Little Rock-North Little Rock-Pine Bluff Combined Statistical Area
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Central Arkansas Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR MSA |
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| Metropolitan Statistical Area | |
Downtown Little Rock
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| Coordinates: 34°44′10″N 92°19′52″W / 34.73611°N 92.33111°WCoordinates: 34°44′10″N 92°19′52″W / 34.73611°N 92.33111°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 Arkansas
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| Principal cities | • Little Rock • North Little Rock • Conway |
| Area | |
| • Urban | 258.3 sq mi (669 km2) |
| • MSA | 4,199 sq mi (10,880 km2) |
| • CSA | 7,326 sq mi (18,970 km2) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Urban | 431,388 (US: 89th) |
| • MSA | 734,622 (US: 76th) |
| • CSA | 905,847 (US: 60th) |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-4) |
| Area code(s) | 501 & 870 |
Central Arkansas, also known as the Little Rock metro, designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area, is the most populous metro area in the US state of Arkansas. It is the core of the broader Little Rock-North Little Rock Combined Statistical Area (CSA). Its economic, cultural, and demographic center is Little Rock, Arkansas's capital and largest city. The Little Rock Combined Statistical area spans ten counties and had an estimated population of 905,847 in 2016.
Central Arkansas includes both the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway MSA and the broader Little Rock CSA. The MSA is defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget as Faulkner, Grant, Lonoke, Perry, Pulaski and Saline counties. The CSA definition adds the Pine Bluff metropolitan area adding Cleveland, Jefferson, and Lincoln counties, and the Searcy Micropolitan Area, which adds White County.
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 MSA by 2007.
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