The Fort Smith metro area was one of four Arkansas metro areas to improve in ranking with the closely watched Milken Institute report on the "Best-Performing Cities" index. Fort Smith's 2009 ranking on the list was 62nd, up from 69th in 2008.
The Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metro area moved from 54th in 2008 to 23rd in 2009. The Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro jumped from 57th to 27th in 2009, and the Texarkana area jumped from 81st to 17th on the small metro city list.
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The Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metro area moved from 54th in 2008 to 23rd in 2009. The Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro jumped from 57th to 27th in 2009, and the Texarkana area jumped from 81st to 17th on the small metro city list.
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