Arkansas

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Arkansas is a state located in the Southern region of the United States.^[1] Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians.^[2] Arkansas is the 29th most extensive and the 32nd most populous of the United States. The capital and most populous city is Little Rock, located in the central portion of the state. The Territory of Arkansas was admitted to the Union as the 25th state on June 15, 1836.^[3]

Transparency report card


State	B
Counties	D
Cities	C
School districts	C

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↑ Census Regions and Divisions of the United States. Geography Division, United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on June 23, 2012.
↑ Lyon, Owen (Autumn 1950). "The Trail of the Quapaw". Arkansas Historical Quarterly (Arkansas Historical Association) 9: 206–207.
↑ Cash, Marie (December 1943). "Arkansas Achieves Statehood". Arkansas Historical Quarterly (Arkansas Historical Association) 2.

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