Approximately 67% are Arkansas natives, with about 6% being international students.

Some were job seekers in a new Administration, he said, and others were Arkansas natives who just wanted to be part of the spectacle.

Some, like Johnny Smith, 20 years old, an Arkansas native who moved to Atlanta a few years ago, returned simply for the pride of it all.

It was named in honor of rancher Stephen W. Ryan, an Arkansas native who settled near present Ryan in 1875.

For Mr. Clinton, the Arkansas native who has neither the lean physique nor, apparently, the manic sports competitiveness of his predecessor, the pace is decidedly more sedate.

The Theater Jennifer Paddock is an Arkansas native who entered New York University to study creative writing in the mid-90's.

Literature from Arkansas natives often bears the mark of the state's varied geography.

"There's a certain mentality in New York where they like to see people fail," said McReynolds, an Arkansas native who is in his fifth season with the Mets.

Brown was succeeded in 1990 by current Mayor Bill Robertson, an Arkansas native who won a sixth consecutive term in the 2010 general election.