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Economic Summary of Arkansas

The GDP for Arkansas was $109 billion in 2012^[1]. Arkansas had an estimated population of 2.949 million as of 2012^[2]. The GDP per capita was $31,837 in 2012^[3].

Counties

There are 75 counties in Arkansas. Below are the top ten localities ranked by population 2010.^[4]

Rank	Locality	Population 2010
1	Pulaski	382,748
2	Benton	221,339
3	Washington	203,065
4	Sebastian	125,744
5	Faulkner	113,237
6	Saline	107,118
7	Craighead	96,443
8	Garland	96,024
9	Jefferson	77,435
10	White	77,076

List of counties in Arkansas by population

Cities

Top 10 cities in Arkansas by estimated city proper population in 2010.^[5]

Rank	City	Population 2010
1	Little Rock	193,524
2	Fort Smith	86,209
3	Fayetteville	73,580
4	Springdale	69,797
5	Jonesboro	67,263
6	North Little Rock	62,304
7	Conway	58,908
8	Rogers	55,964
9	Pine Bluff	49,083
10	Bentonville	35,301

List of Arkansas cities by population

Industries

Arkansas industries by GDP 2012.^[6]

Industry	GDP value added $ billions 2012	% of total GDP
Government	15.41	14.07%
Real estate and rental leasing	11.54	10.53%
Health care and social assistance	8.79	8.02%
Retail trade	8.10	7.39%
Non-durable manufacturing	7.90	7.21%
Wholesale trade	7.75	7.07%
Durable manufacturing	7.70	7.03%
Finance and insurance	5.18	4.73%
Transportation and warehousing	5.02	4.58%
Construction	4.36	3.98%
Professional, scientific, and technical services	4.04	3.69%
Management of companies and enterprises	3.91	3.57%
Utilities	3.24	2.96%
Accommodation and food services	2.95	2.69%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting	2.79	2.55%
Other private services	2.70	2.46%
Information	2.58	2.35%
Administrative and waste support services	2.46	2.25%
Mining	2.13	1.94%
Educational services	0.57	0.52%
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	0.43	0.39%
Total	109.56	100%

Employment

Arkansas employment by industry in June 2013.^[7]

Industry	Employment thousands June 2013	Percent of total employment
Trade, transportation and utilities	251.5	21.23%
Government	214.9	18.14%
Education & health services	174.4	14.72%
Manufacturing	154.3	13.02%
Professional & business services	123.1	10.39%
Leisure & hospitality	102.5	8.65%
Financial activities	48.5	4.09%
Construction	47.8	4.03%
Other services	43.1	3.64%
Information	14.6	1.23%
Mining and logging	10.2	0.86%
Total non-farm	1,184.9	100%

Corporations

Top 10 Arkansas based corporations by revenue in 2012^[8]

Rank	Corporation	Revenue $ millions 2012	Headquarters
1	Wal-Mart Store	446,950	Bentonville
2	Tyson Foods	32,266	Springdale
3	Murphy Oil	31,446	El Dorado
4	Dillard's	6,400	Little Rock
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List of Arkansas companies by revenue

Government Finances

In 2011, the state government of Arkansas had total revenue of _____ billion. Total expenditures were _____ billion.^[9]

The total debt outstanding in 2011 was _____ billion^[10] (____% of GDP^[11]).

The total cash and security holdings in 2011 was _____ billion^[12].

Revenue by Source	$ millions	Percent of revenue
Intergovernmental revenue from Federal Government
Intergovernmental revenue from local governments
Property taxes
Sales and gross receipts
Individual income tax
Corporate income tax
Motor vehicle license
Other taxes
Charges and miscellaneous general revenue
Utility revenue
Liquor store revenue
Insurance trust revenue
Total		100%

Expenditure	$ millions	Percent of expenditure
Intergovernmental expenditure
Education
Libraries
Public welfare
Hospitals
Health
Employment security administration
Veterans' services
Highways
Air transport
Parking facilities
Sea and inland port facilities
Police protection
Fire protection
Correction
Protective inspection and regulation
Natural resources
Parks and recreation
Housing and community development
Sewerage
Solid waste management
Financial administration
Judicial and legal
General public buildings
Other governmental administration
Interest on general debt
Miscellaneous commercial activities
Other and unallocable
Utility expenditure
Liquor store expenditure
Insurance trust expenditure
Total		100%

Financial Institutions

Top ten banks by assets in Arkansas

Rank	Bank	Assets $ millions	Profit $ millions _____	Headquarters	Employees
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List of Arkansas banks by assets

References

External links

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_Economic_Map

[1] ttp://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/gdp_state/gsp_newsrelease.htm

[2] ttp://www.census.gov/popest/data/state/totals/2012/index.html

[3] ttp://bber.unm.edu/econ/st-gdp5.htm

[4] ttp://www.arkansas-demographics.com/counties_by_population

[5] ttp://www.arkansas-demographics.com/cities_by_population

[6] ttp://www.bea.gov/iTable/iTable.cfm?ReqID=70&step=1#reqid=70&step=1&isuri=1&7036=-1&7007=2011&7093=Levels&7090=70&7006=53000&7001=1200&7002=1&7003=200&7004=NAICS&7005=-1&7035=-1

[7] ttp://www.bls.gov/eag/home.htm

[8] ttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2012/states/CA.html

[9] ttp://www.census.gov/govs/local/

[10] ttp://www.census.gov/govs/local/

[11] ttp://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/gdp_state/gsp_newsrelease.htm

[12] ttp://www.census.gov/govs/local/

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