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Fort Smith Public Schools, AR

91,761 Population
59 square miles 1,555.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Sebastian County: 38.5 ±1.3
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 38.9 ±0.2

Economics

$29,518 ±$2,330 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sebastian County: $34,477 † ±$3,709
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $33,012 ±$560
$55,034 ±$5,364 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Sebastian County: $57,949 ±$5,485
  • a little less than the amount in Arkansas: $58,700 ±$1,155

13.4% ±3.3% (12,123  ±3,015) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Sebastian County: 11% † 14,027 (±2.3% / ±2,972)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 15.7% 466,624 (±0.6% / ±19,172)

17.4 minutes ±0.7 (653,290  ±33,785) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sebastian County: 19.8 1,052,930 (±0.6 / ±41,477)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)

Families

36,464 ±1,615 Number of households
  • Sebastian County: 51,596 ±1,657
  • Arkansas: 1,232,871 ±8,404
2.5 ±0.1 (89,989  ±1,925) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Sebastian County: 2.5 127,163 (±0.1 / ±74)
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 2.4 2,982,612

4.1% ±2.2% (900  ±482) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Sebastian County: 5.7% † 1,724 (±2.3% / ±700)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 36,877 (±0.5% / ±3,201)

Housing

41,602 ±1,441 Number of housing units
  • Sebastian County: 57,862 ±48
  • Arkansas: 1,409,104 ±322

$167,800 ±$13,740 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sebastian County: $191,500 ±$17,783
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $195,700 ±$3,625

16.5% ±3.5% (15,024  ±3,157) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Sebastian County: 15.8% † 20,106 (±2.9% / ±3,660.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arkansas: 12.1% 367,964 (±0.6% / ±16,566)

Social

82.5% ±5.6% (50,308  ±3,724) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Sebastian County: 86.1% 75,006 (±5.2% / ±4,605.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 89.3% 1,854,856 (±1% / ±21,619.8)
22.3% ±3.3% (13,619  ±2,048.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sebastian County: 24.2% † 21,126 (±2.8% / ±2,461)
  • about 80 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% ±1.7% (10,277  ±1,594) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Sebastian County: 8.5% 11,017
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 5.3% 162,340

6.3% ±1.2% (4,337  ±849) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Sebastian County: 6.3% † 6,169 (±0.9% / ±887)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 7% 164,175 (±0.3% / ±7,006)
4,337 Total veterans ±849 4,086 Male ±841 251 Female ±202

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