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Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area

231,280 Population
1,800 square miles 128.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±0.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$31,761 ±$2,057 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$58,609 ±$2,821 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

13.4% ±1.7% (30,698  ±3,953) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

21.5 minutes ±0.5 (2,103,265  ±59,170) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

90,483 ±2,276 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0.1 (228,261  ±87) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

6.4% ±1.7% (3,386  ±894) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

102,140 ±62 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$181,900 ±$11,419 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

12.8% ±1.8% (29,191  ±4,012.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

87.1% ±3.6% (137,084  ±5,697.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
21.4% ±2% (33,650  ±3,126.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

6.4% ±15,369.3% (14,798  ±1,953) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

7.9% ±0.9% (13,931  ±1,501) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
13,931 Total veterans ±1,501 13,070 Male ±1,357 861 Female ±476

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