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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Ark-La-Tex
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| settlement_type    = [[Region]]
| image_skyline      = ShreveportBossier LA USA - panoramio (7).jpg
| image_caption      = Downtown [[Shreveport, Louisiana]], in 2015
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| image_map          = Downtown Longview - 29195600114.jpg
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| map_caption        = Downtown [[Longview, Texas]], in 2016
| image_map1         = Texarkana April 2016 052 (Broad Street).jpg
| mapsize1           = 280px
| map_caption1       = Broad Street in [[Texarkana, Arkansas]], in 2016
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| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = State
| subdivision_name1  = {{ubl|[[Arkansas]]|[[Louisiana]]|[[Oklahoma]]|[[Texas]]}}
| population_total   = 1,469,860
| population_as_of   = 2020
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| timezone           = [[Central Time Zone (North America)|CST]]
| utc_offset         = −6
| timezone_DST       = [[Central Time Zone (North America)|CDT]]
| utc_offset_DST     = −5
| area_codes         = [[Area code 318|318]], [[Area codes 903 and 430|430 and 903]], [[Area code 870|870]], [[Area code 580|580]]
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[[File:US map-Arklatex.PNG|right|thumb|293x293px|Map of the Ark-La-Tex region]]
The '''Ark-La-Tex''' (a portmanteau of the abbreviations for '''Arkansas''', '''Louisiana''', and '''Texas'''; also stylized as '''Arklatex''' or '''ArkLaTex''') is a socio-economic region where the [[Southern United States|Southern]] [[U.S. state]]s of [[Arkansas]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Louisiana]], and [[Texas]] join together.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Campbell |first=Courtney |date=2020-03-09 |title=Visit Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana at the Same Time at This Roadside Marker |url=https://www.wideopencountry.com/ark-la-tex-three-states-marker/ |access-date=2020-08-29 |website=Wide Open Country |language=en-US}}</ref> The region contains portions of [[Northwest Louisiana]], [[Northeast Texas]], and [[South Arkansas]] as well as [[Oklahoma|Oklahoma's]] southeasternmost county, [[McCurtain County]] (part of [[Choctaw Country]]).

The population of the 40-county core region as of 2020 is 1,469,860 people, down from 1,515,056 in 2010.{{efn|The population of the Ark-La-Tex is calculated by tallying the population of the counties within the socio-economic tri-state region.}} [[Shreveport, Louisiana]], with 187,593 people in 2020, is the largest city, economic and geographic center of the region, and principal hub for both the [[Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area]] and Northwestern Louisiana. [[Longview, Texas]], with a population of 81,683 people in 2020, is the second-largest city as well as a principal city of the Tyler–Longview metropolitan [[conurbation]] and [[Longview metropolitan area, Texas|Greater Longview metropolitan area]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news-journal.com/opinion/editorial-dallas-fed-report-makes-clear-tyler-longview-a-force/article_2669ba68-21cd-11e9-9e9c-479500573f09.html|title=Editorial: Dallas Fed report makes clear Tyler-Longview a force to be reckoned with|last=News-Journal|first=Longview|website=Longview News-Journal |date=27 January 2019 |access-date=2020-03-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=At the Heart of Texas: Tyler–Longview|url=https://www.dallasfed.org:443/research/heart/tyler|access-date=2020-08-29|website=www.dallasfed.org}}</ref> The [[Twin cities (geographical proximity)|twin cities]] of [[Texarkana, Texas]], and [[Texarkana, Arkansas]], are the fourth- and sixth-largest cities, respectively, but collectively make up the region's third-largest metropolitan area (with a combined population exceeding 140,000 residents) as the center of the [[Texarkana metropolitan area]] encompassing [[Miller County, Arkansas]], and [[Bowie County, Texas]]. Other cities in the Ark-La-Tex with 20,000 or more residents include [[Bossier City, Louisiana]]; [[Nacogdoches, Texas]]; [[Marshall, Texas]]; and [[Ruston, Louisiana]].

The counties in the area's western section are largely part of the [[East Texas]] region (except for McCurtain County, Oklahoma, which is part of the Choctaw Country tourist region) and mainly encompass the Tyler–Longview–Lufkin–Nacogdoches television market area, while the counties and parishes in the eastern half of the region are included in the Shreveport–Texarkana television market. However, some Arkansas counties—under certain, looser definitions of the Ark-La-Tex region—in northwesternmost areas of the southwestern section of the state are included in the [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]] viewing area.

==Etymology==
Although use of the term to refer to the tri-state region dates back to the early 1900s, the name "Ark-La-Tex" was popularized regionally by a Shreveport Chamber of Commerce promotional campaign developed in 1932–33 to increase tourism in the area.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Times from Shreveport, Louisiana on September 24, 1932 · Page 2 |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/209080406/ |access-date=2020-08-29 |website=Newspapers.com|date=24 September 1932 }}</ref>

The campaign, dubbing the area as "The Land of Arklatex", was based on the idea that "the interests of all the people in the Tri-state area of South Arkansas, North Louisiana and East Texas are practically identical in matters pertaining to agriculture, industry, commerce and trade, and education." The region is alternatively, although seldom in most media and promotional parlance, referred to as "'''Arklatexoma'''", which more inclusively encompasses McCurtain County and other parts of extreme Southeastern Oklahoma that lie along the Red River.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stuart |first=Bonnye |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KHWFBAAAQBAJ |title=Louisiana Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff |date=2012-11-20 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-0-7627-9103-3 |pages=5–7 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=S'PORT C. OF C. TO LAUNCH AD CAMPAIGN SOON |newspaper=[[Ruston Daily Leader]] |date=September 29, 1932 |page=1}}</ref>

==Geography==
The Ark-La-Tex covers over {{convert|14,000|sqmi}} across the four-state area;<ref>{{cite web|title=Calculate Area on Map, Google Maps Area Calculator|url=https://www.calcmaps.com/map-area/|access-date=2020-08-20|website=CalcMaps}}</ref> if the Ark-La-Tex were a U.S. state, it would be larger than [[Maryland]]. Most of the Ark-La-Tex is located in the [[Piney Woods]], an [[ecoregion]] of dense forests of mixed [[deciduous]] and [[conifer]] flora. The forests are periodically punctuated by [[Swamp|sloughs]] and [[bayou]]s that are linked to larger bodies of water such as [[Caddo Lake]] or the [[Red River of the South|Red River]]. Three of the four [[United States National Forest|National Forests]] located within the Piney Woods of East Texas are wholly or partially within the Ark-La-Tex boundaries: [[Angelina National Forest]] (spanning [[Angelina County, Texas|Angelina]], [[Nacogdoches County, Texas|Nacogdoches]], [[San Augustine County, Texas|San Augustine]] and [[Jasper County, Texas|Jasper]] counties), [[Sabine National Forest]] (near [[Hemphill, Texas|Hemphill]]) and [[Davy Crockett National Forest]] (between Lufkin and [[Crockett, Texas|Crockett]]).

The Red River is the principal [[Main stem|mainstem waterway]] in the region, exiting from the eastern end of [[Lake Texoma]] and running generally east along the Oklahoma–Texas border towards Southwestern Arkansas (entering it near the state line between [[Little River County, Arkansas]], and [[Bowie County, Texas]]) before turning southward northwest of [[Texarkana, Arkansas|Texarkana]] (in so doing, forming the eastern border of [[Miller County, Arkansas|Miller County]]) and passing into Northwestern Louisiana. The bordering Louisiana cities of [[Shreveport]] and [[Bossier City]] were developed along the river bank; its span within the Ark-La-Tex ends in [[Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana]] (where the Red River spans to the adjacent northwest of the parish's [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|namesake county seat]]), at its intersection with [[Grant Parish, Louisiana|Grant]] and [[Rapides Parish, Louisiana|Rapides]] parishes.

===Definition===
As with all vernacular regions, the Ark-La-Tex has no official boundaries or status and is defined differently by various sources.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web |title=About |url=https://www.arklatexnews.com/p/about.html |access-date=2020-08-29 |website=ArkLaTex News}}</ref> Most definitions of the Ark-La-Tex delineate the region as encompassing 40 parishes and counties, and most weather radars suggest a 40-county or -parish area.<ref>{{cite web |last=KTBS |title=KTBS Mega 3 Radar |url=https://www.ktbs.com/weather/mega-3-radar/ |access-date=2020-08-29 |website=KTBS}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2019-06-12 |title=Interactive Radar |url=https://www.arklatexhomepage.com/radar/ |access-date=2020-08-29 |website=ArkLaTexHomepage |language=en-US}}</ref>
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====Louisiana (13 parishes)====
* [[Bienville Parish, Louisiana|Bienville]]
* [[Bossier Parish, Louisiana|Bossier]]
* [[Caddo Parish, Louisiana|Caddo]]
* [[Claiborne Parish, Louisiana|Claiborne]]
* [[DeSoto Parish, Louisiana|DeSoto]]
* [[Jackson Parish, Louisiana|Jackson]]
* [[Lincoln Parish, Louisiana|Lincoln]]
* [[Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana|Natchitoches]]
* [[Red River Parish, Louisiana|Red River]]
* [[Sabine Parish, Louisiana|Sabine]]
* [[Union Parish, Louisiana|Union]]
* [[Webster Parish, Louisiana|Webster]]
* [[Winn Parish, Louisiana|Winn]]

====Arkansas (10 counties)====
* [[Columbia County, Arkansas|Columbia]]
* [[Hempstead County, Arkansas|Hempstead]]
* [[Howard County, Arkansas|Howard]]
* [[Lafayette County, Arkansas|Lafayette]]
* [[Little River County, Arkansas|Little River]]
* [[Miller County, Arkansas|Miller]]
* [[Nevada County, Arkansas|Nevada]]
* [[Ouachita County, Arkansas|Ouachita]]
* [[Sevier County, Arkansas|Sevier]]
* [[Union County, Arkansas|Union]]
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====Oklahoma (one county)====
* [[McCurtain County, Oklahoma|McCurtain]]

====Texas (16 counties)====
* [[Bowie County, Texas|Bowie]]
* [[Camp County, Texas|Camp]]
* [[Cass County, Texas|Cass]]
* [[Gregg County, Texas|Gregg]]
* [[Harrison County, Texas|Harrison]]
* [[Marion County, Texas|Marion]]
* [[Morris County, Texas|Morris]]
* [[Nacogdoches County, Texas|Nacogdoches]]
* [[Panola County, Texas|Panola]]
* [[Red River County, Texas|Red River]]
* [[Rusk County, Texas|Rusk]]
* [[Sabine County, Texas|Sabine]]
* [[San Augustine County, Texas|San Augustine]]
* [[Shelby County, Texas|Shelby]]
* [[Titus County, Texas|Titus]]
* [[Upshur County, Texas|Upshur]]
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Alternate definitions can include eight additional Texas counties ([[Lamar County, Texas|Lamar]], [[Delta County, Texas|Delta]], [[Hopkins County, Texas|Hopkins]], [[Franklin County, Texas|Franklin]], [[Wood County, Texas|Wood]], [[Smith County, Texas|Smith]], [[Cherokee County, Texas|Cherokee]], and [[Angelina County, Texas|Angelina]]), include the [[Monroe, Louisiana metropolitan area]] and [[Ouachita Parish, Louisiana]] (which is considered part of the Ark-La-Miss region), exclude the counties encompassing the [[El Dorado, Arkansas]] micropolitan area, or exclude McCurtain County, Oklahoma. McCurtain County is usually included in the region's areal definition, primarily for [[Media market|media distribution]] purposes, even though the [[Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation]] formally defines it as being part of its [[Choctaw Country]] tourism region.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oklahoma Map |url=https://www.travelok.com/maps|access-date=2020-08-29 |website=TravelOK.com - Oklahoma's Official Travel & Tourism Site |language=en-US}}</ref> Another alternate definition is solely the vicinity of the Ark-La-Tex region's three principal cities, Shreveport, Longview, and Texarkana.

===Climate===
The Ark-La-Tex is situated in a [[humid subtropical climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''Cfa'') typical of the Southeastern United States, albeit occasionally interrupted by intrusions of cold air during the winter months. Rainfall is abundant, with the normal annual precipitation averaging over {{convert|51|in|m}} in some areas (such as Shreveport), with monthly averages ranging from less than {{convert|3|in|mm|spell=in}} in August to more than {{convert|5|in|mm|spell=in}} in June. Portions of East Texas within the region receive more rainfall, {{convert|35|to|60|in|mm}}, than the rest of the state.<ref name="Weather">{{Cite web |last=Association |first=Texas State Historical |title=Weather |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/weather |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=Texas State Historical Association |language=en}}</ref> Due to the flat topography of some areas and the prominence of smaller waterways that are prone to backwater flooding from the [[Red River of the South|Red River]], communities occasionally experience severe flooding events. A notable occurrence of severe flooding occurred in March 2016, after torrential rains caused a rapid rise of many local waterways, displacing upwards of 3,500 people from their homes across Caddo and Bossier parishes and adjacent areas of Northwest Louisiana that lie along the Red River.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vagell |first1=Quincy |last2=Dolce |first2=Chris |last3=Erdman |first3=Jon |title=Over 23 Inches of Rain Triggers Historic Flash Flooding, River Flooding In Parts of the South |url=https://weather.com/storms/severe/news/historic-south |access-date=11 March 2016}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2016/03/10/flooding-evacuations-continue-caddo-and-bossier-parishes/81602118/ |title=Flooding, evacuations continue in Caddo and Bossier parishes |author-first1=Lex|author-last1=Talamo|website=shreveporttimes.com |access-date=2016-06-13}}</ref> [[Freezing rain]] and [[ice storm]]s occasionally occur during the winter months.

Severe thunderstorms with heavy rain, [[hail]], damaging winds and [[tornado]]es occur in the area during the spring and summer months, although severe weather can also occur during the winter months. The region is in the western section of the "[[Dixie Alley]]" tornado climatology region, where tornadogenesis is most often attributed by [[Supercell#High Precipitation (HP)|high precipitation supercell thunderstorms]]—within which tornadoes are often partially or fully wrapped in curtains of heavy rain, impairing them from being seen by [[storm spotting|storm spotters]] and [[storm chasing|chasers]], law enforcement, and the public—due to an increase of moisture from proximity to the nearby [[Gulf of Mexico]]. Some areas of the region, such as Bossier City, average a slightly above normal rate of tornadoes when compared to the national average. The winter months are normally mild; Shreveport, in particular, averages 35&nbsp;days of freezing or below-freezing temperatures per year. Ice and [[Ice pellets|sleet]] storms occasionally occur during this timeframe. The summer months are hot and humid, with high to very high relative average humidity, often as a result of moisture being advected from the Gulf of Mexico; in Shreveport, maximum temperatures exceed {{convert|90|°F}} an average of 91&nbsp;days per year.

The [[National Weather Service]] (NWS) operates a [[National Weather Service Shreveport, Louisiana|Weather Forecast Office]] in Shreveport, which provides local weather forecasts and warnings, watches and advisories for hazardous weather conditions for 39 counties and parishes within the greater Ark-La-Tex region.

==Communities==
===Largest cities===
List of cities with over 3,500 people (in 2020):
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====Louisiana====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! City !! Parish !! Population
|-
| [[Blanchard, Louisiana|Blanchard]] || [[Caddo Parish, Louisiana|Caddo]] || 3,538
|-
| [[Bossier City]] || [[Bossier Parish, Louisiana|Bossier]] || 62,701
|-
| [[Eastwood, Louisiana|Eastwood]] || [[Bossier Parish, Louisiana|Bossier]] || 4,390
|-
| [[Grambling, Louisiana|Grambling]] || [[Lincoln Parish, Louisiana|Lincoln]] || 5,239
|-
| [[Haughton, Louisiana|Haughton]] || [[Bossier Parish, Louisiana|Bossier]] || 4,539
|-
| [[Jonesboro, Louisiana|Jonesboro]] || [[Jackson Parish, Louisiana|Jackson]] || 4,106
|-
| [[Mansfield, Louisiana|Mansfield]] || [[DeSoto Parish, Louisiana|DeSoto]] || 4,714
|-
| [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] || [[Webster Parish, Louisiana|Webster]] || 11,928
|-
| [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]] || [[Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana|Natchitoches]] || 18,039
|-
| [[Red Chute, Louisiana|Red Chute]] || [[Bossier Parish, Louisiana|Bossier]] || 7,065
|-
| [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] || [[Lincoln Parish, Louisiana|Lincoln]] || 22,166
|-
| [[Shreveport]] || [[Caddo Parish, Louisiana|Caddo]], [[Bossier Parish, Louisiana|Bossier]] || 187,593
|-
| [[Springhill, Louisiana|Springhill]] || [[Webster Parish, Louisiana|Webster]] || 4,801
|-
| [[Winnfield, Louisiana|Winnfield]] || [[Winn Parish, Louisiana|Winn]] || 4,153
|}
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====Texas====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! City !! County !! Population
|-
| [[Atlanta, Texas|Atlanta]] || [[Cass County, Texas|Cass]] || 5,433
|-
| [[Carthage, Texas|Carthage]] || [[Panola County, Texas|Panola]] || 6,569
|-
| [[Center, Texas|Center]] || [[Shelby County, Texas|Shelby]] || 5,221
|-
| [[Gilmer, Texas|Gilmer]] || [[Upshur County, Texas|Upshur]] || 4,843
|-
| [[Gladewater, Texas|Gladewater]] || [[Gregg County, Texas|Gregg]],  [[Upshur County, Texas|Upshur]] || 6,134
|-
| [[Hallsville, Texas|Hallsville]] || [[Harrison County, Texas|Harrison]] || 4,277
|-
| [[Henderson, Texas|Henderson]] || [[Rusk County, Texas|Rusk]] || 13,271
|-
| [[Kilgore, Texas|Kilgore]] || [[Gregg County, Texas|Gregg]], [[Rusk County, Texas|Rusk]] || 13,376
|-
| [[Longview, Texas|Longview]] || [[Gregg County, Texas|Gregg]], [[Harrison County, Texas|Harrison]] || 105,184
|-
| [[Marshall, Texas|Marshall]] || [[Harrison County, Texas|Harrison]] || 55,446
|-
| [[Mount Pleasant, Texas|Mount Pleasant]] || [[Titus County, Texas|Titus]] || 16,047
|-
| [[Nacogdoches, Texas|Nacogdoches]] || [[Nacogdoches County, Texas|Nacogdoches]] || 32,147
|-
| [[Nash, Texas|Nash]] || [[Bowie County, Texas|Bowie]] || 3,814
|-
| [[New Boston, Texas|New Boston]] || [[Bowie County, Texas|Bowie]] || 4,612
|-
| [[Pittsburg, Texas|Pittsburg]] || [[Camp County, Texas|Camp]] || 4,335
|-
| [[Texarkana, Texas|Texarkana]] || [[Bowie County, Texas|Bowie]] || 60,113
|-
| [[Wake Village, Texas|Wake Village]] || [[Bowie County, Texas|Bowie]] || 5,945
|-
| [[White Oak, Texas|White Oak]] || [[Gregg County, Texas|Gregg]] || 6,225
|}
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====Arkansas====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! City !! County !! Population
|-
| [[Ashdown, Arkansas|Ashdown]] || [[Little River County, Arkansas|Little River]] || 4,261
|-
| [[Camden, Arkansas|Camden]] || [[Ouachita County, Arkansas|Ouachita]] || 10,612
|-
| [[De Queen, Arkansas|De Queen]] || [[Sevier County, Arkansas|Sevier]] || 6,105
|-
| [[El Dorado, Arkansas|El Dorado]] || [[Union County, Arkansas|Union]] || 17,755
|-
| [[Hope, Arkansas|Hope]] || [[Hempstead County, Arkansas|Hempstead]] || 8,952
|-
| [[Magnolia, Arkansas|Magnolia]] || [[Columbia County, Arkansas|Columbia]] || 11,162
|-
| [[Nashville, Arkansas|Nashville]] || [[Howard County, Arkansas|Howard]] || 4,153
|-
| [[Texarkana, Arkansas|Texarkana]] || [[Miller County, Arkansas|Miller]] || 29,387
|}

====Oklahoma====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! City !! County !! Population
|-
| [[Broken Bow, Oklahoma|Broken Bow]] || [[McCurtain County, Oklahoma|McCurtain]] || 4,228
|-
| [[Idabel, Oklahoma|Idabel]] || [[McCurtain County, Oklahoma|McCurtain]] || 6,961
|}
|}

===Metropolitan and micropolitan areas===
====Metropolitan statistical areas====
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! [[Metropolitan statistical area|MSA]]
! Primary city/cities
! State(s)
! Counties<br>or parishes
! Total area
! Population (2023)<ref name=PopEstCBSA>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-metro-and-micro-statistical-areas.html#v2023 |title=Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas Population Totals: 2020-2023 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division |date=March 14, 2024 |access-date=March 15, 2024 }}</ref>
|-
| '''[[Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area]]'''
| [[Shreveport, Louisiana|Shreveport]]<br>[[Bossier City, Louisiana|Bossier City]]<br>[[Mansfield, Louisiana|Mansfield]]
| [[Louisiana]]
| [[Bossier Parish, Louisiana|Bossier]]<br>[[Caddo Parish, Louisiana|Caddo]]<br>[[DeSoto Parish, Louisiana|DeSoto]]
| {{convert|2,699|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}
| 383,295
|-
| '''[[Longview metropolitan area, Texas|Greater Longview metropolitan area]]'''
| [[Longview, Texas|Longview]]
| Texas
| [[Gregg County, Texas|Gregg]]<br>[[Harrison County, Texas|Harrison]]<br>[[Rusk County, Texas|Rusk]]<br>[[Upshur County, Texas|Upshur]]
| {{convert|1,807|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}
| 705,231
|-
| '''[[Texarkana metropolitan area|Greater Texarkana metropolitan area]]'''
| [[Texarkana, Arkansas|Texarkana, AR]]<br>[[Texarkana, Texas|Texarkana, TX]]
| Texas<br>[[Arkansas]]
| [[Bowie County, Texas|Bowie, TX]]<br>[[Little River County, Arkansas|Little River, AR]]<br>[[Miller County, Arkansas|Miller, AR]]
| {{convert|2125|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}
| 145,907
|}

====Micropolitan statistical areas====
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! [[Micropolitan statistical area|μSA]]
! Primary city/cities
! State(s)
! Counties<br>or parishes
! Total area
! Population (2023)<ref name=PopEstCBSA/>
|-
| '''Nacogdoches, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area'''
| [[Nacogdoches, Texas|Nacogdoches]]
| Texas
| [[Nacogdoches County, Texas|Nacogdoches]]
| {{convert|981|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}
| 65,375
|-
| '''Mount Pleasant, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area'''
| [[Mount Pleasant, Texas|Mount Pleasant]]
| Texas
| [[Camp County, Texas|Camp]]<br>[[Morris County, Texas|Morris]]<br>[[Titus County, Texas|Titus]]
| {{convert|888|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}
| 56,423
|-
| '''Ruston, LA Micropolitan Statistical Area'''
| [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]]<br>[[Grambling, Louisiana|Grambling]]
| Louisiana
| [[Lincoln Parish, Louisiana|Lincoln]]
| {{convert|472|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}
| 47,962
|-
| '''El Dorado, AR Micropolitan Statistical Area'''
| [[El Dorado, Arkansas|El Dorado]]
| Arkansas
| [[Union County, Arkansas|Union]]
| {{convert|1,055|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}
| 37,397
|-
| '''Natchitoches, LA Micropolitan Statistical Area'''
| [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]]
| Louisiana
| [[Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana|Natchitoches]]
| {{convert|1,299|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}
| 36,291
|-
| '''Minden, LA Micropolitan Statistical Area'''
| [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]]
| Louisiana
| [[Webster Parish, Louisiana|Webster]]
| {{convert|615|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}
| 35,238
|-
| '''Camden, AR Micropolitan Statistical Area'''
| [[Camden, Arkansas|Camden]]
| Arkansas
| [[Calhoun County, Arkansas|Calhoun]]<br>[[Ouachita County, Arkansas|Ouachita]]
| {{convert|1,372|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}
| 26,434
|-
| '''Magnolia, AR Micropolitan Statistical Area'''
| [[Magnolia, Arkansas|Magnolia]]
| Arkansas
| [[Columbia County, Arkansas|Columbia]]
| {{convert|767|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}
| 22,150
|-
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==Culture==
The culture of the Ark-La-Tex region, and especially its music, shows a mixture of influences from the related, but distinct, cultures of its surrounding states. The music of the area is marked by country and blues sounds typical of the [[Culture of the Southern United States#Music|music of the Southern United States]], the Western [[music of Texas]], and the well-documented music of [[Music of New Orleans|New Orleans]] and [[Acadiana]] in [[Music of Louisiana|Louisiana]].<ref>See generally Kip Lornell and Tracey E. W. Laird, eds., ''Shreveport Sounds in Black and White'' ([[University Press of Mississippi]], 2008), {{ISBN|978-1934110423}}, and in particular the introductory section entitled "The 'Ark-La-Tex' and Music Research" at pp. xii-xvii. [https://books.google.com/books?id=PzbYj-kKjXIC&q=%22Ark-La-Tex%22 Excerpts available] at [[Google Books]]; other excerpts also available at Amazon.com [https://www.amazon.com/Shreveport-Sounds-Black-White-American/dp/1934110426/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1405005672&sr=8-1&keywords=%26%2334%3Bshreveport+sounds+in+black+and+white%26%2334%3B here].</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Lornell |first1=Kip |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PzbYj-kKjXIC&q=%22Ark-La-Tex%22 |title=Shreveport Sounds in Black and White |last2=Laird |first2=Tracey E. W. |date=2008 |publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi |isbn=978-1-60473-303-7 |language=en}}</ref> The area had a significant role in the development of country and rock-and-roll music, beginning in the 1940s. On March 1, 1948, Shreveport radio station [[KWKH]] launched a country music variety show called the ''Ark-La-Tex Jubilee'', followed a month later by the long-running and influential ''[[Louisiana Hayride]]'' program.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Laird |first=Tracey E. W. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Omusiowkt50C&q=%22Ark-La-Tex%22&pg=PA6 |title=Louisiana Hayride: Radio and Roots Music along the Red River |date=2004-12-09 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-534718-0 |pages=6 |language=en}}</ref> ''Hayride'' director Horace Logan and regular performer [[Webb Pierce]] started a [[Music publisher (popular music)|music publishing company]] called Ark-La-Tex Music.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Erlewine |first=Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7Mo7xm-X1r4C&dq=%22ark-la-tex%22+publishing+pierce+logan&pg=PA364 |title=All Music Guide to Country: The Experts' Guide to the Best Recordings in Country Music |date=1997 |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |isbn=978-0-87930-475-1 |pages=364 |language=en}}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=CB8EAAAAMBAJ&dq=ark-la-tex+publishing+pierce+logan&pg=PA19 "KWKH Maps Big Build-Up on Hillbillies"], ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', August 30, 1952, p. 19.</ref> Drummer [[Brian Blade]], a Shreveport native, included a song entitled "Ark.La.Tex." on his 2014 album ''Landmarks'', exploring the mixture of musical influences in his home region.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-07-14 |title=Brian Blade Finds A 'Landmark' In His Shreveport Roots - NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday {{!}} HighBeam Research |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-226154469.html |access-date=2024-11-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714140509/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-226154469.html |archive-date=14 July 2014 |quote=... my depiction musically of this region where we live, you know, where Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas meet here at the northwestern corner of Louisiana. I guess in terms of the structure of the song - these sort of three different moods - it unfolds in this very small way - these seeds. Then all of a sudden, you cross a line and the landscape changes immediately.}}</ref>

==Education==
===Colleges and universities===
{{see also|List of colleges and universities in Louisiana|List of colleges and universities in Texas|List of colleges and universities in Arkansas}}
The region contains [[Stephen F. Austin State University]] in Nacogdoches, part of the [[University of Texas System]], and [[Louisiana Tech University]], a public research university in Ruston, which are the largest public institutions of higher education in the Ark-La-Tex. Named after [[Stephen F. Austin]], who led the second and most successful colonization of the region that would become the state of Texas through the migration of [[Old Three Hundred|300 families from other parts of the United States]] in 1825, the former of the two major universities was founded as a teachers' college in 1923 as a result of legislation authored by [[Texas Senate, District 4|State Senator]] [[Wilfred Roy Cousins, Sr.]]<ref>{{cite journal |title=In Memory of Wilfred Roy Cousins |url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth204533/m1/356/ |journal=Journal of the Senate of the State of Texas, First and Second Called Sessions of the Seventieth Legislature, Volume 4, Legislative Document, 1987 |page=310 |year=1987}}</ref> Louisiana Tech opened in 1894 (as the Industrial Institute and College of Louisiana) to provide educational subjects pertaining to the arts and sciences for the development of an [[industrial economy]] in Louisiana post-[[Reconstruction Era|Reconstruction]].<ref name="Louisiana1897">{{cite book |title=Revised laws of Louisiana |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pekXAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA345 |publisher=F. F. Hansell |via=Google Books |page=345 |year=1897 |access-date=January 15, 2020}}</ref> In the 1960s the school (then named Louisiana Polytechnic Institute) became desegregated, and allowed integrated classes with white and black students; after it achieved criteria of a [[research university]] under the leadership of President F. Jay Taylor, the university officially adopted its current name in 1970. Louisiana Tech also operates a satellite campus in Shreveport as well as classes at the Academic Success Center and [[Barksdale Air Force Base]] Instructional Site in Bossier City, and at the [[CenturyLink]] corporate headquarters in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]. Ruston is also home to a branch campus of Monroe-based [[Louisiana Delta Community College]].

The Shreveport–Bossier City area is home to several colleges; among them, the [[Methodism|Methodist]]-affiliated [[Centenary College of Louisiana]] (originally founded in the [[East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana|East Feliciana Parish]] town of [[Jackson, Louisiana|Jackson]] in 1825, eventually relocating to Shreveport in 1908), [[Louisiana Baptist University]] and Theological Seminary (founded in 1973), [[Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport]] (opened in 1969 as the only [[medical school]] in northern Louisiana) and one of the largest nursing schools in northern Louisiana, the [[Northwestern State University|Northwestern State University College of Nursing]] (opened in 1949) as well as satellite campuses of [[Louisiana State University in Shreveport|Louisiana State University]] (opened as a two-year institution in 1967, and expanded into a four-year college in 1976), [[Southern University at Shreveport|Southern University]] (opened in 1967 with a two-year [[associate's degree]] program). Longview, Texas, is home to [[LeTourneau University]], a private, four-year Christian university founded by [[R.G. LeTourneau]] in 1946, originally as LeTourneau Technical Institute. Inclusively, Tyler, Texas is also home to satellite higher education campuses through the [[University of Texas System]] by way of the [[University of Texas at Tyler]] (opened in 1971 as Tyler State College) and the [[University of Texas Health Center at Tyler]] (opened in 1947 as the East Texas Tuberculosis Sanitarium and chartered into The University of Texas System in 1977 by the system's Board of Regents) as well as one of two independent institutions, [[Tyler Junior College]] (opened in 1926).

The Texarkana metropolitan area is home to [[Texas A&M University–Texarkana]], a four-year satellite branch of the [[Texas A&M University System]] (founded as an upper-level extension college of [[Texas A&M University–Commerce|East Texas State University]] in 1971), and [[Texarkana College]] (a public [[community college]] formed in 1927 as a branch of the [[Texarkana Independent School District]] and separated into an independent institution via a public vote in 1941). Arkadelphia is home to two [[liberal arts]] institutions: [[Henderson State University]] (founded in 1890 as Arkadelphia Methodist College), which is the only member of the [[Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges]] based in Arkansas and announced plans to join the [[Arkansas State University System]] in October 2019,<ref>{{cite web |title=Henderson State University – Encyclopedia of Arkansas |url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=4139 |website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas |access-date=January 15, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Walkenhorst |first=Emily |title=HSU trustees OK beginning merger with ASU System |url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2019/oct/25/hsu-trustees-ok-beginning-merger-with-a/ |newspaper=[[Arkansas Democrat-Gazette]] |date=October 25, 2019 |access-date=January 15, 2020}}</ref> and [[Ouachita Baptist University]], a private, [[Baptists|Baptist]] college affiliated with the [[Arkansas Baptist State Convention]] (opened in 1886).

The area also houses several [[historically black colleges and universities]] (HBCU). The largest of these, [[Grambling State University]], located in the namesake Lincoln Parish town of Grambling ({{convert|4|mi|km|spell=in|disp=sqbr}} west of the Louisiana Tech University campus), was founded in 1901 as the Colored Industrial and Agricultural School. The university was created out of the desire of African-American farmers in rural areas of northern Louisiana to educate other black residents in that section of the state; it moved to its present location in 1905 (as the North Louisiana Agricultural and Industrial School) and became a state [[junior college]] (renamed the Louisiana Negro Normal and Industrial Institute) by 1928, when it began offering two-year professional certificates and diplomas to graduates. Grambling received accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) in 1949. Other HBCUs in the region include [[Texas College]] in Tyler (opened in 1894), [[Jarvis Christian University ]] in [[Hawkins, Texas|Hawkins]] (a [[Christianity|Christian]]-based HBCU founded in 1912), and [[Wiley College]] in Marshall (a private liberal arts college founded in 1873 by [[Methodist Episcopal Church]] [[Isaac William Wiley|Bishop Isaac Wiley]] and certified in 1882 by the [[Freedman's Aid Society]], which is one of the oldest predominantly black colleges west of the Mississippi River).<ref>{{cite web |title=Wiley College (1873- ) - The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed |url=http://www.blackpast.org/?q=aaw/wiley-college-1873 |website=The Black Past | date=20 November 2007 |access-date=January 15, 2020}}</ref>

==Media==
{{see also|Media in Shreveport, Louisiana}}

===Newspapers===
* ''[[Athens Daily Review]]'' – Athens (Daily, except Sundays and Mondays)
* ''[[Bossier Press-Tribune]]'' – Bossier City (Bi-weekly)
* ''Coushatta Citizen'' - Coushatta (Daily/Morning)
* ''[[The Daily Sentinel (Texas)|The Daily Sentinel]]'' – Nacogdoches (Daily/Morning)
* ''[[Longview News-Journal]]'' – Longview (Daily)
* ''[[Lufkin Daily News]]'' – Lufkin (Daily)
* ''[[Marshall News Messenger]]'' – Marshall (Daily/Morning)
* ''McCurtain County Gazette'' – Idabel (Daily/Morning)
* ''Natchitoches Times'' – Natchitoches (Daily/Morning)
* ''[[Ruston Daily Leader]]'' – Ruston (Daily, except Saturdays)
* ''[[Texarkana Gazette]]'' – Texarkana, AR (Daily/Morning)
* ''[[The Times (Shreveport)|The Times]]'' – Shreveport (Daily/Morning)
* ''[[Tyler Morning Telegraph]]'' – Tyler (Daily/Morning)

===TV===
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* [[KTAL-TV]] (channel 6) – Texarkana/Shreveport/Marshall ([[NBC]] affiliate)
* [[KMSS-TV]] (channel 33) – Shreveport/Texarkana ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate)
* [[KSHV-TV]] (channel 45) – Shreveport/Texarkana ([[MyNetworkTV]] affiliate)
* [[KPXJ]] (channel 21) – Minden/Shreveport/Texarkana ([[The CW|CW]] affiliate)
* [[KSLA]] (channel 12) – Shreveport/Texarkana/Bossier City/Marshall/Natchitoches ([[CBS]] affiliate)
* [[KTBS-TV]] (channel 3) – Shreveport/Texarkana ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate)
* KLTS (channel 24) – Shreveport ([[PBS]] member station; [[Louisiana Public Broadcasting]] [[Satellite station|satellite]])
* KETG (channel 9) – Arkadelphia (PBS member station; [[Arkansas PBS]] satellite)
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==== El Dorado/Monroe (South Central Arkansas and North Central Louisiana) ====

* [[KTVE]] (channel 10) – El Dorado/[[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]/[[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] (NBC affiliate)

====Tyler/Lufkin (East Texas)====
* [[KLTV]] (channel 7) – Tyler/Longview (ABC affiliate)
* [[KYTX]] (channel 19) – Nacogdoches/Lufkin/Tyler/Longview/Jacksonville (CBS affiliate)
* [[KFXK]] (channel 51) – Longview/Tyler (Fox affiliate)
* [[KCEB]] (channel 54) – Longview/Tyler ([[beIN Sports (American TV channel)|beIN Sports Xtra Español]] affiliate)
* [[KETK-TV]] (channel 56) – Jacksonville/Tyler/Longview (NBC affiliate)
* [[KTRE]] (channel 9) – Lufkin/Nacogdoches (ABC affiliate; [[Satellite station#Semi-satellites|semi-satellite]] of KLTV)
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====AM stations====
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* [[KVRC]] (1240; "Fox Sports Arkansas") – Arkadelphia (Sports/Fox Sports Radio)
* [[KDMS]] (1290) – El Dorado (Gospel)
* [[KELD (AM)|KELD]] (1400; "The Fan") – El Dorado (Sports/Fox Sports Radio)

=====Louisiana=====
* [[KEEL (AM)|KEEL]] (710) / K2689GO (101.7 FM, repeater; "KEEL 101.7 FM & 710 AM") – Shreveport/Bossier City/Texarkana/Marshall/Natchitoches (News/talk)
* [[KRRP]] (950; "Praise 950") – Coushatta/Natchitoches ([[Urban contemporary gospel]])
* [[KOKA]] (980) / K227CY (93.3, repeater; "KOKA 980 AM, 93.3 FM") – Shreveport/Bossier City/Marshall ([[Urban contemporary gospel]])
* [[KBCL]] (1070; "Praise 1070") – Bossier City/Shreveport (Christian talk)
* [[KWKH]] (1130; "1130 The Tiger") – Shreveport/Bossier City (Sports radio/Fox Sports Radio)
* [[KASO]] (1240) – Minden/Shreveport/Bossier City (Classic hits)
* [[KSYB]] (1300; "1300 AM KSYB") – Shreveport/Bossier City (Gospel)
* [[KNCB (AM)|KNCB]] (1320) / K281CY (104.1; "ESPN Shreveport") – Vivian/Shreveport/Bossier City ([[Sports radio|Sports]])
* [[KRMD (AM)|KRMD]] (1340; "The Ticket") – Shreveport/Bossier City / K264AS (100.7 FM, repeater) – Mooringsport (Sports talk)
* [[KNOC]] (1450) / K240EY (95.9, repeater; "95.9 Kix Country") – Natchitoches (Classic country)
* [[KTKC (AM)|KTKC]] (1460 AM; "Red de Radio Amistad") – Springhill (Spanish Christian)
* [[KIOU]] (1480) – Shreveport/Bossier City (Christian radio)
* [[KRUS]] (1490) / K242DA (96.3, repeater; "Hitz 96.3") – Ruston/Grambling ([[Urban contemporary music|Urban contemporary]])
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* [[KTBB (AM)|KTBB]] (600) – Tyler/Longview / [[KTBB-FM]] (97.5) – [[Troup, Texas|Troup]] ([[Talk radio|News/talk]])
* [[KCMC (AM)|KCMC]] (740) / K300DW (107.9 FM, repeater; "107.9 The Fan") – Texarkana, TX ([[Sports radio|Sports]]/[[CBS Sports Radio]])
* [[KSFA]] (860; "News Talk 860") – Lufkin/Nacodgdoches (News/talk)
* [[KTFS (AM)|KTFS]] (940) / K290CP (105.9 FM, repeater) – Texarkana, TX (Gospel)
* [[KSST]] (1230 AM) – Sulphur Springs (Oldies)
* [[KDOK]] (1240; "All Hit Radio K-DOK") – Kilgore/Longview/Marshall ([[Classic Hits]])
* [[KZHN]] (1250; "1250 The Texan") – Paris (Classic country)
* [[KSML (AM)|KSML]] (1260; "NBC Sports Radio 1260") – Lufkin/Nacodgdoches (Sports/[[NBC Sports Radio]])
* [[KIVY (AM)|KIVY]] (1290) – Crockett/Lufkin/Nacodgdoches ([[Adult standards]])
* [[KGLD]] (1330 AM; "The Light") – Tyler/Longview ([[Gospel music|Gospel]])
* [[KRBA]] (1340 AM) – Lufkin/Nacodgdoches (News/talk/variety)
* [[KHDY (AM)|KHDY]] (1350; "K-Car") – Clarksville (Classic Country)
* [[KFRO (AM)|KFRO]] (1370) – Longview/Marshall (Talk)
* [[KKTK]] (1400) / K246CR (97.1 FM, repeater; "Fox Sports 1400 AM") – Texarkana, TX (Sports/[[Fox Sports Radio]])
* [[KEES]] (1430) – Gladewater/Longview/Marshall ([[Urban contemporary gospel|Black gospel]])
* [[KMHT (AM)|KMHT]] (1450; "ESPN Radio 1450") – Marshall/Longview (Sports/[[ESPN Radio]])
* [[KWRD (AM)|KWRD]] (1470) / K253CE (98.5; "1470 AM / 98.5 FM KWRD") – Henderson/Longview/Marshall ([[Country music|Country]])
* [[KPLT (AM)|KPLT]] (1490; "Classic Country KPLT") – Paris (Classic country)
* [[KYZS]] (1490) / K239CB (95.7, repeater; "ESPN East Texas 95.7") – Tyler (Sports/ESPN Radio)

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* [[KBEL (AM)|KBEL]] (1240; "Talk 1240") – Idabel (News/talk)
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* [[Red River Radio|KBSA]] (90.9; "Red River Radio") – El Dorado (NPR/Public Radio International)
* [[KAGL]] (93.3; "The Eagle") – El Dorado (Classic rock)
* [[KMJI]] (93.3; "Majic 93-3") – [[Ashdown, Arkansas|Ashdown]]/Texarkana, AR ([[Urban Contemporary]])
* [[KMRX]] (96.1; "Big 96.1") – El Dorado (Classic hits)
* [[KMLK]] (98.7; "The Heart and Soul 98.7") – El Dorado (Urban Adult Contemporary)
* [[KDEL-FM]] (100.9; "Fox Sports Arkansas") – Arkadelphia (Sports/Fox Sports Radio)
* [[KIXB]] (103.3; "KIX 103") – El Dorado (Country)
* [[KPGG]] (103.9) – Ashdown/Texarkana, AR / [[KHDY-FM]] (98.5 FM; "98.5 & 103.9 The Pig") – Clarksville (Classic country)
* [[KTOY]] (104.7; "Jammin 104.7") – Texarkana, AR (Urban Adult Contemporary)
* [[KYGL]] (106.3; "Eagle 106.3") – Texarkana, AR ([[Classic rock]])
* [[KTFS-FM]] (107.1; "News Talk 107.1 KTFS") – Texarkana, AR (News/talk)

=====Louisiana=====
* [[KVSE]] (89.1; "Miracle 89.1") – Blanchard/Shreveport/Bossier City (Contemporary Christian)
* [[KLPI]] (89.1) – Ruston (College-leading Alternative rock)
* [[KBIO]] (89.7; "[[Radio Maria USA|Radio Maria]]") – Natchitoches (Christian radio)
* KDAQ (89.9; "Red River Radio") – Shreveport (NPR/Public Radio International)
* [[KNWD]] (91.7; "The Demon") – Natchitoches (College-leading [[Alternative rock]])
* [[KVCL-FM]] (92.1) - Winnfield ([[Country radio|Country]])
* [[KJVC]] (92.7) – Mansfield (Classic Country)
* [[KXKS-FM]] (93.7; "Kiss Country") – Shreveport/Bossier City/Minden/Marshall ([[Country radio|Country]])
* [[KRUF]] (94.5; "K94.5") – Shreveport/Bossier City/Marshall/Minden ([[Contemporary hit radio|Top 40 CHR]])
* [[KSBH|KSBH-HD1]] (94.9; "94.9 The River") – Coushatta/Natchitoches ([[Country radio|Country]])
** Relays HD2 / K222AO (92.3 FM, repeater; "92.3 The Fox") ([[Classic hits]])
* [[KLKL]] (95.7; "The River 95.7") – Minden/Shreveport/Bossier City/Marshall (Classic hits)
* [[KVKI-FM]] (96.5) – Shreveport/Bossier City/Marshall/Minden (Adult contemporary)
* [[KQHN]] (97.3; "Q 97.3") – Waskom/Shreveport/Bossier City/Marshall/Minden (Hot Adult Contemporary)
* [[KDBH-FM]] (97.5; "Country Legends 97.5") – Natchitoches/Coushatta (Classic Country)
* [[KTAL-FM]] (98.1; "98 Rocks") – Texarkana/Shreveport/Bossier City ([[Classic Rock]])
* [[KPCH]] (99.3; "The Peach 99.3") – Ruston/Grambling (Classic hits)
* [[KMJJ-FM]] (99.7) – Shreveport/Bossier City/Marshall/Minden (Urban Contemporary)
* [[KZBL]] (100.7) – Natchitoches (Oldies)
* [[KBNF-LP]] (101.3) – Ruston/Grambling (High school-leading '80s Classic hits)
* [[KDKS-FM]] (102.1; "KDKS Hot 102 Jams") – Blanchard/Shreveport/Bossier City (Urban adult contemporary)
* [[KVMA-FM]] (102.9; "Magic 102.9") – Shreveport/Bossier City/Marshall/Minden ([[Soul music|Soul]]/[[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] [[Oldies]]-leaning [[Urban adult contemporary|Urban Adult Contemporary]])
* [[KBTT]] (103.7; "Tha Beat") - Haughton/Shreveport/Bossier City ([[Urban contemporary music|Mainstream Urban]])
* [[KNCB-FM]] (105.3; "Hot Country 105.3") – Vivian ([[Country radio|Country]])
* [[KWLV]] (107.1) - Many/Natchitoches/Mansfield ([[Country radio|Country]])
* [[KXKZ]] (107.5; "Z107.5") – Ruston/Grambling/Natchitoches/Winnfield ([[Country radio|Country]])
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* KLDN (88.9; "Red River Radio") – Lufkin/Nacodgdoches ([[NPR]]/[[Public Radio International]])
* [[KVNE]] (89.5) / KGLY (91.3; "Encouragement FM") – Tyler/Longview ([[Contemporary Christian]])
* [[KAXM]] (90.1; "Your East Texas Alternative") – Nacodgdoches/Lufkin ([[Campus radio|College radio]])
* [[KSWP]] (90.9) – Lufkin/Nacodgdoches (Contemporary Christian)
* [[KBWC]] (91.1) – Marshall/Longview (College-leading Urban contemporary)
* [[KTXK]] (91.5) – Texarkana, TX (NPR)
* [[KAVX]] (91.9) – Lufkin/Nacodgdoches ([[Religious broadcasting|Christian talk]])
* [[KRWR]] (92.1; "92.1 The Team FM") – Tyler/Longview (Sports/Fox Sports Radio)
* [[KDPM (FM)|KDPM]] (92.3) – Marshall/Longview ([[Dark (broadcasting)|silent]])
* [[KXXE]] (92.5) – [[San Augustine, Texas|San Augustine]]/Lufkin/Nacodgdoches (Country)
* [[KTYL-FM]] (93.1; "Mix 93.1") – Tyler/Longview ([[Adult Contemporary music#Hot adult contemporary|Hot Adult Contemporary]])
* [[KOYN]] (93.9) – Paris (Country)
* [[KTRG]] (94.1; "ESPN Texarkana") – Hooks/Texarkana, TX (Sports)
* [[KVLL]] (94.7; "My 94.7") – [[Wells, Texas|Wells]]/Lufkin/Nacodgdoches ([[Adult contemporary]])
* [[KEWL]] (95.1; "The Rewind on 95.1") – New Boston/Texarkana, TX ([[Classic hits]])
* [[KAFX-FM]] (95.5; "KFOX 95.5") – [[Diboll, Texas|Diboll]]/Lufkin (Top 40 CHR)
* [[KITX]] (95.5; "K 95.5") – Paris (Country)
* [[KPWW]] (95.9; "Power 95-9") – Hooks/Texarkana, TX (Top 40 CHR)
* [[KSCH]] (95.9 FM) – Sulphur Springs / KSCN (96.9 FM, repeater) – Pittsburg (Country)
* [[KKTX-FM]] (96.1; "Classic Rock 96.1") – Kilgore/Tyler/Longview/Marshall ([[Classic rock]])
* [[KOYE]] (96.7; "La Invasora 96.7") – [[Frankston, Texas|Frankston]]/Lufkin/Nacodgdoches ([[Regional Mexican]])
* [[KLVH (FM)|KLVH]] (97.1; "[[K-Love]]") – [[Cleveland, Texas|Cleveland]]/Lufkin/Nacodgdoches (Contemporary Christian)
* [[KGFZ]] (97.7; "Z-97.7") – [[Burke, Texas|Burke]]/Lufkin/Nacodgdoches (Urban contemporary)
* [[KALK]] (97.7 FM; "K-Lake 97.7") – [[Winfield, Texas|Winfield]]/Paris (Classic hits)
* [[KLOW]] (98.9 FM; "Trumpet Radio 98.9") – [[Reno, Lamar County, Texas|Reno]]/Paris (Contemporary Christian)
* [[KTUX]] (98.9; "Highway 98.9") – Carthage/Shreveport/Bossier City/Marshall (Classic Rock)
* [[KAPW]] (99.3; "Mega 99.3") – White Oak/Longview/Marshall (Regional Mexican)
* [[KNRB]] (100.1) – Atlanta (Contemporary Christian)
* [[KRMD-FM]] (101.1) –  Oil City/Shreveport/Bossier City ([[Country radio|Country]])
* [[KYBI]] (100.1; "Y100") – Lufkin/Nacodgdoches (Country)
* [[KTYK]] (100.7; "Red River Radio") – [[Overton, Texas|Overton]]/Tyler/Longview (NPR/Public Radio International)
* [[KNUE]] (101.5) – Tyler (Spanish Christian)
* [[KBYB]] (101.7) – Hope / K257FY (99.3, repeater; "101.7 Hot FM") – Texarkana, TX (Country)
* [[KBUS]] (101.9; "101.9 The Bus") – Paris (Classic rock)
* [[KSML-FM]] (101.9; "Super Mix 101.9") – [[Huntington, Texas|Huntington]]/Lufkin (Regional Mexican)
* [[KLFZ]] (102.3; "Fun Radio") – Jacksonville/Tyler/Longview (Top 40)
* [[KKYR-FM]] (102.5; "Kicker 102.5") – Texarkana, TX (Country)
* [[KBLZ]] (102.7; "The Blaze") – [[Winona, Texas|Winona]]/Tyler (Urban Contemporary)
* [[KJCS (FM)|KJCS]] (103.3; "103 The Bull") – Nacodgdoches/Lufkin (Classic country)
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* [[KZRB]] (103.5) – New Boston/Texarkana, TX (Urban Contemporary)
* [[KMHT (AM)|KMHT-FM]] (103.9; "103.9 Classic Country") – Marshall/Longview (Classic country)
* [[KKUS]] (104.1; "The Ranch") – Tyler/Longview (Classic country)
* [[KFYN-FM]] (104.3; "The River") – [[Detroit, Texas|Detroit]] (Traditional/[[Red Dirt Country]])
* [[KYKS]] (105.1; "Kicks 105") – Lufkin/Nacodgdoches (Country)
* [[KYKX]] (105.7) – Longview/Tyler (Country)
* [[KOOI]] (106.5; "Jack 106.5") – Jacksonville/Tyler/Longview ([[Adult hits|Variety hits]])
* [[KISX]] (107.3; "Hot1073Jamz") – [[Whitehouse, Texas|Whitehouse]]/Tyler (Urban Adult Contemporary)
* [[KPLT-FM]] (107.7 FM; "Mix 107.7") – Paris ([[Mainstream Top 40]])
* [[KTBQ]] (107.7; "Q107") – Nacodgdoches/Lufkin (Classic rock)

=====Oklahoma=====
* [[KBWW]] (88.3; "The Gospel Station") – [[Broken Bow, Oklahoma|Broken Bow]] ([[Southern Gospel]])
* [[KYHD (FM)|KYHD]] (94.7; "HD 94.7") – [[Valliant, Oklahoma|Valliant]] (News/talk)
* [[KBEL-FM]] (96.7) – Idabel (Country)
* [[KQIB]] (102.9; "Q102.9") – Idabel (Hot Adult Contemporary)
* [[KIBE (FM)|KIBE]] (104.9; "Mountaineer Radio") – Broken Bow ([[Variety (radio)|Variety]])
* [[KKBI]] (106.1; "Best Country 106") – Broken Bow (Country music)
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==Transportation==
{{see also|Transportation in Shreveport}}

===Airports===
[[Shreveport Regional Airport]] ([[IATA airport code|IATA]]: '''SHV'''; [[ICAO airport code|ICAO]]: '''KSHV'''), located off Hollywood Avenue in southwestern Shreveport, is the region's primary commercial airport. Established in 1952, Shreveport Regional is served by [[Allegiant Air]] (with flights to [[McCarran International Airport]] in [[Las Vegas]] and [[Orlando Sanford International Airport]]), [[American Airlines]] (to [[Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport]]), [[Delta Air Lines]] (to [[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport]]), [[GLO Airlines]] (to [[Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport]]), and [[United Airlines]] (as United Express, to [[George Bush Intercontinental Airport]] in [[Houston]] and [[Denver International Airport]]). [[Shreveport Downtown Airport]] (IATA: '''DTN'''; ICAO: '''KDTN'''), built in 1931 and located north of downtown Shreveport along the Red River, is the city's [[general aviation]] airport and also serves as a reliever airport for Shreveport Regional Airport, itself built to replace the Downtown Airport as Shreveport's main commercial airport due to the limited growth that could be made to that facility due to its close proximity of the Red River.

General and limited commercial aviation is additionally available at several smaller airfields in the Ark-La-Tex; [[Tyler Pounds Regional Airport]] (IATA: '''TYR'''; ICAO: '''KTYR'''), a city-owned public use airport in Tyler; offers service to and from Dallas/Fort Worth International and, on a seasonal basis, Denver International, respectively, via [[American Eagle Airlines|American Eagle]] and [[Frontier Airlines]]. [[East Texas Regional Airport]] (IATA: '''GGG'''; ICAO: '''KGGG'''), located {{convert|9|mi|km|spell=in}} south of Longview, is used for general aviation and military training but also provides connector service to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport via [[American Airlines]] and American Eagle. [[Texarkana Regional Airport]] (IATA: '''TXK'''; ICAO: '''KTXK'''), a city-owned public use facility located {{convert|3.4|mi|km}} northeast of Texarkana, Arkansas's [[central business district]], mainly provides [[general aviation]] travel but is also served by American Eagle. Exclusively general aviation service is provided by [[Angelina County Airport]] (IATA: '''LFK'''; ICAO: '''KLFK'''), located {{convert|8.05|mi|km}} southwest of downtown Lufkin; A.L. Mangham Jr. Regional Airport (IATA: '''OCH'''; ICAO: '''KOCH'''), located {{convert|1|mi|km|spell=in}} outside Loop 224 northwest of TX State Highway 7; and [[Natchitoches Regional Airport]] (ICAO: '''KIER'''), located {{convert|2.3|mi|km}} south of downtown Natchitoches.

===Major highways===
The Ark-La-Tex is an integral point on the [[Interstate Highway System|United States Interstate Network]], with three major interstate highways—[[Interstate 20]], [[Interstate 30]], and [[Interstate 49]]—servicing the region, connecting five of the region's largest cities, Tyler, Longview, Marshall, Shreveport and Bossier City. Interstates 20 and 49—the latter of which has its northern terminus at the intersection of the former of the two Interstates—bisect Shreveport, intersecting with [[Interstate 220 (Louisiana)|I-220]] and [[Louisiana Highway 3132|LA Highway 3132]] (which both serve as bypass routes connecting the northern and southern parts of Shreveport) on the city's west side, with [[U.S. Route 171|U.S. 171]] in downtown Shreveport, and with [[Interstate 220 (Louisiana)|I-220]] in central Bossier Parish (north of [[Barksdale Air Force Base]], at which point it begins sharing an overlap with [[U.S. Route 71|U.S. 71]] as it traverses eastward towards [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]).

The region is a point within the planned extension of the otherwise presently disjointed [[Interstate 69]]. A branch of the Interstate ([[Interstate 369 (Texas)|I-369]]) presently runs north on [[U.S. Route 59|U.S. 59]] within Texas from [[Tenaha, Texas|Tenaha]] to Texarkana, where the span will eventually connect to Interstates 30 and 49. In response to widespread opposition from environmental groups and property rights activists, the [[Texas Department of Transportation]] (TxDOT) announced in June 2008 that it would complete I-69 through upgrades to the existing spans of U.S. 59, [[U.S. Route 77|U.S. 77]] and [[U.S. Route 281|U.S. 281]] to Interstate standards through rural areas, with bypasses around urban centers along the route, which will be financed through private sector investment. An approximately {{convert|350|mi|adj=on}} portion of the I-69 extension to extend from south of [[Clarksdale, Mississippi]], to the Louisiana/Texas state line will be built as a new-terrain route that parallels existing U.S. and state highways in some areas. One of the current segments, SIU 16, covers areas of East Texas to the northeast of [[Nacogdoches, Texas|Nacogdoches]], extending until it terminates at [[U.S. Route 171 in Louisiana|U.S. 171]] near [[Stonewall, Louisiana|Stonewall]]. Another segment, SIU 15, continues over the southern and eastern sections of [[Shreveport, Louisiana|Shreveport]], crossing [[Interstate 49 in Louisiana|I-49]] and ending at [[Interstate 20 in Louisiana|I-20]] near [[Haughton, Louisiana|Haughton]].<ref name=SIU-15>{{cite web |author=Staff |publisher=[[Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development]] |url=http://www.i69dotd.com/ |title=I-69, SIU 15 Project Site |access-date=August 31, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830121844/http://www.i69dotd.com/ |archive-date=August 30, 2007 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> The third existing segment, SIU 14, extends northeast from I-20 to [[U.S. Route 82 in Arkansas|US&nbsp;82]] near [[El Dorado, Arkansas]].<ref name=SIU-14>{{cite web |author=Staff |publisher=Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department and Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development |url=http://www.i69arkla.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030320065331/http://www.i69arkla.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 20, 2003 |title=Interstate 69 Shreveport to El Dorado |access-date=August 31, 2007}}</ref>

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====Interstates====
* [[Image:I-20.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 20]]
* [[Image:I-30.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 30]]
* [[Image:I-49.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 49]]
* [[Image:I-69 (Future).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 69|Interstate 69 (Future)]]
* [[Image:I-220.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 220 (Louisiana)]]
* [[Image:I-369.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 369 (Texas)]]

====U.S. Routes====
* [[Image:US 59.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 59]]
* [[Image:US 63.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 63]]
* [[Image:US 67.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 67]]
* [[Image:US 69.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 69]]
* [[Image:US 70.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 70]]
* [[Image:US 71.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 71]]
* [[Image:US 79.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 79]]
** [[Image:US 79B.svg|20px]] [[Special routes of U.S. Route 79|U.S. Route 79 Business]]
* [[Image:US 80.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 80]]
* [[Image:US 82.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 82]]
** [[Image:US 82B.svg|20px]] [[Special routes of U.S. Route 82|U.S. Route 82 Business]]
* [[Image:US 84.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 84]]
* [[Image:US 167.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 167]]
* [[Image:US 171.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 171]]
* [[Image:US 175.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 175]]
* [[Image:US 259.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 259]]
* [[Image:US 270.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 270]]
* [[Image:US 271.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 271]]
** [[Special routes of U.S. Route 271#Mount Pleasant|U.S. Route 271 Business]]
* [[Image:US 278.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 278]]
* [[Image:US 287.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 287]]
* [[Image:US 371.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 371]]
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====Texas highways====
=====State highways=====
* [[Image:Texas 7.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 7|TX State Highway 7]]
* [[Image:Texas 8.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 8|TX State Highway 8]]
* [[Image:Texas 11.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 11|TX State Highway 11]]
* [[Image:Texas 19.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 19|TX State Highway 19]]
* [[Image:Texas 21.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 21|TX State Highway 21]]
* [[Image:Texas 24.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 24|TX State Highway 24]]
* [[Image:Texas 31.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 31|TX State Highway 31]]
* [[Image:Texas 37.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 37|TX State Highway 37]]
* [[Image:Texas 42.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 42|TX State Highway 42]]
* [[Image:Texas 43.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 43|TX State Highway 43]]
* [[Image:Texas 49.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 49|TX State Highway 49]]
* [[Image:Texas 57.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 57|TX State Highway 57]]
* [[Image:Texas 63.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 63|TX State Highway 63]]
* [[Image:Texas 64.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 64|TX State Highway 64]]
* [[Image:Texas 77.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 77|TX State Highway 77]]
* [[Image:Texas 93.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 93|TX State Highway 93]]
* [[Image:Texas 94.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 94|TX State Highway 94]]
* [[Image:Texas 98.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 98|TX State Highway 98]]
* [[Image:Texas 103.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 103|TX State Highway 103]]
* [[Image:Texas 110.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 110|TX State Highway 110]]
* [[Image:Texas 135.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 135|TX State Highway 135]]
* [[Image:Texas 147.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 147|TX State Highway 147]]
* [[Image:Texas 149.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 149|TX State Highway 149]]
* [[Image:Texas 154.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 154|TX State Highway 154]]
* [[Image:Texas 155.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 155|TX State Highway 155]]
* [[Image:Texas 182.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 182|TX State Highway 182]]
* [[Image:Texas 204.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 204|TX State Highway 204]]
* [[Image:Texas 294.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 294|TX State Highway 294]]
* [[Image:Texas 300.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 300|TX State Highway 300]]
* [[Image:Texas 315.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 315|TX State Highway 315]]
* [[Image:Texas 322.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 322|TX State Highway 322]]
* [[Image:Texas 323.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 323|TX State Highway 323]]
* [[Image:Texas 338.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 338|TX State Highway 338]]

=====State highway loops=====
* [[Image:Texas Loop 49.svg|20px]] [[Image:Toll Texas 49 new.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway Loop 49|Loop 49]]
* [[Image:Texas Loop 151.svg|20px]] [[Loop (Texarkana)|TX Loop 151]]
* [[Image:Texas Loop 286.svg|20px]] [[List of state highway loops in Texas (200–299)#Loop 286|TX Loop 286]]
* [[Image:Texas Loop 301.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway Loop 301|TX Loop 301]]
* [[Image:Texas Loop 304.svg|20px]] [[List of state highway loops in Texas (300–399)#Loop 304|TX Loop 304]]
* [[Image:Texas Loop 323.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway Loop 323|TX Loop 323]]
* [[Image:Texas Loop 390.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway Loop 390|TX Loop 390]]
* [[Image:Texas Loop 485.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway Loop 485|TX Loop 485]]
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====Louisiana state highways====
* [[Image:Louisiana 1.svg|20px]] [[Louisiana Highway 1|LA Highway 1]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 2.svg|20px]] [[Louisiana Highway 2|LA Highway 2]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 3.svg|20px]] [[Louisiana Highway 3|LA Highway 3]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 4.svg|20px]] [[Louisiana Highway 4|LA Highway 4]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 5.svg|20px]] [[Louisiana Highway 5|LA Highway 5]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 6.svg|20px]] [[Louisiana Highway 6|LA Highway 6]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 9.svg|20px]] [[Louisiana Highway 9|LA Highway 9]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 33.svg|20px]] [[Louisiana Highway 33|LA Highway 33]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 34.svg|20px]] [[Louisiana Highway 34|LA Highway 34]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 72.svg|20px]] [[Louisiana Highway 72|LA Highway 72]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 118.svg|20px]] [[Louisiana Highway 118|LA Highway 118]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 126.svg|20px]] [[Louisiana Highway 126|LA Highway 126]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 127.svg|20px]] [[Louisiana Highway 127|LA Highway 127]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 156.svg|20px]] [[Louisiana Highway 156|LA Highway 156]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 173.svg|20px]] [[List of state highways in Louisiana (150–199)#Louisiana Highway 173|LA Highway 173]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 174.svg|20px]] [[Louisiana Highway 174|LA Highway 174]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 471.svg|20px]] [[Louisiana Highway 471|LA Highway 471]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 480.svg|20px]] [[Louisiana Highway 480|LA Highway 480]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 499.svg|20px]] [[Louisiana Highway 499|LA Highway 499]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 500.svg|20px]] [[Louisiana Highway 500|LA Highway 500]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 501.svg|20px]] [[Louisiana Highway 501|LA Highway 501]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 505.svg|20px]] [[Louisiana Highway 505|LA Highway 505]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 526.svg|20px]] [[List of state highways in Louisiana (500–549)#Louisiana Highway 526|LA Highway 526]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 1228.svg|20px]] [[Louisiana Highway 1228|LA Highway 1228]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 3014.svg|20px]] [[List of state highways in Louisiana (3000–3049)#Louisiana Highway 3014|LA Highway 3014]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 3049.svg|20px]] [[List of state highways in Louisiana (3000–3049)#Louisiana Highway 3049|LA Highway 3049]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 3132 (2008).svg|20px]] [[Louisiana Highway 3132|LA Highway 3132]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 3136.svg|20px]] [[List of state highways in Louisiana (3100–3149)#Louisiana Highway 3136|LA Highway 3136]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 3194.svg|20px]] [[List of state highways in Louisiana (3150–3199)#Louisiana Highway 3194|LA Highway 3194]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 3249.svg|20px]] [[List of state highways in Louisiana (3200–3249)#Louisiana Highway 3249|LA Highway 3249]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 3278.svg|20px]] [[List of state highways in Louisiana (3250–3299)#Louisiana Highway 3276|LA Highway 3276]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 3278.svg|20px]] [[List of state highways in Louisiana (3250–3299)#Louisiana Highway 3278|LA Highway 3278]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 3280.svg|20px]] [[List of state highways in Louisiana (3250–3299)#Louisiana Highway 3280|LA Highway 3280]]
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====Arkansas state highways====
* [[Image:Arkansas 4.svg|20px]] [[Arkansas Highway 4|AR Highway 4]]
* [[Image:Arkansas 7.svg|20px]] [[Arkansas Highway 7|AR Highway 7]]
* [[Image:Arkansas 8.svg|20px]] [[Arkansas Highway 8|AR Highway 8]]
* [[Image:Arkansas 9.svg|20px]] [[Arkansas Highway 9|AR Highway 9]]
* [[Image:Arkansas 15.svg|20px]] [[Arkansas Highway 15|AR Highway 15]]
* [[Image:Arkansas 19.svg|20px]] [[Arkansas Highway 19|AR Highway 19]]
* [[Image:Arkansas 24.svg|20px]] [[Arkansas Highway 24|AR Highway 24]]
* [[Image:Arkansas 26.svg|20px]] [[List of state highways in Arkansas#AR 26|AR Highway 26]]
* [[Image:Arkansas 27.svg|20px]] [[Arkansas Highway 27|AR Highway 27]]
* [[Image:Arkansas 29.svg|20px]] [[Arkansas Highway 29|AR Highway 29]]
* [[Image:Arkansas 32.svg|20px]] [[Arkansas Highway 32|AR Highway 32]]
* [[Image:Arkansas 41.svg|20px]] [[Arkansas Highway 41|AR Highway 41]]
* [[Image:Arkansas 51.svg|20px]] [[Arkansas Highway 51|AR Highway 51]]
* [[Image:Arkansas 53.svg|20px]] [[Arkansas Highway 53|AR Highway 53]]
* [[Image:Arkansas 84.svg|20px]] [[Arkansas Highway 84|AR Highway 84]]
* [[Image:Arkansas 88.svg|20px]] [[Arkansas Highway 88|AR Highway 88]]
* [[Image:Arkansas 98.svg|20px]] [[Arkansas Highway 98|AR Highway 98]]
* [[Image:Arkansas 108.svg|20px]] [[Arkansas Highway 108|AR Highway 108]]
* [[Image:Arkansas 129.svg|20px]] [[Arkansas Highway 129|AR Highway 129]]
* [[Image:Arkansas 134.svg|20px]] [[Arkansas Highway 134|AR Highway 134]]
* [[Image:Arkansas 151.svg|20px]] [[Arkansas Highway 151|AR Highway 151]]
* [[Image:Arkansas 160.svg|20px]] [[Arkansas Highway 160|AR Highway 160]]
* [[Image:Arkansas 196.svg|20px]] [[Arkansas Highway 196|AR Highway 196]]
* [[Image:Arkansas 237.svg|20px]] [[Arkansas Highway 237|AR Highway 237]]
* [[Image:Arkansas 245.svg|20px]] [[Arkansas Highway 245|AR Highway 245]]
* [[Image:Arkansas 296.svg|20px]] [[Arkansas Highway 296|AR Highway 296]]
* [[Image:Arkansas 355.svg|20px]] [[Arkansas Highway 355|AR Highway 355]]
* [[Image:Arkansas 549.svg|20px]] [[Arkansas Highway 549|AR Highway 549]]
* [[Image:Arkansas 874.svg|20px]] [[Arkansas Highway 874|AR Highway 874]]

====Oklahoma state highways====
* [[Image:Oklahoma State Highway 3.svg|20px]] [[Oklahoma State Highway 3|OK State Highway 3]]
* [[Image:Oklahoma State Highway 4.svg|20px]] [[Oklahoma State Highway 4|OK State Highway 4]]
* [[Image:Oklahoma State Highway 37.svg|20px]] [[Oklahoma State Highway 37|OK State Highway 37]]
* [[Image:Oklahoma State Highway 87.svg|20px]] [[Oklahoma State Highway 87|OK State Highway 87]]
* [[Image:Oklahoma State Highway 98.svg|20px]] [[Oklahoma State Highway 98|OK State Highway 98]]
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===River transportation===
[[River transportation]] is available through two inland multi-modal transportation and distribution centers along the Red River: the {{convert|2,300|acre|sqmi|adj=on}} Port of Caddo-Bossier, located at the head of navigation on the J. Bennett Johnston Waterway ({{convert|4|mi|km|disp=sqbr}} south of Shreveport on LA Highway 1), and the {{convert|700|acre|sqmi|adj=on}} Natchitoches Parish Port, located on Louisiana Highways 6 and 486 (U.S. 71/U.S. 84) in [[Campti, Louisiana]] on the only slack water port on the Red River. The Port of Caddo-Bossier began loading its first cargo in 1995, and has ({{As of|2019|lc=y}}) received more than nine million tons of barge freight and over eight million tons of rail freight. The port—which houses more than 17 freight and shipping companies—links the Ark-La-Tex to domestic and international markets via the [[Mississippi River]], and the [[Gulf Intracoastal Waterway]].<ref>{{cite web|title=About the Port|url=https://www.portsb.com/about-port|website=The Port of Caddo-Bossier|access-date=January 15, 2020}}</ref> Bossier City hosts three [[riverboat casino]] gambling resorts along the east bank of the Red River: [[Margaritaville Resort Casino]], [[Horseshoe Bossier City]], and [[Boomtown Bossier City]].

==Notable people==
{{see also|List of people from Shreveport, Louisiana}}
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* [[David Abner]]
*[[Trace Adkins]]
*[[Duane Allen]]
* [[Maya Angelou]]
*[[Oscar P. Austin]]
*[[Donna Axum]]
*[[Sylura Barron]]
*[[Buster Benton]]
*[[Raymond Berry]]
*[[Brian Blade]]
*[[Dan Blocker]]
* [[Terry Bradshaw]]
*[[Lou Brock]]
*[[Kix Brooks]]
*[[Willie Brown (politician)|Willie Brown]]
*[[Dez Bryant]]
*[[Jerry Bywaters]]
* [[Earl Campbell]]
* [[Glen Campbell]]
*[[Ezekiel Airship|Burrell Cannon]]
*[[Claire Lee Chennault]]
* [[William Childress]]
*[[John Chisum]]
*[[Kate Chopin]]
* [[Van Cliburn]]
* [[Bill Clinton]]
* [[Johnnie L. Cochran]]
*[[Bessie Coleman]]
*[[Gary B.B. Coleman]]
*[[Barbara Smith Conrad]]
*[[Floyd Cramer]]
* [[David Crowder]]
*[[Bruce M. Davis]]
*[[Jimmie Davis]]

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* [[Clint Dempsey]]
*[[Chi Chi DeVayne]]
*[[Sandy Duncan]]
* [[James Farmer]]
*[[Kelli Finglass]]
*[[George Foreman]]
* [[Lefty Frizzell]]
*[[Wax Trax! Records|Dannie Flesher]]
*[[Lane Frost]]
*[[Euell Gibbons]]
*[[Johnny Gimble]]
*[[Kevin Griffin]]
* [[John Wesley Hardin]]
*[[Cas Haley]]
*[[Robert Harling (writer)|Robert Harling]]
*[[Charlaine Harris]]
* [[James Pinckney Henderson]]
* [[Don Henley]]
*[[Robert Hilburn]]
* [[Jim Hogg|James Stephen "Big Jim" Hogg]]
*[[William H. Holland (politician)|William H. Holland]]
*[[Johnny Horton]]
* [[Mike Huckabee]]
*[[William Humphrey (writer)|William Humphrey]]
* [[Lamar Hunt]]
* [[Alphonso Jackson]]
* [[Lady Bird Johnson|Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Johnson]]
* [[Scott Joplin]]
*[[Bonnie and Clyde#Ambush and deaths|Henderson Jordan]]
*[[Mitchell Kendall]]
* [[Freddie King]]
*[[Ben Kweller]]
* [[Alan Ladd]]
*[[Miranda Lambert]]

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* [[Joe R. Lansdale]]
* [[Tracy Lawrence]]
*[[Lead Belly|Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter]]
*[[Opal Lee]]
* [[Jared Leto]]
* [[Shannon Leto]]
*[[Marguerite Littman]]
*[[Horace Logan]]
*[[Joshua Logan]]
*[[Huey Long]]
*[[Patrick Mahomes]]
* [[Jeff Mangum]]
*[[Johnny Mathis]]
*[[Robert N. McClelland]]
*[[Sarah McClendon]]
* [[Matthew McConaughey]]
*[[William Johnson McDonald]]
* [[Neal McCoy]]
* [[Don Meredith]]
*[[Mary Miles Minter]]
* [[Craig Monroe]]
* [[Bill Moyers]]
*[[Kacey Musgraves]]
*[[Margie Neal]]
*[[Huey P. Newton]]
*[[Ne-Yo]]
*[[John Osteen]]
*[[Wright Patman]]
* [[Ross Perot]]
*[[Lonnie "Bo" Pilgrim]]
*[[Anita Pointer]]
*[[Parker Posey]]
* [[Ray Price]]
*[[Kevin Rahm]]

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* [[Homer P. Rainey]]
*[[Collin Raye]]
*[[Jim Reeves]]
*[[Tex Ritter]]
*[[Phil Robertson]]
* [[Eddie Robinson (baseball)|Eddie Robinson]]
*[[Bobby Rush (musician)|Bobby Rush]]
* [[Robert Schneider]]
* [[Billy Sims]]
*[[Shangela]]
* [[Kenny Wayne Shepherd]]
*[[Allan Shivers]]
*[[Tommie Smith]]
*[[Sissy Spacek]]
*[[Gene Stallings]]
* [[Hal Sutton]]
*[[Bettye Swann]]
* [[B. J. Thomas]]
* [[Billy Bob Thornton]]
*[[J. D. Tippit|J.D. Tippet]]
* [[David Toms]]
* [[Jeremiah Trotter]]
*[[Tommy Tuberville]]
*[[T-Bone Walker|Aaron Thibeaux "T-Bone" Walker]]
* [[Walter Prescott Webb]]
* [[Forest Whitaker]]
* [[Hank Williams, Jr.]]
*[[John Edward Williams]]
*[[Richard Williams (tennis coach)|Richard Williams]]
*[[Romeo M. Williams]]
*[[Victoria Williams]]
*[[Wallace Willis]]
*[[Dooley Wilson]]
* [[Lee Ann Womack]]
*[[Andrea Yates]]
*[[Faron Young]]
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==Notes==
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==References==
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