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The standard, official two letter state abbreviation for Arkansas is AR.
Little Rock is Arkansas's largest city, as well as the state capital and major economic center (although northwestern Arkansas, with Wal-Mart, Tyson Foods, and major trucking firms, is rapidly gaining). Little Rock is home to the state's only medical school, as well as the University of Arkansas Little Rock Bowen School of Law. History . Little Rock derives its name from a small rock formation on the south bank of the Arkansas River called La Petite Roche (the little rock). The little rock was used by early river traffic as a landmark and became a well-known river crossing.