Northwest Arkansas
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Fayetteville–Springdale–Rogers, AR Metropolitan Statistical Area | |
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Area code | 479 |
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Highest elevation 2515 ft/767 m Lowest elevation 800 ft/244 m (sea level) at Beaver Lake. |
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Northwest Arkansas (NWA) is a metropolitan area and region in
Northwest Arkansas doubled in population between 1990 and 2010. Growth has been driven by the three
Etymology
"We’re like five siblings, if you will, fighting for crumbs that fall off the table instead of joining together with a common voice and say the same thing that this is the No. 1 highway project in Northwest Arkansas."
The term "Northwest Arkansas" is commonly used to refer to the rapidly growing cities of
The region is also sometimes known as "
Geography
Northwest Arkansas is located in the Southern United States. It is within the
Political geography
Settlements were initially founded in the 19th century and early 20th century as individual communities, with Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers, and Bentonville serving as historic population centers in the area. Growth began during the mid-20th century, a period of
The United States Census Bureau definition includes Benton, Washington, and Madison counties in Arkansas. Until 2018, the Census Bureau also included McDonald County, Missouri.
Cities
Fayetteville
Fayetteville is the county seat of
Springdale
Springdale is a city in
Rogers
Rogers is a city in Benton County. As of the 2020 census, the city is the sixth most populous in the state, with a total population of 69,913. In June 2007, BusinessWeek magazine ranked Rogers 18th in the 25 best affordable suburbs in the South. In 2010,
Bentonville
Bentonville is the county seat of Benton County. At the 2020 census, the population was 54,210, up from 38,284 in 2010 ranking it as the state's 9th largest city. It is home to the headquarters of
Cityscapes
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Bentonville
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Downtown Fayetteville
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University of Arkansas Campus, Fayetteville
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Rogers
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Emma Avenue, Springdale
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Arvest Ballpark, Springdale
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Sager Creek, Siloam Springs
Geology
NWA is located within the Ozark Mountains, a deeply
Hydrology
Most of NWA is within the
Within NWA, the White River is impounded at several locations, the most important of which is at Beaver Dam, forming the 13,700 acres (5,500 ha)
The Illinois River watershed is a sensitive watershed that has been the subject of controversy within the area for many years. The
Parks
The Northwest Arkansas region is known for its natural environment, and outdoor recreation.[
An expansive trail network has been built across Northwest Arkansas, centered on the
The most popular[
The University of Arkansas offers equipment rental and outdoor excursions into the Ozarks for students.[25]
National forest
State parks and areas
The region contains three state parks.
The three-county region also contains two natural areas, Garrett Hollow Natural Area, Sweden Creek Natural Area, and four wildlife management areas (Beaver Lake WMA, McIlroy Madison County WMA, Wedington WMA, White Rock WMA).
Culture and contemporary life
Art and entertainment
The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville opened in 2011.[27] The museum, funded by Sam Walton's daughter, Alice Walton, and designed by world-renowned architect Moshe Safdie, is home to a permanent collection of works, as well as rotating exhibits throughout the year. The
TheatreSquared is Northwest Arkansas's regional professional theatre. Its four-play season and annual Arkansas New Play Fest are attended by an audience of 22,000, including educational outreach program to approximately 10,000 students and their teachers. The company was recognized by the American Theatre Wing in 2011 as one of the nation's ten most promising emerging theatres.
The Arts Center of the Ozarks is the region's oldest community theatre. Since its inception in 1967, the ACO has grown from a small arts organization into a cultural center of regional significance. Located in downtown Springdale, the ACO offers a full season of mainstage plays and musicals, children's programs, visual arts exhibits, and classes in a variety of creative outlets.
The Bentonville square features the Wal-Mart Visitors Center. Located in Sam Walton's original Bentonville variety store, the Wal-Mart Visitors Center traces the origin and growth of Wal-Mart. The center was created as an educational and informative facility as well as a museum.
Dickson Street and the surrounding area in downtown Fayetteville is the main entertainment district of the region, located just off the University of Arkansas campus. The area is dense with restaurants, bars, and shops. Dickson Street is home to the Walton Arts Center, the Bikes, Blues, and BBQ Festival, and many parades.
Festivals
- Bikes, Blues, & BBQ motorcycle rally on Dickson Street in Fayetteville with over 400,000 people attending over four days[29]
- Since 2015, the Bentonville Film Festival has taken place in the first week of May. Over 85,000 attendees take part in this week-long event.[30]
- Since 1974, the Siloam Springs and its parks for a 3-day event. Food, crafts, entertainment, flea market items, and KidZone activities make for a fun day for all ages. Held the weekend of the last Sunday in April each year.[31]
- In 2009, the City of Fayetteville began assisting in the sponsorship of All Out June, Northwest Arkansas' pride festival for the LGBT community. The event is considered Arkansas' largest, and is organized by the NWA Center for Equality and the NWA Pride Parade Organization.
- Walmart Shareholder's Meeting at Bud Walton Arena brings over 5,000 employees to Fayetteville from around the world.[32]
- Since 2011, the World Championship Squirrel Cook Off in Bentonville[33]
- Battle of Prairie Grove Reenactment, hundreds of Civil War reenactors camp and fight at Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park in December of even-numbered years[34]
- Format Festival, a festival combining music, art, and technology, was started in 2022 and runs for a weekend in September in Bentonville. Format is produced by C3 Presents, who also started well-known festivals like Austin City Limits Music Festival and Lollapalooza.
Sports
The sporting scene is large in Northwest Arkansas, primarily due to the presence of the University of Arkansas Razorbacks, Arkansas’ most successful, followed, and loved sports teams. The Razorbacks have a huge economic impact on the area, drawing fans from every corner of the state during football, basketball, and baseball seasons.
The Razorbacks currently field 19 total men's and women's varsity teams (8 men's and 11 women's) in 13 sports. The men's varsity teams are baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, tennis, and indoor and outdoor track and field; the 11 women's varsity teams are basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, swimming and diving, indoor and outdoor track, tennis, softball and volleyball. The Razorbacks compete in NCAA Division I (Division I FBS in football) and are currently members of the Southeastern Conference (Western Division).
Facilities include:
In early 2008, Northwest Arkansas welcomed a Double-A
On July 12, 2023, the United Soccer League announced they have entered a partnership with a group, USL Arkansas, to bring USL Championship and USL Super League teams to Northwest Arkansas. The teams will play in a new 5,000-seat stadium set to be built near the Pinnacle Hills Promenade in Rogers.
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1840 | 12,151 | — | |
1850 | 18,503 | 52.3% | |
1860 | 31,719 | 71.4% | |
1870 | 39,328 | 24.0% | |
1880 | 55,627 | 41.4% | |
1890 | 77,142 | 38.7% | |
1900 | 85,731 | 11.1% | |
1910 | 83,334 | −2.8% | |
1920 | 86,639 | 4.0% | |
1930 | 87,842 | 1.4% | |
1940 | 91,793 | 4.5% | |
1950 | 99,789 | 8.7% | |
1960 | 101,137 | 1.4% | |
1970 | 137,299 | 35.8% | |
1980 | 189,982 | 38.4% | |
1990 | 222,526 | 17.1% | |
2000 | 325,364 | 46.2% | |
2010 | 440,121 | 35.3% | |
2020 | 546,725 | 24.2% | |
2022 (est.) | 576,403 | 5.4% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[35] 1790–1960[36] 1900–1990[37] 1990–2000[38] 2010–2016[39] |
Region compared to State & U.S. | |||
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NWA | Arkansas | U.S. | |
Total population | 463,204 | 2,915,918 | 308,745,538 |
Population change, 2000 to 2010 | +33.5% | +9.1% | +9.7% |
Population density (people/sqmi) | 144.2 | 54.8 | 87.4 |
Median household income (2016)[42] | $51,848 | $44,334 | $57,617 |
Bachelor's degree or higher[43] | 28.2% | 19.5% | 25.1% |
Foreign born (2016) | 10.7% | 4.7% | 13.7% |
White (non-Hispanic) | 81.9% | 77.0% | 72.4% |
Black | 1.9% | 15.3% | 12.6% |
Hispanic (any race) | 14.9% | 6.4% | 16.3% |
Asian | 2.3% | 1.2% | 4.8% |
Northwest Arkansas is the second-largest population center in the state, behind
Over half of Northwest Arkansas's population resides within the largest four cities, Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers, and Bentonville, with each having demographic characteristics congruent with its largest employer. Fayetteville, home to the University of Arkansas, contains the highest proportion of adults over 25 with a bachelor's degree or higher, at 44.8%, significantly above the other communities, and in line with major metropolitan areas. Bentonville, home to white-collar workers at the Walmart Home Office and the ancillary vendor community, has the highest per-capita income in the region.[45] Springdale and Rogers contain significant manufacturing and construction industries, and a corresponding high percentage of Blue-collar workers and major foreign-born populations.[46] Over 10% of businesses in Springdale and Rogers are Hispanic-owned.[45]
Approximately half of Northwest Arkansas residents are transplants from a different state or country.
County Ref. |
Population | Land mi2 |
Land km2 |
Pop. /mi2 |
Pop. /km2 |
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Benton County[47] | 258,291 | 847.36 | 2,194.65 | 261.2 | 100.85 |
Washington County[48] | 228,049 | 941.97 | 2,439.69 | 215.6 | 83.24 |
Madison County[49] | 16,072 | 834.26 | 2,160.72 | 18.8 | 7.26 |
Northwest Arkansas | 525,032 | 3,163.07 | 8,192.31 | 166.0 | 64.09 |
Arkansas | 2,988,248 | 52,035.48 | 134,771.27 | 56.0 | 21.62 |
Race and ethnicity
The region is less diverse than Arkansas and United States averages, with a 1.9% black population accounting for much of the proportional difference. The national trends of an increasing non-white proportion of the population and migration from rural areas to urban areas has also been seen in Northwest Arkansas and statewide since the 1990s, though the non-white population growth has lagged national averages.
Northwest Arkansas institutions have placed different priority on diversity within the region. University of Arkansas Chancellor John A. White designated diversity the top institutional goal in 2010, seeking to create a campus community in line with state and national averages.[52] The Northwest Arkansas Council listed "Promote racial, cultural, and ethnic diversity in Northwest Arkansas" last among priority placemaking objectives within the 2015 strategic plan.[53]
The city of Gentry has a dense community of Hmong Americans, many resettled by the United States after the North Vietnamese invasion of Laos and subsequent Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act.[54] Hmong National Development, a subsidiary of Hmong American Partnership, has an office in Fayetteville and Fairview, Missouri, one county north of the official Northwest Arkansas boundary. Gentry School District was the epicenter of cultural conflicts among Hmong, Hispanic, and white residents in the early 2000s.[55]
A 2016 study of blacks and Hispanics in Arkansas cities found median incomes rising for blacks and declining for Hispanics in Bentonville.[56]
Sexual orientation and gender identity
The Northwest Arkansas Center for Equality has sponsored the Northwest Arkansas Pride parade since 2006. The parade runs from the Fayetteville Historic Square down Dickson Street in Fayetteville.[57] A state poll in 2017 showed 84% of Arkansans believe LGBT residents should have equal employment rights, and 78% believing equal rights to housing should be afforded. Arkansan support for equal treatment in adoptions (43%), and gay marriage (35%), were significantly below national averages, 61% and 64%, respectively.[58] Arkansas is one of three states which does not prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.[59] Fayetteville and Eureka Springs have recently worked to provide legal protections for LGBT residents. Fayetteville has worked legislatively and through the court system since 2014 to establish protections for LGBT residents in the city.
The Fayetteville City Council passed Ordinance 119 in August 2014 by a 6–2 vote at 3:20 am, after an extended public comment period, which included testimony from LGBT residents who had encountered discrimination.
Northwest Arkansas' All Out June, a
2000
As of the census
The median income for a household in the MSA was $32,469, and the median income for a family was $38,118. Males had a median income of $27,025 versus $20,295 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $16,159.
Economy
Booming prosperity accompanying a tremendous increase in the area's population has made Northwest Arkansas a recognized economic success. Many migrants come from
Bentonville is world-renowned as a retail capital of the world, as it is headquarters to
The region has been noted for its transplants. The area has seen a number of transplants moving to the area from larger metropolitan areas in pursuit of jobs and amenities at a lower cost of living.[69] Wealthy enclaves such as Pinnacle in Rogers and amenities built to cater to transplants to the area have transformed the economies and cultures of Northwest Arkansas's formerly small, quiet towns.[70] Transplants from states like Texas, California, and Colorado have flooded into the area in recent years, leaving cities like Dallas, Los Angeles, and Denver in pursuit of NWA's low cost of living, laidback lifestyle, and natural amenities.
Human resources
Education
Northwest Arkansas has a strong tradition of education. Cane Hill College was founded in western Washington County in 1834; the first college in Arkansas, and Arkansas College was founded in Fayetteville in 1850.[a] Though both colleges are now defunct, these institutions laid the groundwork for establishing the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville in 1871, today the largest and best-known university in the state. Seven of the top ten school districts in Arkansas are within Benton or Washington counties, including Haas Hall Academy, a top 100 high school nationwide.[71]
As of July 2016, 85.3% of Northwest Arkansas residents over age 25 held a high school degree or higher and 30.9% holding a bachelor's degree or higher. The Northwest Arkansas rates are above Arkansas averages of 84.8% and 21.1%, and near national averages of 86.7% and 29.8%, respectively.[b]
Primary and secondary education
Northwest Arkansas public school districts range from small, rural districts to some of the largest districts in the state. Among the four large cities, each district contains two high schools, with the exception of Fayetteville Public Schools: Bentonville and Bentonville West, Rogers and Rogers Heritage, and Springdale and Springdale Har-Ber. These schools, combined with Fayetteville (and Van Buren from the Arkansas River Valley) constitute the 7A West Conference for athletics, the largest class in the state. The region's growth has led to many new schools throughout the region, including high schools. Rogers Heritage High School was established in 2008, Rogers New Technology High School, and Bentonville West High School opened in 2014.
There are also several private, charter, parochial, and secular schools, including Shiloh Christian School in Springdale.
Higher education
- University of Arkansas
- The University of Arkansas (UA) is a public co-educational land-grant university. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It is noted for its strong architecture, agriculture (particularly poultry science), creative writing, and business programs. Sports are also important to the university, as they are home to the Arkansas Razorbacks.[73]
- John Brown University
- Northwest Arkansas Community College (NWACC)
- Ecclesia College
Public library systems
The Fayetteville Public Library is the largest library in Northwest Arkansas. The other libraries in Washington County have formed the Washington County Library System (WCLS).
Infrastructure
Surface transportation
The region is mainly served by
Aviation
The region has seven smaller, public use
Mass transit
Two public transit agencies serve the area; Ozark Regional Transit is a general transit agency with around a dozen local routes, plus commuter, paratransit, and special purpose routes. Razorback Transit primarily serves University of Arkansas students, is fare-free, and has a service area limited to Fayetteville. It is also open to the general public.
Intercity bus service is provided by Jefferson Lines in Fayetteville.[75]
See also
- Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
- McDonald Territory, a failed attempt by McDonald County, Missouri to leave Missouri and become part of Arkansas in 1961
- Walton Arts Center
- Arkansas metropolitan areas
Notes
- ^ Not the same institution as Lyon College, also founded as Arkansas College but in Batesville in 1872.
- ^ Calculated using the percentages and overall populations to total for the four-county area.[72]
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