Little Rock-North Little Rock Metropolitan Area
The Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is a six-county area in central Arkansas, and anchored by state's capital and largest city, Little Rock. The total MSA population in 2011 was 709,901 people, having grown from 610,518 people in 2000.
Prior to 2002, the area consisted of four core counties: Pulaski, Faulkner, Saline and Lonoke. The area was later expanded to include adjoining Perry County to the west, and Grant County to the south. The city of Conway was designated as a third principal city for the metro area by 2007.
The MSA additionally shares a combined statistical area with the three-county Pine Bluff metropolitan area and the Searcy micropolitan area in White County. This CSA had a 2011 population of 886,992 people. The 2000 census for the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Pine Bluff Combined Statistical Area was 785,024 residents.
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