Editing Pine Bluff, Arkansas (section)

==Economy==
Jefferson County is located in the heart of a rich agricultural area in the Arkansas River Basin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lmvmapping.erdc.usace.army.mil/Arkansas_rvr.htm/ |title=Arkansas River Basin |access-date=October 4, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130080125/http://lmvmapping.erdc.usace.army.mil/Arkansas_rvr.htm |archive-date=January 30, 2010 }}</ref> The leading products include [[cotton]], [[soybean]]s, [[cattle]], [[rice]], [[poultry]], [[timber]] and [[catfish]]. {{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}

Major area employers include Jefferson Regional Medical Center, Simmons First National Corp., [[Tyson Foods]], Evergreen Packaging, the [[Pine Bluff Arsenal]] and the [[Union Pacific Railroad]]. It is the large number of paper mills in the area that give Pine Bluff its, at times, distinctive odor, a feature known prominently among Arkansans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pinebluff.com/|title=Pine Bluff.Com|access-date=October 4, 2010}}</ref>

In 2009, Pine Bluff was included on the ''[[Forbes]]'' list of America's 10 most impoverished cities.<ref name="forbes.com">[https://www.forbes.com/2009/10/12/most-impoverished-cities-business-beltway-poverty-cities_slide_4.html "America's Most Impoverished Cities"], ''[[Forbes]]'', October 12, 2009.</ref>

[[Saracen Casino Resort]] in Pine Bluff was the first purpose-built casino in Arkansas. Completed in 2020 at a cost of $350 million, it will employ over 1,100 full-time staff.<ref>{{cite news | date = October 20, 2020 | title = Quapaw Nation Cuts Ribbon on Casino Resort | url = https://www.kark.com/news/local-news/quapaw-nation-cuts-ribbon-on-casino-resort/ | work = KARK.com}}</ref>