Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR

1960‑1973:		Texarkana, TX-AR SMSA
1973‑1983:		Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR SMSA
1983‑2003:		Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR MSA
2003‑2006:		Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR Metro Area

Components

Population


Component	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


Little River County, AR	11,690	9,211	11,194	13,952	13,966	13,628	13,088

Miller County, AR	32,614	31,686	33,385	37,766	38,467	40,443	42,777

Bowie County, TX	61,966	59,971	67,813	75,301	81,665	89,306	90,387



Total	-	91,657	101,198	127,019	120,132	129,749	133,164
Percent Change	-	-	10.4%	25.5%	-5.4%	8.0%	2.6%



Total (as currently defined)	94,580	91,657	101,198	113,067	120,132	129,749	133,164
Percent Change	-	-3.1%	10.4%	11.7%	6.2%	8.0%	2.6%

Timeline

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Little River County, AR

Miller County, AR

Bowie County, TX

In this area

In another area

Principal/Central Cities

Population


City	1950	1960		1970		1980		1990		2000		2005


Texarkana, AR	15,875	19,788	*	21,682	*	21,459	*	22,631	*	26,448	*	30,006	*

Texarkana, TX	24,753	30,218	*	30,497	*	31,271	*	31,656	*	34,782	*	35,746	*



Total	0	50,006		52,179		52,730		54,287		61,230		65,752
Metro	0	91,657		101,198		127,019		120,132		129,749		133,164
Percent		54.6%		51.6%		41.5%		45.2%		47.2%		49.4%

Timeline

Principal or central city of this metro area

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City

Texarkana, AR

Texarkana, TX

Urban/Rural Population



1960				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			56,193	61.3%
		UA Population		53,420	58.3%
	Rural Population			35,464	38.7%

	Inside Central Cities			50,006	54.6%
	Outside Central Cities			41,651	45.4%

	Total Metro Area Population			91,657	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Texarkana, TX-AR		53,420	53,420	100.0%

	Total			53,420


	population figures are from the 1960 census, metro areas as defined Oct 1963




1970				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			68,336	60.8%
		UA Population		58,570	52.1%
	Rural Population			44,056	39.2%

	Inside Central Cities			52,179	46.4%
	Outside Central Cities			60,213	53.6%

	Total Metro Area Population			112,392	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Texarkana, TX-AR		58,570	58,570	100.0%

	Total			58,570


	population figures are from the 1970 census, metro areas as defined Apr 1973




1980				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			70,609	62.4%
		UA Population		63,474	56.1%
	Rural Population			42,458	37.6%

	Inside Central Cities			52,730	46.6%
	Outside Central Cities			60,337	53.4%

	Total Metro Area Population			113,067	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Texarkana, TX-AR		63,474	63,474	100.0%

	Total			63,474


	population figures are from the 1980 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1983




1990				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			72,827	60.6%
		UA Population		65,086	54.2%
	Rural Population			47,305	39.4%

	Inside Central Cities			54,287	45.2%
	Outside Central Cities			65,845	54.8%

	Total Metro Area Population			120,132	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Texarkana, TX-AR		65,086	65,086	100.0%

	Total			65,086


	population figures are from the 1990 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1993




2000				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			83,418	64.3%
		UA Population		72,288	55.7%
	Rural Population			46,331	35.7%

	Inside Principal Cities			61,230	47.2%
	Outside Principal Cities			68,519	52.8%

	Total Metro Area Population			129,749	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR		72,288	72,288	100.0%

	Total			72,288


	population figures are from the 2000 census, metro areas as defined Jun 2003

Component Change History




Aug 1960



-		New SMSA: Texarkana, TX-AR SMSA
-		Miller County, AR included as original SMSA component
-		Bowie County, TX included as original SMSA component
-		Texarkana, AR designated as original central city of new SMSA
-		Texarkana, TX designated as original central city of new SMSA


Apr 1973



-		Title of Texarkana, TX-AR SMSA changed to Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR SMSA
-		Little River County, AR added


Jun 1983



-		Little River County, AR deleted, reverted to nonmetro status

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