Arkansas metropolitan areas


The State of Arkansas has a total of eight metropolitan statistical areas 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.
RankMetropolitan AreaPopulationCountyPopulation
1Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR769,258Faulkner131,611
1Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR769,258Grant18,546
1Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR769,258Lonoke76,389
1Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR769,258Perry10,251
1Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR769,258Pulaski401,209
1Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR769,258Saline131,252
2Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR605,615Benton321,566
2Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR605,615Madison17,865
2Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR605,615Washington266,184
3Fort Smith, AR-OK232,848Crawford62,258
3Fort Smith, AR-OK232,848Franklin17,586
3Fort Smith, AR-OK232,848Sebastian130,035
4Texarkana, AR-TX145,576Miller41,958
4Texarkana, AR-TX145,576Little River11,626
5Jonesboro, AR138,152Craighead115,852
5Jonesboro, AR138,152Poinsett22,965
6Hot Springs, AR99,902Garland99,902
7Pine Bluff, AR83,907Cleveland7,367
7Pine Bluff, AR83,907Jefferson63,672
7Pine Bluff, AR83,907Lincoln12,868
8West Memphis, TN-MS-AR1,339,345Crittenden46,633

Combined Statistical Areas

There are three combined statistical areas in the state. The Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR Combined Statistical Area includes the Little Rock and Pine Bluff metropolitan areas and the Searcy micropolitan area. The Jonesboro-Paragould combined statistical area was created by the Census Bureau in 2005 and includes the Jonesboro metropolitan area and Paragould micropolitan area. The Hot Springs-Malvern Combined statistical area was created in 2013 which includes the Hot Springs metropolitan area and the Malvern micropolitan area.

Population statistics

The three Combined Statistical Areas in the state are listed in the table below with their populations from the 2016 U.S. Census estimate.