The Resume

(1821- )
Capital of Arkansas
Seat of Pulaski County
Incorporated as a city in 1831
Population (city): 184,564 (2005 Census estimate)
Population (metro area): 652,834

Why Little Rock, Arkansas might be annoying:

Federal troops had to be sent here to desegregate Central High School (September 24, 1957).
The next year, the Little Rock school board shut down the city's three high schools rather than integrate.
FedEx was founded here but moved to Memphis when Little Rock National Airport officials would not provide facilities for the growing company.
Most of the rock that inspired the city's name was dynamited away during the construction of a railroad bridge.

Why Little Rock, Arkansas might not be annoying:

It was ranked as having the second-most diverse economy by Moody's Investor Services.
It is the site of the Big Dam Bridge, the longest pedestrian-only bridge in the US.
It is the site of the Clinton Presidential Center and MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History.
It is mentioned in the first verse of 'We're an American Band.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 20 Meanest US Cities to the Homeless [2004] (Ranked: 1)
• 20 Meanest US Cities to the Homeless [2005] (Ranked: 3)
• America's Ten Most God-Fearing Cities (Ranked: 8)
• Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start the Fire'
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 04]
• Cities
• Cities in Arkansas
• Cities in United States
• Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti, Do
• Forbes' Best Places By Cost of Doing Business [2009] (Ranked: 31)
• Forbes' Best Places By Projected Job Growth [2009] (Ranked: 84)
• Forbes' Best Places For Educational Attainment [2009] (Ranked: 104)
• Forbes' Best Places To Do Business [2006] (Ranked: 22)
• Forbes' Best Places To Do Business [2009] (Ranked: 22)
• I Am the Most Populated City in My State
• Look at Me, I'm with Bill Clinton
• Men's Health Magazine's Least Charitable US Cities [2005] (Ranked: 27)
• Men's Health's 10 Least Drunkest US Cities [2008] (Ranked: 7)
• Men's Health's 50 Happiest U.S. Cities [2005] (Ranked: 32)
• Men's Health's 50 Least Drunkest US Cities [2004] (Ranked: 7)
• Men's Health's 50 Least Drunkest US Cities [2010] (Ranked: 25)
• Men's Health's Top 50 Least Angriest US Cities [2005] (Ranked: 29)
• Old Spice's 100 Sweatiest U.S. Cities [2003] (Ranked: 25)
• Old Spice's 100 Sweatiest U.S. Cities [2004] (Ranked: 27)
• Old Spice's 100 Sweatiest U.S. Cities [2005] (Ranked: 29)
• Old Spice's 100 Sweatiest U.S. Cities [2006] (Ranked: 21)
• Old Spice's 100 Sweatiest U.S. Cities [2007] (Ranked: 21)
• Old Spice's 100 Sweatiest U.S. Cities [2008] (Ranked: 19)
• Profiles 20251-20500 (Ranked: 20483)
• Relocate-America's Top 100 Places to Live [April 2009]
• Self Magazine's Healthiest US Cities for Women [2006] (Ranked: 72)
• Self Magazine's Healthiest US Cities for Women [2007] (Ranked: 78)
• Self Magazine's Healthiest US Cities for Women [2008] (Ranked: 65)
• Sperling's Most Romantic Cities for Baby Boomers [April 2006] (Ranked: 21)
• U.S. Presidential Library Locations (Ranked: 41)
• US Capital Cities

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 72 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 20 Votes: 55.00% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 28 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 45 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 37 Votes: 70.27% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 103 Votes: 71.84% Annoying