Ark-La-Tex

The Ark-La-Tex, Arklatex, or ArkLaTex is a U.S. socio-economic region where Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma intersect.

Ark-La-Tex
Region
Downtown Shreveport, Louisiana, in 2015
Downtown Longview, Texas, in 2008
Broad Street in Texarkana, Arkansas, in 2016
Country	United States
State	Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma Texas
Principal cities	Shreveport Bossier City Longview Texarkana Nacogdoches Marshall Ruston El Dorado Natchitoches Idabel
Population  (2020)
• Total	1,469,860
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Area codes	318, 430 and 903, 870, 580

Map of the Ark-La-Tex region

Cities

List of cities with over 3,500 people (in 2020):

Louisiana

City	Parish	Population
Blanchard	Caddo	3,538
Bossier City	Bossier	62,701
Eastwood	Bossier	4,390
Grambling	Lincoln	5,239
Haughton	Bossier	4,539
Jonesboro	Jackson	4,106
Mansfield	DeSoto	4,714
Minden	Webster	11,928
Natchitoches	Natchitoches	18,039
Red Chute	Bossier	7,065
Ruston	Lincoln	22,166
Shreveport	Caddo, Bossier	187,593
Springhill	Webster	4,801
Winnfield	Winn	4,153

Texas

City	County	Population
Atlanta	Cass	5,433
Carthage	Panola	6,569
Center	Shelby	5,221
Gilmer	Upshur	4,843
Gladewater	Gregg, Upshur	6,134
Hallsville	Harrison	4,277
Henderson	Rusk	13,271
Kilgore	Gregg, Rusk	13,376
Longview	Gregg, Harrison	81,638
Marshall	Harrison	23,392
Mount Pleasant	Titus	16,047
Nacogdoches	Nacogdoches	32,147
Nash	Bowie	3,814
New Boston	Bowie	4,612
Pittsburg	Camp	4,335
Texarkana	Bowie	36,193
Wake Village	Bowie	5,945
White Oak	Gregg	6,225

Arkansas

City	County	Population
Ashdown	Little River	4,261
Camden	Ouachita	10,612
De Queen	Sevier	6,105
El Dorado	Union	17,755
Hope	Hempstead	8,952
Magnolia	Columbia	11,162
Nashville	Howard	4,153
Texarkana	Miller	29,387

Oklahoma

City	County	Population
Broken Bow	McCurtain	4,228
Idabel	McCurtain	6,961