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North Little Rock, AR Economic Statistics

NumberPercentEMPLOYMENT STATUSPopulation 16 years and over46,704100.0In labor force30,03564.3Civilian labor force29,74963.7Employed28,38860.8Unemployed1,3612.9Percent of civilian labor force4.6…

North Little Rock, AR, Housing Statistics

NumberPercentTotal housing units27,562100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached19,52670.81-unit, attached5492.02 units1,3154.83 or 4 units1,2504.55 to 9 units1,8566.710 to 19 units9443.420 or…

North Little Rock, AR Social Statistics

NumberPercentSCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school15,546100.0Nursery school, preschool1,1467.4Kindergarten9085.8Elementary school (grades 1-8)6,77943.6High school (…

Skelligs

(Encyclopedia) Skelligs, rocky islands, off SW Republic of Ireland, in Co. Kerry, comprising Lemon Rock, Little Skellig, and Great Skellig. Climbing the rocks to the peaks of Great Skellig, also…

Little Richard

Name at birth: Richard Wayne PennimanLittle Richard helped define the wild side of early rock and roll with his uptempo tunes, sexualized lyrics, and outrageous onstage behavior. Richard Penniman…

Arkansas, University of

(Encyclopedia) Arkansas, University of, mainly at Fayetteville; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1871, opened 1872; called Arkansas Industrial Univ. until 1899. The Univ. of…

syenite

(Encyclopedia) syenitesyenitesīˈənīt [key], coarse-grained igneous rock, similar in appearance and composition to granite. Unlike granite, it contains little or no quartz. The chief minerals in…

shaft sinking

(Encyclopedia) shaft sinking, excavation from the surface of an opening in the earth. Shafts, which are generally vertical, are usually distinguished from tunnels, which are horizontal. Little…

Fletcher, John Gould

(Encyclopedia) Fletcher, John Gould, 1886–1950, American poet, b. Little Rock, Ark., educated (1903–7) at Harvard. After traveling throughout Europe, he became a leader of the imagists in England.…

Faubus, Orval

(Encyclopedia) Faubus, OrvalFaubus, Orvalôrˈvəl fôˈbəs [key], 1910–94, governor of Arkansas (1955–67), b. Combs, Ark. A schoolteacher, he served in World War II and after the war became Arkansas's…