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Fort Smith Public Schools, AR

92,729 Population
59 square miles 1,571.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±1.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Sebastian County: 38.6 ±0.7
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 39.1 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$29,332 ±$2,401 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sebastian County: $32,354 ±$2,624
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $34,812 ±$559
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$58,683 ±$5,176 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Sebastian County: $62,641 † ±$6,394
  • a little less than the amount in Arkansas: $62,106 ±$831
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

12.9% ±2.9% (11,764  ±2,654) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sebastian County: 11.4% † 14,605 (±2.5% / ±3,252)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 15.5% 466,459 (±0.6% / ±18,623)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

16.8 minutes ±0.7 (638,870  ±33,269) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sebastian County: 19.3 1,026,260 (±0.7 / ±45,304)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

38,755 ±1,419 Number of households
  • Sebastian County: 52,985 ±1,451
  • Arkansas: 1,246,754 ±7,595
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (91,175  ±1,311) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Sebastian County: 2.4 128,131 (±0.1 / ±55)
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 2.4 3,003,442
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.7% ±3% (1,025  ±660) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sebastian County: 6.1% † 1,806 (±3% / ±900)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arkansas: 6.4% 45,382 (±0.6% / ±4,385)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

43,043 ±1,212 Number of housing units
  • Sebastian County: 58,171 ±38
  • Arkansas: 1,421,029 ±136
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$213,300 ±$15,006 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Sebastian County: $213,900 ±$12,202
  • about the same as the amount in Arkansas: $215,600 ±$3,253
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

18% ±3.9% (16,506  ±3,574.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sebastian County: 15.9% † 20,327 (±3.1% / ±3,926.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 12% 366,562 (±0.5% / ±15,635.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

85.9% ±5.9% (54,253  ±4,029.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Sebastian County: 87.3% 76,688 (±5.1% / ±4,563.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 89.3% 1,873,987 (±1.1% / ±23,074.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
23.2% ±3.3% (14,681  ±2,133.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Sebastian County: 23.5% † 20,647 (±2.8% / ±2,484.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 27.1% 569,103 (±0.6% / ±12,987.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

13.4% ±2.5% (12,460  ±2,355) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Sebastian County: 10% 12,981
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 5.8% 180,109
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.1% ±1.4% (3,716  ±1,003) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sebastian County: 6.3% † 6,232 (±1.2% / ±1,200)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arkansas: 6.9% 165,049 (±0.3% / ±6,265)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,716 Total veterans ±1,003 3,163 Male ±869 553 Female ±401

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