Talk:Arkansas

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Capitalization Errors in Race and ethnicity[edit]

If someone with access could fix the two bolded words that are incorrectly capitalized that would be great.

"Arkansas is 72.0% non-Hispanic white, 15.4% Black or African American, 0.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.5% Asian, 0.4% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, 0.1% some other race, 2.4% two or more races, and 7.7% Hispanic or Latin American of any race.[83] In 2011, the state was 80.1% white (74.2% non-Hispanic white), 15.6% Black or African American, 0.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3% Asian, and 1.8% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race made up 6.6% of the population.[84] As of 2011, 39.0% of Arkansas's population younger than age 1 were minorities.[85]" — Preceding unsigned comment added by CapitalizationMan (talk • contribs) 19:41, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Emergency Management Heading and Single Sentence Fragment in the Middle of Education Section[edit]

In the middle of the section discussing Arkansas' education system, there is a heading with a single sentence fragment talking about emergency management. This should be deleted or moved to a more appropriate place and expanded upon.

Emergency Management The Emergency Management in Arkansas is being provided by the Arkansas Emergency Management Eugene Farmer (talk) 16:58, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 8 May 2023[edit]

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Add “Northwest Arkansas” to “Major Metro and Urban Areas.” Justification: NW Arkansas has a population over half a million and is one of the fastest growing metro areas in the country. 2600:8804:8C4E:B400:4C5B:FE52:C918:8FD (talk) 01:05, 8 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Lightoil (talk) 02:27, 8 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 11 August 2023[edit]

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In 2015, The top countries of origin for Arkansas’ immigrants were Mexico, El Salvador, India, Vietnam, and Guatemala. Add this information to the demographics section.

https://www.immigrationresearch.org/system/files/immigrants_in_arkansas.pdf 2600:6C50:7EF0:4A70:4598:5B87:F2FB:F342 (talk) 23:08, 11 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done! DrJuiceBoy (talk) 19:40, 12 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 30 August 2023[edit]

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Levon Helm[edit]

How about listing Levon Helm as a former resident! 2601:194:4100:7240:650D:C6CC:635E:3F91 (talk) 18:43, 22 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]