Map: Kavya Beheraj/Axios Northwest Arkansas is emerging as one of America's new innovation hot spots, measured by the change in utility patents granted over time per 100,000 residents. Why it ...

Data: U.S. Census Bureau; Chart: Axios Visuals. See an interactive version of the map. Northwest Arkansas probably didn't figure into Jimi Hendrix's mind when he released "Crosstown Traffic" in 1968.