Arkansas Business Book of Lists 2009 - (Page 44) G E N E RAL I NTE R E ST Largest Arkansas Employers Ranked by employees in Arkansas Employer Address, Phone 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 11 11 14 15 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Arkansas State Government State Capitol Room 250, Little Rock, AR 72201, (501) 682-6407 Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 1401 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 190, Little Rock, AR 72201, (479) 374-8581 Tyson Foods Inc. 2210 W. Oaklawn, Springdale, AR 72762, (800) 643-3410 U.S. Government 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, DC 20500, (202) 456-1414 Baptist Health 9601 Interstate 630, Little Rock, AR 72205-7202, (501) 202-2200 J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. 615 J.B. Hunt Corp. Drive, Lowell, AR 72745, (479) 820-0000 Community Heath Systems Inc. 5800 Tennyson Parkway, Plano, TX 75024, (214) 473-7000 Sisters of Mercy Health System 14528 S. Outer Forty Drive, Chesterfield, MO 63017, (314) 579-6100 Pilgrim's Pride Corp. 4845 Hwy. 271 N., Pittsburg, TX 75686, (903) 434-1000 Arkansas Children's Hospital 800 Marshall St., Little Rock, AR 72202, (501) 364-1100 Dillard's Inc. 1600 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, AR 72201, (501) 376-5200 FedEx Corp. 942 S. Shady Grove Road, Memphis, TN 38120, (901) 369-3600 Kroger Co. 1014 Vine St., Cincinnati, OH 54202, (513) 762-4000 Georgia-Pacific LLC 133 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta, GA 30303, (404) 652-4000 Alltel Corp.G 1 Allied Drive, Little Rock, AR 72202, (501) 905-8000 St. Vincent Health System Two St. Vincent Circle, Little Rock, AR 72205, (501) 552-3178 Arvest Bank Group Inc. 125 W. Central, Suite 218, Bentonville, AR 72712, (479) 750-1400 Acxiom Corp. 1 Information Way, Little Rock, AR 72202-2289, (501) 342-1000 Whirlpool Corp. 2000 N. M-63, Benton Harbor, MI 49022, (269) 923-5000 Entergy ArkansasI 425 W. Capitol Ave., Little Rock, AR 72201, (800) 368-3749 Lowe's Cos. Inc. 1000 Lowe's Blvd., Morrisville, NC 28117, (704) 758-1000 Harps Food Stores Inc. 918 S. Gutensohn Road, Springdale, AR 72762, (479) 751-7601 Baldor Electric Co. 5711 R.S. Boreham Jr. St., Fort Smith, AR 72901, (479) 646-4711 Simmons Foods Inc. 601 N. Hico St., Siloam Springs, AR 72761, (479) 524-8151 O.K. Industries Inc. 4601 N. Sixth St., Fort Smith, AR 72904, (479) 783-4186 St. Bernards Healthcare 225 E. Jackson Ave., Jonesboro, AR 72401, (870) 972-4100 Husqvarna Outdoor Products Inc. 1 Poulan Drive, Nashville, AR 71852, (870) 845-1234 United Parcel Service Inc. 55 Glenlake Parkway N.E., Atlanta, GA 30328, (404) 828-6000 ConAgra Foods Inc. 1 ConAgra Drive, Omaha, NE 68102, (402) 595-4000 Washington Regional Medical System 3215 N. Hills Blvd., Fayetteville, AR 72703, (479) 463-1066 Sparks Health System 1001 Towson Ave., Fort Smith, AR 72901, (479) 441-5442 George’s Inc. 402 W. Robinson Ave., Springdale, AR 72764, (479) 927-7000 Cargill Inc. 15407 McGinty Road W., Minneapolis, MN 55391, (952) 742-7575 Heritage Co. 2402 Wildwood Ave., North Little Rock, AR 72120, 800-643-8822 Emerson Electric Co. 8000 W. Florissant Ave., St. Louis, MO 63136, (314) 553-2000 2008 Arkansas Employees 52,938B 46,815 22,266 20,700 7,750 7,500E 5,533 4,910 4,088 4,033 3,750E 3,750F 3,750F 3,500 3,200 3,200 3,158 2,900 2,800H 2,765 2,539 2,515 2,500 2,450 2,384 2,300 2,250F 2,238 2,200 2,191 2,171 2,000 1,957J 1,700 1,600 2007 Arkansas Employees 53,161 45,852 22,500 20,660 7,834 7,500E 4,592 5,115 4,100 3,876 3,340 3,750E 3,750F 3,000 3,042 3,029 2,800 2,750 4,200 2,822 2,680 2,800 2,262 2,428 2,667 2,350 2,200 2,259 2,154 2,166 2,170 1,875F 1,957 NA 1,830 % Change -0.4% 2.1% -1.0% 0.2% -1.1% 0.0% 20.5% -4.0% -0.3% 4.1% 12.3% 0.0% 0.0% 16.7% 5.2% 5.6% 12.8% 5.5% -33.3% -2.0% -5.3% -10.2% 10.5% 0.9% -10.6% -2.1% 2.3% -0.9% 2.1% 1.2% 0.0% 6.7% 0.0% NA -12.6% Top Executive Gov. Mike Beebe H. Lee Scott Jr.C Richard L. Bond President George W. BushD Russell D. Harrington Jr. James Kirk Thompson Wayne T. Smith John Sullivan J. Clinton Rivers Jonathan R. Bates William T. Dillard II Frederick W. Smith David B. Dillon Jim Hannan Scott T. Ford Peter Banko K. Kevin Sabin John A. Meyer Jeff M. Fettig Hugh McDonald Robert Niblock Roger Collins John A. McFarland Mark C. Simmons Collier Wenderoth Jr. Ben E. Owens Bengt Andersson D. Scott Davis Gary M. Rodkin Bill Bradley Frederick "Ted" D. Woodrell Gary George Gregory Page John Braune David N. Farr Originally published Jan. 28, 2008. Sources: Arkansas Department of Economic Development, Arkansas Bureau of Legislative Research and the companies. 1 Includes 10,000 employees of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences at Little Rock 2 To be succeeded by Michael Duke effective Feb. 1, 2009 3 To be succeeded by Barack Obama on Jan. 20, 2009 4 Employment count estimated based on AEDC range because company failed to respond to repeated requests for current information 5 Employment count estimated based on AEDC range because company would not release exact figure 6 Acquisition by Verizon expected in the first quarter of 2009 7 Reduced to approximately 2,000 subsequent to publication 8 Subsidiary of Entergy Corp. of New Orleans, of which J. Wayne Leonard is chairman and CEO 9 Due to a plant fire in Booneville, employment count is approximately 1,157 Researched by Jamie Walden 44 2009 BOOK of LISTS Download the Book of Lists as a spreadsheet. www.arkansasbusiness.com/lists http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/lists
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