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 is one of the fastest growing MSAs in the United States: Fayetteville Springdale-Rogers.

Metropolitan areas
Rank Metropolitan Area Population County Population
1 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 769,258 Faulkner 131,611
Grant 18,546
Lonoke 76,389
Perry 10,251
Pulaski 401,209
Saline 131,252
2 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR 605,615 Benton 321,566
Madison 17,865
Washington 266,184
3 Fort Smith, AR-OK 232,848 Crawford 62,258
Franklin 17,586
Sebastian 130,035
4 Texarkana, AR-TX 145,576 Miller 41,958
Little River 11,626
5 Jonesboro, AR 138,152 Craighead 115,852
Poinsett 22,965
6 Hot Springs, AR 99,902 Garland 99,902
7 Pine Bluff, AR 83,907 Cleveland 7,367
Jefferson 63,672
Lincoln 12,868
8 West Memphis, TN-MS-AR 1,339,345 Crittenden 46,633