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Fort Smith, AR

90,517 Population
64.2 square miles 1,410.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.7
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 39.1 ±0.3

Economics

$29,951 ±$2,484 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: $31,874 ±$2,003
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $34,812 ±$559
$60,306 ±$5,125 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: $60,327 ±$3,301
  • a little less than the amount in Arkansas: $62,106 ±$831

13% ±3% (11,610  ±2,639) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 13.7% † 31,345 (±2.1% / ±4,748)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 15.5% 466,459 (±0.6% / ±18,623)

16.8 minutes ±0.7 (629,325  ±32,925) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 21.5 1,974,365 (±0.5 / ±57,606)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)

Families

37,693 ±1,519 Number of households
  • the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 93,826 ±1,524
  • Arkansas: 1,246,754 ±7,595
2.4 ±0.1 (89,039  ±73) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 2.5 229,855 (±0 / ±62)
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 2.4 3,003,442

4.4% ±3% (935  ±632) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 6.5% † 3,404 (±2.1% / ±1,103)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 6.4% 45,382 (±0.6% / ±4,385)

Housing

41,482 ±1,216 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 102,705 ±59
  • Arkansas: 1,421,029 ±136

$215,000 ±$15,855 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: $207,000 ±$10,987
  • about the same as the amount in Arkansas: $215,600 ±$3,253

18.1% ±4% (16,242  ±3,574.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 14% † 32,241 (±1.9% / ±4,420.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 12% 366,562 (±0.5% / ±15,635.5)

Social

85.5% ±5.9% (52,223  ±3,949) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 87.2% 137,645 (±3.7% / ±5,912.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 89.3% 1,873,987 (±1.1% / ±23,074.6)
23.2% ±3.4% (14,170  ±2,119.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 21.4% 33,723 (±1.9% / ±2,968.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 27.1% 569,103 (±0.6% / ±12,987.1)

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

13.3% ±2.6% (12,020  ±2,385) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 7.1% 16,606
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 5.8% 180,109

5.2% ±1.5% (3,680  ±1,022) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 6.9% † 12,190 (±0.9% / ±1,528)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arkansas: 6.9% 165,049 (±0.3% / ±6,265)
3,680 Total veterans ±1,022 3,101 Male ±882 579 Female ±406

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