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Arkansas
Motto: "Regnat populus" - Latin - "The people rule"
Nickname: Official - "The Natural State" - adopted in 1995 - Former: "Land of Opportunity" - adopted in 1947 and served until 1995
Capital: Little Rock
Population: 2,725,714 (Estimate by the US Census Bureau 7/01/03); Ranks 32nd in US State Population
Size: 260 miles long and 240 miles wide; covers 53,182 square miles - 29th largest of the 50 states
State Bird: Mockingbird
State Flower: Apple Blossom
Arkansas was named after the Quapaw Indians that lived west of the Mississippi River and north of the Arkansas River. The Algonkian-speaking Indians from the Ohio Valley called the Quapaws "Arkansas" meaning "south wind."
Arkansas became a state on June 15, 1836. It was the 25th state admitted to the Union.
The Arkansas General Assembly passed a resolution in 1881 stating that Arkansas would be pronounced Arkan"saw"; however, people who live in or come from Arkansas are referred to as Arkansans, pronounced Ar "kansans".
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