 Jonesboro
is a city in and one of the three county seats of Craighead County, Arkansas,
United States. A college town, Jonesboro is the largest city in northeastern
Arkansas and the fifth most populous city in the state. It is the principal
city of and is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical
Area. The Jonesboro metropolitan area had an estimated population of 115,830
and 153,427 in the Jonesboro-Paragould Combined Statistical Area in 2006.
Jonesboro is the home to
Arkansas State University and is a regional center for manufacturing, agriculture,
medicine, education, and trade. |
