Arkie
/ˈɑːki/(also Arky) US informal (frequently derogatory )
noun
A native or inhabitant of Arkansas, an Arkansan; specifically one made homeless during the Great Depression and forced to seek employment elsewhere, especially in California. Hence: a simpleton, a country bumpkin (depreciative ).
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in James Frank Dobie (1888–1964). From Ark- + -y.