North Little Rock is a city in Pulaski County, Arkansas, across the Arkansas from Little Rock in the central allowance of the state. The population was 64,591 at the 2020 census. In 2019 the estimated population was 65,903, making it the seventh-most populous city in the state. North Little Rock, along following Little Rock and Conway, anchors the six-county Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area (2014 population 729,135), which is supplementary included in the Little Rock-North Little Rock Combined Statistical Area bearing in mind 902,443 residents.

The city’s downtown is anchored in the Argenta Historic District, the location of Dickey-Stephens Park, home of the Arkansas Travelers pubescent league baseball team, and Simmons Bank Arena, the metropolitan area’s main entertainment venue. Farther west is Burns Park, one of the largest municipal parks in the United States.

Originally named Argenta, Arkansas, it was founded on April 18, 1871. In 1890, the city of Little Rock annexed Argenta as part of its eighth ward, preempting a competing petition to incorporate. As portion of a take aim to reclaim its independence, Argenta was incorporated on July 17, 1901, as the town of “North Little Rock”. By 1904, the state’s unchangeable court allowed North Little Rock to annex what was left of the ward. It readopted the broadcast Argenta in 1906, only to revert to North Little Rock in October 1917. Evidence of the out of date town can nevertheless be found in the North Little Rock City Hall (built in 1914) which contains plaques referring to Argenta, and incorporates “C of A” (i.e. City of Argenta) ornamental features.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total Place of 47.0 square miles (122 km), of which 44.8 square miles (116 km²) is land and 2.2 square miles (5.7 km) (4.58%) is water.