Little Rock metropolitan area
| Little Rock - North Little Rock - Conway - Metropolitan Area - |
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| Surface: | 10,593.9 km² |
| Residents: | 699,518 |
| Population density: | 66.1 per km² |
| Counties: | Faulkner , Grant , Lonoke , Perry , Pulaski , Saline |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock-Pine Bluff - Combined Statistical Area - |
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| Surface: | 18,565.4 km² |
| Residents: | 877.091 |
| Population density: | 47.2 per km² |
| Counties: | Faulkner, Grant, Lonoke, Perry, Pulaski, Saline, Cleveland , Jefferson , Lincoln , White |
The metropolitan Little Rock (also Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area ) is one of six counties existing metropolitan area in the middle of the US -amerikanischen state of Arkansas . The center of the region is Arkansas' capital Little Rock on the Arkansas River .
In 2000 the metropolitan area had 610,518 inhabitants; until the census in 2010 , the population increased to 699,757.
definition
After four counties formed the region until 2002 ( Pulaski , Faulkner , Saline and Lonoke ), Perry County in the west and Grant County in the south were added later. In 2007 the city of Conway in Faulkner County was raised to the third core city ( "Principal City" ) next to Little Rock and North Little Rock .
The six counties of the metropolitan area form the White County in the north and the three counties of the region around Pine Bluff (with the counties Cleveland , Jefferson and Lincoln ) in the south of the Combined Statistical Area (CBA) Little Rock-North Little Rock-Pine Bluff with a total of 877,091 inhabitants (2010).
Neighboring regions
The Memphis metropolitan area on the Mississippi River in the states of Tennessee , Mississippi, and Arkansas is the closest major metropolitan area. The distance there is 221 km (between the two centers) in an east-northeast direction.
Other regions include the cities of Jackson in Mississippi (425 km southeast), Shreveport in Louisiana (343 km southwest), Tulsa in Oklahoma (442 km west-northwest) and Springfield in Missouri (351 km north).
Counties
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The city of Little Rock (orange),
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Municipalities
Cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants
- Little Rock ( "Principal City" )
Cities with 50,000 to 100,000 inhabitants
- Conway ( "Principal City" )
- North Little Rock ( "Principal City" )
Cities with 10,000 to 50,000 inhabitants
Demographic data
In the official census in 2000 , the population was 610,518. These were distributed over 241,094 households in 165,405 families.
The population in 2000 was 75.4 percent white , 21.0 percent African American , 0.4 percent Native American , 1.0 percent Asian, and 1.0 percent other. 1.3 percent said they came from at least two of these groups. 2.0 percent of the population were Hispanics who belonged to any of the named groups.
The median income per household was 37,912 US dollars (USD), the median family income 44,572 USD. The median income for men was $ 31,670 and that for women was $ 23,354. The per capita income was $ 18,305.
Individual evidence
- ↑ United States Census 2010
- ↑ Google Maps: Little Rock, AR - Memphis, TN
- ^ Google Maps: Little Rock, AR - Jackson, MS
- ^ Google Maps: Little Rock, AR - Shreveport, LA
- ↑ Google Maps: Little Rock, AR - Tulsa, OK
- ^ Google Maps: Little Rock, AR - Springfield, MO
- ↑ United States Census 2010
- ^ US Census Bureau - Faulkner County
- ^ US Census Bureau - Grant County
- ↑ US Census Bureau - Lonoke County
- ↑ US Census Bureau - Perry County
- ↑ US Census Bureau - Pulaski County
- ↑ US Census Bureau - Saline County
- ↑ US Census Bureau - Cleveland County
- ^ US Census Bureau - Jefferson County
- ↑ US Census Bureau - Lincoln County
- ^ US Census Bureau - White County
- ↑ US Census Bureau - Census 2000 The total is the sum of all six counties