State may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State * ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States * ''Our S ...

Education in Arkansas

Education in Arkansas * Schools in Arkansas **

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High schools in Arkansas High may refer to: Science and technology * Height * High (atmospheric), a high-pressure area * High (computability), a quality of a Turing degree, in computability theory * High (tectonics), in geology an area where relative tectonic uplift ...

** Colleges and universities in Arkansas ***

University of Arkansas The University of Arkansas (U of A, UArk, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and the largest university in the state. Founded as Arkansas ...

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Arkansas State University Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osa ...

References

External links

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Official State websiteArkansas State Code (the state statutes of Arkansas)Arkansas State Databases
– Annotated list of searchable databases produced by Arkansas state agencies and compiled by the Government Documents Roundtable of the American Library Association.
USDA Arkansas State FactsOfficial State tourism websiteThe Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & CultureEnergy & Environmental Data for Arkansas

2000 Census of Population and Housing for Arkansas

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USGS real-time, geographic, and other scientific resources of Arkansas
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