2305 Rayburn H.O.B.
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-4076
(202) 225-5602 FAX
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108 E Huntington
Jonesboro, AR 72401
(870) 972-4600
(800) 866-2701
(870) 972-4605 FAX
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116 N. First Street
Suite C-1
Cabot, AR 72023
(501) 843-3043
(501) 843-4955 FAX
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1 E 7th St., Suite 200
Courthouse Square
Mountain Home, AR 72653
(870) 425-3510
(870) 425-3511 FAX
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About the District
- District Counties
- District Cities and Towns
- District Events
- Parks, Hunting, Fishing, Golf
- State of Arkansas Tourism Information
The Mississippi Delta, the flat, mushy, river-crossed lowland on both sides of the great river, was some of the country's first industrial farmland. This land was uncultivated in the 19th Century, when plows were still pulled by mules and muddy flatlands were impassable. Then, a century ago, big landowners used machines to drain the marshlands and persuaded poor blacks to move here to tend fields of cotton, rice, and later, soybeans. The results were bountiful agriculture and impoverished people. Around 1940, the Delta began to change slowly: the first minimum wage and war industry jobs up north drew young people out of the Delta and mechanization forced many off the farms. But this land--stretching flat as far as the eye can see, past rows of telephone poles and ribbons of asphalt that shimmer in the heat--remains poor by national standards and the people are undereducated and underemployed.
The 1st Congressional District includes most of the Arkansas's Delta lands and stretches west to the cool green Ozarks.
The People:
- Pop. 1990: 588,588
- 52.8% rural; 15.8% age 65+;
- 81.4% White, 17.9% Black, 0.3% Asian, 0.3% Amer. Indian, 0.5% Hispanic origin; 0.1% Other.
- Households: 59.4% married couple families; 28.5% married couple fams. w. children; 26.2% college educ.; median household income: $18,180; per capita income: $9,148; median gross rent: $182; median house value: $40,100.
District Counties
- Arkansas
- Baxter
- Clay
- Cleburne
- Craighead
- Crittenden
- Cross
- Fulton
- Greene
- Independence
- Izard
- Jackson
- Lawrence
- Lee
- Lonoke
- Mississippi
- Monroe
- Phillips
- Poinsett
- Prairie
- Randolph
- Searcy
- Sharp
- St. Francis
- Stone
- Woodruff
District Cites and Towns
- Batesville
- Blytheville
- Cherokee Village
- Corning
- Cross County
- Forrest City
- Gassville
- Heber Springs
- Jonesboro
- Lonoke
- Mountain Home
- Mountain View
- Osceola
- Paragould
- Piggott
- Stuttgart or StuttgartArkansas.com
- West Memphis
District Events
- Ozark Foothills Filmfest (Batesville, Arkansas)
- King Biscuit Blues Festival (Helena, Arkansas)
- World Championship Duck-Calling Contest (Stuttgart, Arkansas)
Parks, Hunting, Fishing, Golf
The First Congressional District includes some of the finest natural resources in the nation. Stuttgart, Arkansas calls itself the "Duck Capital of the World," and duck hunting season attracts sportsmen and women from all over.
- Arkansas State Parks
- Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
- Arkansas Duck Guides
- Macks Prairie Wings Waterfowl Outfitter (Stuttgart, Arkansas)
- Arkansas State Golf Association
State of Arkansas Tourism Info
- Click here for a Free Arkansas Vacation Kit
- Arkansas.com
- State of Arkansas Official Website
