Northwest Arkansas breaks into nation's top 100 metro areas, council says
FAYETTEVILLE -- Northwest Arkansas has become the nation's 100th largest metropolitan area, according to a news release from the Northwest Arkansas...
FAYETTEVILLE -- Northwest Arkansas has become the nation's 100th largest metropolitan area, according to a news release from the Northwest Arkansas Council. The metropolitan statistical area, which consists of Benton, Madison and Washington counties in Arkansas, saw its population increase to 576,403 as of July 1, the latest estimate made public by the U.S. Census Bureau, according to the council. The council is a group of area business and civic leaders and elected officials. Northwest Arkansas' population was increasing by 36 people a day between April 2020, when the official U.