Ark-La-Tex
Sign in to saveright|thumb|293x293px|Map of the Ark-La-Tex region The Ark-La-Tex (a portmanteau of the abbreviations for Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas; also stylized as Arklatex or ArkLaTex) is a socio-economic region where the Southern U.S. states of Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Texas join together. The region contains portions of Northwest Louisiana, Northeast Texas, and South Arkansas as well as Oklahoma's southeasternmost county, McCurtain County (part of Choctaw Country).
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- Downtown Longview, Texas, in 2016
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- Downtown Shreveport, Louisiana, in 2015
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- Broad Street in Texarkana, Arkansas, in 2016
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- United States
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- 1,469,860
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Article
52 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Geography
- Definition
- Louisiana (13 parishes)
- Arkansas (10 counties)
- Oklahoma (one county)
- Texas (16 counties)
- Climate
- Communities
- Largest cities
- Louisiana
- Texas
- Arkansas
- Oklahoma
- Metropolitan and micropolitan areas
- Metropolitan statistical areas
- Micropolitan statistical areas
- Culture
- Education
- Colleges and universities
- Media
- Newspapers
- TV
- Shreveport/Texarkana (Northwest Louisiana and Southwest Arkansas)
- El Dorado/Monroe (South Central Arkansas and North Central Louisiana)
- Tyler/Lufkin (East Texas)
- Radio
- AM stations
- Arkansas
- Louisiana
- Texas
- Oklahoma
- FM stations
- Arkansas
- Louisiana
- Texas
- Oklahoma
- Transportation
- Airports
- Major highways
- Interstates
- U.S. Routes
- Texas highways
- State highways
- State highway loops
- Louisiana state highways
- Arkansas state highways
- Oklahoma state highways
- River transportation
- Notable people
- Notes
- References
right|thumb|293x293px|Map of the Ark-La-Tex region The Ark-La-Tex (a portmanteau of the abbreviations for Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas; also stylized as Arklatex or ArkLaTex) is a socio-economic region where the Southern U.S. states of Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Texas join together. The region contains portions of Northwest Louisiana, Northeast Texas, and South Arkansas as well as Oklahoma's southeasternmost county, McCurtain County (part of Choctaw Country).
The population of the 40-county core region as of 2020 is 1,469,860 people, down from 1,515,056 in 2010. Shreveport, Louisiana, with 187,593 people in 2020, is the largest city, economic and geographic center of the region, and principal hub for both the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area and Northwestern Louisiana. Longview, Texas, with a population of 81,683 people in 2020, is the second-largest city as well as a principal city of the Tyler–Longview metropolitan conurbation and Greater Longview metropolitan area. The twin cities of Texarkana, Texas, and Texarkana, Arkansas, are the fourth- and sixth-largest cities, respectively, but collectively make up the region's third-largest metropolitan area (with a combined population exceeding 140,000 residents) as the center of the Texarkana metropolitan area encompassing Miller County, Arkansas, and Bowie County, Texas. Other cities in the Ark-La-Tex with 20,000 or more residents include Bossier City, Louisiana; Nacogdoches, Texas; Marshall, Texas; and Ruston, Louisiana.