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Texarkana MSA Research Links
The links below are primarily for local issues or issues for specific classes.
For more general marketing research links, see
SyKronix.com
The Texarkana Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) consists of Bowie County, TX
and Miller County, AR (see
codes and definitions).
The trading area also includes at least northwestern Louisiana, often being referenced as the ARK-LA-TEX region.
For some products, Texarkana is part of a four-state trading area that extends into Oklahoma as well.
General Demographics and Population Statistics
Economic Statistics
Government Services and Statistics; Urban Planning
Education
- National Center for Educational Statistics
- ERSys.com
- Texarkana, TX Average Number of School Years Attained
- Texarkana, TX (and AR) Average Skill Level
- Texarkana, TX (and AR) Urban Density
- Texarkana, TX (and AR) Post Secondary Education
- Texarkana, TX School District Statistics
- Texarkana, TX Education Stats
- Texarkana, TX High School Statistics
- Texarkana, TX Elementary/Middle School Statistics
- Texarkana, AR School District Statistics
- Texarkana, AR Education Stats
- schools-data.com
- does not include Arkansas
- Texarkana,
Texas school district academic excellence report (2002-2003)
- Texas Education Agency
Travel, Tourism, Recreation, and Entertainment
Distribution, Logistics, Industrial Development, etc.
- Highway
- I-69 - would eventually connect Mexico, the US, and Canada, running through Texarkana on the U.S. 59 corridor
- I-49 - would eventually connect New Orleans, LA to Kansas City, MO through Texarkana on U.S. 71
- Railroad
- Red River - connects Texarkana to the Mississippi River
Business and Non-profit Funding, Grant Resources, etc.
Small Business Resources
Other
- Texas Economic Development profiles
- for maps:
the TXK airport, on the AR side, is latitude 33.27.22 N, longitude 93.59.46 W
the post office, which straddles the state line, is latitude 33.42.49 N, longitude 94.04.29 W
- aerial map
- TerraServer USA; see if you can zoom to a particular building, such as the
Texarkana, USA post office
or the A&M campus
- Digital Sanborn Maps
- subscription only; can only be accessed from the TAMU-T campus or by logging in to a library account from off campus.
Fire company maps of Texarkana from 1885 through 1953 can be used to track individual buildings and city growth trends.
- topographic map
- topozone.com
- Texas Natural Resources Information Division
- maps, satellite photos, etc.
- the state of AR has pages devoted to a variety of maps, but the URL isn't posted because the tif images have in all cases crashed my XP AND Linux machines
- Texarkana, TX (and AR) Media
- American Memory
- Library of Congress Historical Collections
- RootsWeb Bowie County Archives
- archives of personal memories donated by local individuals
- Texarkana Arkansas High School Alumni Association
- EPA EnviroFacts Data Warehouse
- EPA
map
- safe drinking water information
- air releases
- toxics release
- hazardous waste activities
General Web Pages Devoted to Texarkana MSA
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