Business Climate
Market
Within an 880-kilometer (550-mile) radius of Arkansas is a market of 103 million people (42% total U.S. population).
Major market centers in the region include: Memphis, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, New Orleans, and St. Louis.
Principal Industries
Manufacturing, agriculture, forestry, business services and tourism
Principal Manufactured Goods
Chemicals, food and kindred products, lumber and wood products, paper, electronic equipment, rubber and plastic products, furniture, home appliances, apparel, machinery, transportation equipment and steel
