Land Area Ranked 29th
• Total 53,179 sq mi (137,732 km2)
• Land 52,035 sq mi (134,771 km2)
• Water 1,143 sq mi (2,961 km2) 2.15%
• Length 240 mi (386 km)
• Width 270 mi (435 km)
• Latitude 33° 00′ N to 36° 30′ N
• Longitude 89° 39′ W to 94° 37′ W

Before statehood Arkansas Territory,

Admitted to the Union June 15,1836 (25th)

Metes & Bounds

We do declare and establish, ratify and confirm, the following as the permanent boundaries of the State of Arkansas, that is to say: Beginning at the middle of the main channel of the Mississippi River, on the parallel of thirty-six degrees of north latitude, running thence west with said parallel of latitude to the middle of the main channel of the St. Francis River; thence up the main channel of said last-named river to the parallel of thirty-six degrees thirty minutes of north latitude; thence west with the southern boundary line of the State of Missouri to the southwest corner of said last-named state; thence to be bounded on the west to the north bank of Red River, as by act of Congress and treaties existing January 1, 1837, defining the western limits of the Territory of  Arkansas, and to be bounded across and south of Red River by the boundary line of the State of Texas as far as to the northwest corner of the State of Louisiana; thence easterly with the northern boundary line of said last-named State to the middle of the main channel of the Mississippi River; thence up the middle of the main channel of said last-named river, including an island in said river known as “Belle Point Island,” and all other land originally surveyed and included as a part of the Territory or State of Arkansas, to the thirty-sixth degree of north latitude, the place of beginning.