Central Arkansas, also known as the
Little Rock metro, designated by the
United States Office of Management and Budget as the
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area, is the most populous metro area in the US state of
Arkansas. It is the core of the broader
Little Rock-North Little Rock Combined Statistical Area (CSA). Its economic, cultural, and demographic center is Little Rock, Arkansas's capital and largest city. The Little Rock Combined Statistical area spans ten counties and had an estimated population of 902,443 in 2014. It is the fifteenth-largest metropolitan region in
The South.