Rogers (Arkansas)
Benton County
05-60410
Rogers is a city in Benton County in the U.S. state of Arkansas, United States, with 55 964 inhabitants ( 2010 census ). The metropolitan area has a size of 86.8 km ². The city has a direct connection to Interstate 540 In 1962, Sam Walton opened his first Wal- Mart in Rogers.
Attractions
- Daisy Airgun Museum
- Rogers Historical Museum
- Shelby Lane Thomas Kinkade Gallery
Demographics
Like most small towns in Arkansas Rogers also has a particularly high population growth. In Arkansas, there are now 9 cities with 50,000 or more inhabitants, most were still extremely small 50 years ago. The problems that brings with it such a population growth are versatile and belongs to the metropolitan area to the Rogers lived already in 2010 463 204 inhabitants. The global economic crisis, the situation in the U.S. job market is difficult for several years and the much-needed jobs for the new inhabitants are not available in sufficient quantities or are underpaid.
The states and counties increasingly need to save money because of the debt problem and therefore cut at key points. About the development of infrastructure (eg waste collection, development of roads, public transport, rail, airports, etc.), the construction of public buildings such as new schools, libraries as well as firefighters or police stations. Often, not enough new officials shall be recruited from those saving reasons. One object of the numerous cities, mostly have to deal with in the so-called " Southern " in the coming years.