by - January 23, 2026 5:04 pm
Arkansas’ third-quarter 2025 gross domestic product (GDP) was up 5.8%, the third highest among the 50 states, trailing Kansas at 6.5% and South Dakota at 6.3%, according to Friday’s state…
by - June 27, 2025 10:59 am
Arkansas’ real gross domestic product (GDP) was 0.8% in the first quarter, ranking the state fifth for growth among the 50 states. Personal income grew at an annual rate of…
by - March 28, 2025 4:17 pm
The preliminary gross domestic product (GDP) and personal income report for the 50 states has Arkansas ranked first for GDP growth in the fourth quarter of 2024, and ranked 47th…
by - December 20, 2024 2:24 pm
Arkansas’ third quarter real gross domestic product (GDP) of $149.105 billion grew at an annual rate of 6.9%, the most of any U.S. state, according to Friday’s (Dec. 20) report…
by - November 15, 2018 8:13 am
Arkansas’ economic fortunes blossomed in the second quarter as the state’s Gross Domestic Product accelerated to 4.4%, the 10th-highest growth rate in the nation, according to the newly released U.S….
by - July 24, 2018 6:05 pm
Arkansas’ economic expansion fell flat in the first quarter as the state’s volatile farming sector almost pushed real gross domestic product (GDP) growth into negative territory, leading Arkansas to a…
by - May 4, 2018 12:19 pm
Arkansas’ economy only saw a moderate 1.1% change in real domestic product (GDP) growth in 2017 as the state’s economic output ranked 36th among the 50 states, according to a…
by - January 24, 2018 11:32 am
Arkansas’ strong economic expansion hit a wall in the third quarter as the state’s gross domestic product (GDP) decelerated to a weak 2%, putting the Natural State among the slowest…
by - November 22, 2017 3:22 pm
Arkansas’ economy continued to see robust growth in the second quarter of 2017 as the state’s non-durable manufacturing sector led a near across-the-board expansion in every part of the Natural…
by - May 15, 2017 5:26 pm
New data from the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) shows that Arkansas’ economy expanded at a tepid rate of only 0.5% in the fourth quarter of 2016,…
by - July 27, 2016 12:47 pm
Arkansas’ designation as the Natural State played a major role in the strongest economic expansion in the U.S. among all 50 states in the first quarter of 2016, according to…
by - June 14, 2016 11:44 am
Arkansas’ real gross domestic product (GDP) output in the fourth quarter grew at a sluggish 1.6% and ranked 27th among the 50 states as the state’s economy produced nearly $125…
by - March 2, 2016 4:46 pm
Arkansas’ real gross domestic product (GDP) output in the third quarter ranked 33rd among the 50 states as the state’s economy produced more than $123 billion in economic activity at…
by - June 10, 2015 6:31 pm
Arkansas’ real gross domestic product (GDP) output lost momentum in 2014 as the Natural State’s economic growth fell well below the rest of the nation and surrounding states, according to…
by - August 20, 2014 12:53 pm
Arkansas’ blue collar manufacturing base was once again the main workhorse in the state’s 3% economic growth in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to new state Gross Domestic Product…
by - June 11, 2014 10:11 am
Arkansas’ economy gained strength in 2013 as the state’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew at 2.4% in 2013, ranking The Natural State 16th among the 50 states, according to new…
by - September 17, 2013 2:22 pm
The Jonesboro metro area posted the largest percentage increase in real GDP growth among the eight metro areas in or connected to Arkansas, with Northwest Arkansas posting the best GDP…
by - June 6, 2013 1:49 pm
Arkansas’ economy grew an estimated 1.3% in 2012, with growth in manufacturing, utilities and trade responsible for most of the increase. The increase is better than the 0.7% gross domestic…
