In 1986, Arkansas made English the official language through legislation.

Official English Law in Arkansas

ARKANSAS CODE ANNOTATED
Section 1-4-117: Official Language (1987)

• (a) The English language shall be the official language of the state of Arkansas.
• (b) This section shall not prohibit the public schools from performing their duty to provide equal educational opportunities to all children.

LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN ARKANSAS

2,368,450	English
123,755	All languages other than English combined
82,465	Spanish or Spanish Creole
7,444	German
7,312	French (incl. Patois, Cajun)
3,467	Vietnamese
2,529	Chinese
2,502	Laotian
1,627	Tagalog
1,250	Korean
1,193	Japanese
1,106	Italian
955	Arabic
879	Other Native North American languages
807	African languages
629	Polish
571	Russian
447	Urdu
395	Hindi
382	Gujarathi
380	Serbo-Croatian
356	Thai
326	Persian
318	Portuguese or Portuguese Creole
314	Greek
256	Scandinavian languages
251	Hungarian
169	Hebrew
157	French Creole
142	Armenian
130	Miao, Hmong
53	Navajo
21	Yiddish
14	Mon-Khmer, Cambodian