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Fort Smith, AR

89,771 Population
64.2 square miles 1,398.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 39.4 ±0.7
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 38.9 ±0.2

Economics

$30,504 ±$2,370 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: $31,761 ±$2,057
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $33,012 ±$560
$54,009 ±$5,422 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: $58,609 ±$2,821
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $58,700 ±$1,155

13.1% ±3.4% (11,575  ±2,992) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 13.4% † 30,698 (±1.7% / ±3,953)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 15.7% 466,624 (±0.6% / ±19,172)

17.3 minutes ±0.8 (644,690  ±33,350) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 21.6 1,971,355 (±0.4 / ±50,567)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)

Families

36,439 ±1,540 Number of households
  • the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 90,483 ±2,276
  • Arkansas: 1,232,871 ±8,404
2.4 ±0.1 (88,526  ±73) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 2.5 228,261 (±0.1 / ±87)
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 2.4 2,982,612

3.9% ±2.1% (862  ±466) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 6.4% † 3,386 (±1.7% / ±894)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 36,877 (±0.5% / ±3,201)

Housing

41,219 ±1,176 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 102,140 ±62
  • Arkansas: 1,409,104 ±322

$181,900 ±$22,080 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: $181,900 ±$11,419
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $195,700 ±$3,625

17.3% ±3.6% (15,360  ±3,210) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 12.8% † 29,191 (±1.8% / ±4,012.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arkansas: 12.1% 367,964 (±0.6% / ±16,566)

Social

83.3% ±5.8% (50,073  ±3,815.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 87.1% 137,084 (±3.6% / ±5,697.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 89.3% 1,854,856 (±1% / ±21,619.8)
24.3% ±3.5% (14,631  ±2,125.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 21.4% 33,650 (±2% / ±3,126.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 26.2% 544,020 (±0.6% / ±12,726.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

11.2% ±1.8% (10,063  ±1,636) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 6.4% 14,798
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 5.3% 162,340

6.1% ±1.3% (4,097  ±850) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 7.9% † 13,931 (±0.9% / ±1,501)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 7% 164,175 (±0.3% / ±7,006)
4,097 Total veterans ±850 3,846 Male ±841 251 Female ±202

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