Ark-La-Tex

The general area of the Ark-La-Tex highlighted within the United States.

The Ark-La-Tex (also known as Arklatex, ArkLaTex, or more inclusively Arklatexoma) is a U.S. socio-economic region where Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma intersect. The region contains portions of Northwest Louisiana, Northeast Texas, South Arkansas, and the Little Dixie area of Oklahoma.

The region is centered on the Shreveport/Bossier metropolitan area in Northwest Louisiana, although Marshall in Northeast Texas, Natchitoches, Louisiana, and both Texarkana, Texas and Texarkana, Arkansas retain a large degree of autonomy. Most of the region is located in the Piney Woods, an ecoregion of dense forest of mixed deciduous and conifer flora. The forests are periodically punctuated by sloughs and bayous that are linked to larger bodies of water such as Caddo Lake or the Red River. Although it is not an official US metropolitan area it has a total population of 1,043,570. Its largest city is Shreveport, Louisiana with Tyler, Texas in second, Longview, Texas in third, and Texarkana, Texas/Arkansas in fourth.

Cities

In Arkansas: Arkadelphia, Ashdown, Camden, Delight, De Queen, El Dorado, Fouke, Glenwood, Hope, Magnolia, Mena, Murfreesboro, Nashville, Prescott, Stamps, and Texarkana.

In Louisiana: Benton, Bernice, Blanchard, Bossier City, Greenwood, Hosston, Mansfield, Many, Minden, Mooringsport, Natchitoches, Plain Dealing, Pleasant Hill, Ruston, Sarepta, Shongaloo, Shreveport, Springhill, Vivian, and Zwolle

In Oklahoma: Antlers, Broken Bow, Haworth, Hugo, and Idabel.

In Texas: Atlanta, Athens, Bonham, Carthage, Clarksville, Crockett, Daingerfield, De Kalb, Gilmer, Hallsville, Henderson, Hooks, Jacksonville, Jefferson, Kilgore, Longview, Lufkin, Marshall, Mount Pleasant, Mount Vernon, Nacogdoches, Naples, New Boston, New London, Omaha, Paris, Pittsburg, Scottsville, Sulphur Springs, Tatum, Texarkana, Tyler, and Waskom.

Largest Cities

1.Shreveport, Louisiana

2.Texarkana, Texas/AR

3.Bossier City, Louisiana

4.Ruston, Louisiana

5.Marshall, Texas

6.Tyler, Texas

7.Longview, Texas

Famous natives

Sissy Spacek Trace Adkins Maya Angelou Terry Bradshaw Earl Campbell Glen Campbell William Childress Van Cliburn Bill Clinton Johnnie L. Cochran David Crowder Clint Dempsey James L. Farmer

George Foreman Lefty Frizzell John Wesley Hardin James Pinckney Henderson Don Henley Jim Hogg Mike Huckabee Lamar Hunt Alphonso Jackson Lady Bird Johnson Scott Joplin Freddy King

Alan Ladd Joe R. Lansdale Tracy Lawrence Huddy Ledbetter Jared Leto Shannon Leto Jeff Mangum Matthew McConaughey Neal McCoy Don Meredith Craig Monroe Bill Moyers Ross Perot

Jim Reeves Tex Ritter Eddie Robinson Billy Sims Kenny Wayne Shepherd Hal Sutton B. J. Thomas Billy Bob Thornton David Toms Jeremiah Trotter Walter Prescott Webb Forrest Whitaker Hank Williams, Jr. Lee Ann Womack