Tre Pryor, Realtor
Arkansas Profile
Bordered by Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma, it covers 53,178 sq mi (137,730 sq km). Its capital is Little Rock, and its highest point is Mount Magazine, at 2,753 ft (839 m). The earliest inhabitants were Indian bluff dwellers along the Mississippi River c. ad 500. Mound-building cultures later left burial mounds along the river. Spanish and French explorers traversed the region in the 16th-17th centuries; the first permanent European settlement was founded at Arkansas Post in 1686. Acquired by the U.S. as part of the Louisiana Purchase, Arkansas Territory was established in 1819; the state's current boundaries were fixed in 1828. Arkansas became the 25th state in 1836. It seceded in 1861 to join the Confederacy in the American Civil War; it was readmitted to the Union in 1868. Following Reconstruction, a rigid policy of segregation lasted until 1957, when court-ordered desegregation of the schools was implemented. Once dominated by agriculture, the state's economy now also includes mining and manufacturing. Tourism is promoted, especially by the mineral springs at Hot Springs National Park and resorts in the Ozark Mountains.
Arkansas Statistics
| Population, 2007 estimate | 2,834,797 |
| Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007 | 6.0% |
| Housing units, 2007 | 1,287,429 |
| Median household income, 2007 | $38,239 |
| Land area, 2000 (square miles) | 52,068.17 |
| Persons per square mile, 2000 | 51.3 |
Arkansas Links
There's more information than I could possibly list here but I want to provide links to further your investigation if you so choose. So, here's a link the Official State Home Page of Arkansas. The official tourism Web site of Arkansas has a lot going for it.
Weather information is also available by cities. Just visit Arkansas Weather - Average Temperatures and Rainfall and then click on the name of the city you are interested in to find data for that specific city. And what state profile would be complete without a link to their Top Attractions and Oddities?!?
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