Editing Springdale, Arkansas (section)

===Marshallese population===
{{main|Marshallese people in Springdale, Arkansas}}
The city is home to the largest community of [[Marshallese Americans|Marshall Islanders in the United States]], which dates to the 1980s, when one Marshall Islander arrived in the city to work for Tyson Foods and subsequently spread word of plentiful jobs to others in the islands. The [[Marshall Islands]] opened a [[consulate]] in the city in 2008.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/05/us/for-marshall-islanders-hopes-and-troubles-in-arkansas.html|title=For Marshall Islanders, Hopes and Troubles in Arkansas|last=Schulte|first=Bret|date=July 4, 2012|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 5, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The Marshallese could easily settle in the U.S. as their country is in a free association with the United States. Photographer Lawrence Sumulong stated that this is the largest concentration of ethnic Marshallese in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dickerman|first=Kenneth|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com:443/photography/2021/01/22/marshallese-diaspora-arkansas/|title=Forced out of their homes by years of U.S. nuclear testing, the Marshallese diaspora has spread to Springdale, Ark.|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=January 22, 2021|accessdate=May 25, 2022}}</ref>