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Greater Little Rock is a metropolitan area covering four counties in Central Arkansas with
a 1997 estimated population of 561,636. At the heart of the area is Little Rock, the state capitol and Arkansas' largest city with a population of 182,274, and North Little Rock, the state's third largest community, with a population of 63,753. The Little Rock/North Little Rock metropolitan statistical area has a per capita income of $21,954. The cities are joined by the Arkansas River and are located in Pulaski County in the exact center of the state, where the mountains meet the delta.
Greater Little Rock is unique in that it is centered where the Southeast meets the Southwest. Distance by highway to major nearby cities include: Dallas - 307 miles; Houston - 443 miles; Oklahoma City - 348 miles; Tulsa - 288 miles; Kansas City - 405 miles; Atlanta - 523 miles; Memphis - 139 miles; and New Orleans - 437 miles.

Little Rock operates under the city manager form of government. The Board of Directors is composed of 11 people, seven elected from wards, three at large positions and a directly elected mayor.

Little Rock employs 523 police officers utilizing mobile equipment. The department also has a crime prevention unit.

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Little Rock has a Class 2 fire rating, with 391 paid firefighters. The department operates 20 fire stations, with 21 engine pump companies, 8 ladder companies, 4 rescue squads and 3 crash crews, all Class A equipped.

North Little Rock operates under a mayor-alderman form of government.

The police department employs 200 officers and 116 radio-equipped patrol cars, among other vehicles.

The city has a Class 2 fire rating and operates with 156 firefighters, 11 fire stations and 28 units of equipment.

Pulaski County operates under the County Judge - Quorum Court form of government. The court is composed of 15 members elected from the same number of single member districts drawn within the county.

The Pulaski County Sheriff's Department provides protection with 480 deputies and support personnel, of which 332 officers operate the county correctional facility, and 96 radio-equipped vehicles.

Approximately 21 volunteer fire departments serve areas other than Little Rock, North Little Rock, and Jacksonville.

The Little Rock Air Force Base, a Military Airlift Command facility, is located seventeen miles north of Little Rock in Jacksonville. The 6,000-acre facility is valued at $4 billion and the land was donated to the Air Force in 1951 by the citizens of Arkansas. Strategic Air Command opened the base four years later and in April, 1970, the 134th Tactical Airlift Wing with its C-130 Hercules cargo transport aircraft, made its home at Little Rock. On December 1, 1991 under Air Force reorganization, the wing was re-designated the 314th Airlift Wing.