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.

Metropolitan areas

The following table lists population figures for the metropolitan areas with their Arkansas counties, in rank of population. Population figures are from the 2016 U.S. Census estimate.
RankMetropolitan AreaPopulationCountyPopulation
1Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR734,622Faulkner122,227
1Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR734,622Grant18,082
1Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR734,622Lonoke72,228
1Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR734,622Perry10,132
1Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR734,622Pulaski393,250
1Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR734,622Saline118,703
2Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR525,032Benton258,291
2Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR525,032Madison16,072
2Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR525,032Washington228,049
3Fort Smith, AR-OK281,227Crawford62,267
3Fort Smith, AR-OK281,227Franklin17,626
3Fort Smith, AR-OK281,227Sebastian127,793
4Texarkana, AR-TX150,098Miller43,787
5Jonesboro, AR129,858Craighead105,835
5Jonesboro, AR129,858Poinsett24,023
6Hot Springs, AR97,477Garland97,477
7Pine Bluff, AR91,962Cleveland8,241
7Pine Bluff, AR91,962Jefferson70,016
7Pine Bluff, AR91,962Lincoln13,705
8West Memphis, TN-MS-AR1,342,842Crittenden49,235

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.
RankCombined Statistical AreaPopulationCore Based Statistical AreaPopulation
1Little Rock-North Little Rock905,847Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR MSA734,622
1Little Rock-North Little Rock905,847Pine Bluff, AR MSA91,962
1Little Rock-North Little Rock905,847 Searcy, AR μSA79,263
2Jonesboro-Paragould174,456Jonesboro, AR MSA129,858
2Jonesboro-Paragould174,456Paragould, AR μSA44,598
3Hot Springs-Malvern130,851Hot Springs, AR MSA97,477
3Hot Springs-Malvern130,851Malvern, AR μSA33,374