Arkansas is bordered by Tennessee and Mississippi on the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, Oklahoma to the west, and Missouri to the north. The United States Census Bureau classifies Arkansas as a southern state, sub-categorized among the West South Central States.

Arkansas is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. Its name is of Siouan derivation from the language of the Osage denoting their related kin, the Quapaw Indians. The state's diverse geography ranges from the mountainous regions of the Ozark and the Ouachita Mountains, which make up the U.S. Interior Highlands, to the densely forested land in the south known as the Arkansas Timberlands, to the eastern lowlands along the Mississippi River and the Arkansas Delta.

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