Fort Smith metropolitan area explained

Fort Smith metropolitan area
Official Name:	Fort Smith, AR-OK Metropolitan Statistical Area
Settlement Type:	Metropolitan Statistical Area
Mapsize:	300px
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	United States
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Name1:	Arkansas Oklahoma
Subdivision Type2:	Principal cities
Subdivision Name2:	Fort Smith Van Buren
Area Blank1 Title:	MSA
Area Blank1 Sq Mi:	4000
Area Blank2 Title:	CSA
Population As Of:	2022
Population Blank1 Title:	MSA
Population Blank1:	250,368
Population Blank2 Title:	CSA
Demographics Type2:	GDP
Demographics2 Footnotes:	^[1]
Demographics2 Title1:	MSA
Demographics2 Info1:	$12.024 billion (2022)
Timezone:	CST
Utc Offset:	-6
Timezone Dst:	CDT
Utc Offset Dst:	-5

The Fort Smith Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is a five-county area including three Arkansas counties and two Oklahoma counties, and anchored by the city of Fort Smith, Arkansas. The total MSA population in 2000 was 273,170 people, estimated by the Bureau to have grown to 289,693 people by 2007.^[2]

Other major cities located within the area include the Arkansas cities of Van Buren and Ozark and the Oklahoma cities of Poteau and Sallisaw. It is directly positioned under Crawford County in the western part of Arkansas.

Counties

Constituent counties of the MSA include:

Arkansas

• Sebastian County
• Crawford County
• Franklin County

Oklahoma

• Le Flore County
• Sequoyah County

Communities

Communities are categorized based on their populations in the 2000 U.S. Census.

Places with more than 75,000 inhabitants

• Fort Smith, Arkansas (Principal city)

Places with 10,000 to 25,000 inhabitants

• Van Buren, Arkansas

Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants

• Alma, Arkansas
• Arkoma, Oklahoma
• Barling, Arkansas
• Cedarville, Arkansas
• Charleston, Arkansas
• Greenwood, Arkansas
• Heavener, Oklahoma
• Lavaca, Arkansas
• Mansfield, Arkansas (partial)
• Mulberry, Arkansas
• Muldrow, Oklahoma
• Ozark, Arkansas
• Panama, Oklahoma
• Pocola, Oklahoma
• Poteau, Oklahoma
• Roland, Oklahoma
• Sallisaw, Oklahoma
• Spiro, Oklahoma
• Talihina, Oklahoma
• Vian, Oklahoma
• Wister, Oklahoma

Places with 500 to 1,000 inhabitants

• Bonanza, Arkansas
• Brent, Oklahoma (census-designated place)
• Brushy, Oklahoma (census-designated place)
• Carlisle, Oklahoma (census-designated place)
• Central City, Arkansas
• Dyer, Arkansas
• Gore, Oklahoma
• Hackett, Arkansas
• Hartford, Arkansas
• Howe, Oklahoma
• Huntington, Arkansas
• Kibler, Arkansas
• Mountainburg, Arkansas
• Rock Island, Oklahoma
• Shady Point, Oklahoma

Places with fewer than 500 inhabitants

• Akins, Oklahoma (census-designated place)
• Altus, Arkansas
• Belfonte, Oklahoma (census-designated place)
• Bokoshe, Oklahoma
• Branch, Arkansas
• Cameron, Oklahoma
• Cecil, Arkansas
• Chester, Arkansas
• Cowlington, Oklahoma
• Denning, Arkansas
• Dwight Mission, Oklahoma (census-designated place)
• Evening Shade, Oklahoma (census-designated place)
• Fanshawe, Oklahoma (partial)
• Flute Springs, Oklahoma (census-designated place)
• Fort Coffee, Oklahoma
• Gans, Oklahoma
• Le Flore, Oklahoma
• Long, Oklahoma (census-designated place)
• Marble City Community, Oklahoma (census-designated place)
• Marble City, Oklahoma
• McKey, Oklahoma (census-designated place)
• Midland, Arkansas
• Moffett, Oklahoma
• Notchietown, Oklahoma (census-designated place)
• Paradise Hill, Oklahoma
• Pinhook Corners, Oklahoma (census-designated place)
• Redbird Smith, Oklahoma (census-designated place)
• Remy, Oklahoma (census-designated place)
• Rudy, Arkansas
• Short, Oklahoma (census-designated place)
• Stony Point, Oklahoma (census-designated place)
• Sycamore, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma (census-designated place)
• Wiederkehr Village, Arkansas

Unincorporated places

• Big Cedar, Oklahoma
• Dora, Arkansas
• Figure Five, Arkansas
• Hodgen, Oklahoma
• Monroe, Oklahoma
• Muse, Oklahoma
• Skullyville, Oklahoma
• Whitesboro, Oklahoma

Largest cities in the MSA

City	County	State	Population (2007 est.)^[3] ^[4]
Fort Smith	Sebastian	Arkansas	84,375
Van Buren	Crawford	Arkansas	22,001
Sallisaw	Sequoyah	Oklahoma	8,740
Greenwood	Sebastian	Arkansas	8,482
Poteau	Le Flore	Oklahoma	8,246
Alma	Crawford	Arkansas	4,948
Barling	Sebastian	Arkansas	4,439
Pocola	Le Flore	Oklahoma	4,435
Ozark	Franklin	Arkansas	3,557
Heavener	Le Flore	Oklahoma	3,265
Roland	Sequoyah	Oklahoma	3,258
Muldrow	Sequoyah	Oklahoma	3,168
Charleston	Franklin	Arkansas	3,007
Spiro	Le Flore	Oklahoma	2,316
Arkoma	Le Flore	Oklahoma	2,181

Demographics

As of the census^[5] of 2000, there were 273,170 people, 104,506 households, and 75,005 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 82.78% White, 3.46% African American, 5.80% Native American, 1.80% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 2.26% from other races, and 3.87% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.54% of the population.

The median income for a household in the MSA was $30,500, and the median income for a family was $35,902. Males had a median income of $28,074 versus $20,182 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $15,039.

See also

• Arkansas metropolitan areas
• Arkansas census statistical areas
• Oklahoma census statistical areas

Notes and References

1. Web site: Total Gross Domestic Product for Fort Smith, AR-OK (MSA). fred.stlouisfed.org.
2. Web site: Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007 (CBSA-EST2007-01) . https://web.archive.org/web/20080905072142/http://www.census.gov/popest/metro/tables/2007/CBSA-EST2007-01.csv . dead . 2008-09-05 . . 2007 Population Estimates . United States Census Bureau, Population Division . 2008-03-27 . 2008-03-28 .
3. Web site: Table 4: Annual Estimates of the Population for Incorporated Places in Arkansas, Listed Alphabetically: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007 . . 2007 Population Estimates . United States Census Bureau, Population Division . 2008-07-10 . 2009-01-01.
4. Web site: Table 4: Annual Estimates of the Population for Incorporated Places in Oklahoma, Listed Alphabetically: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007 . . 2007 Population Estimates . United States Census Bureau, Population Division . 2008-07-10 . 2009-01-01.
5. Web site: U.S. Census website . . 2008-01-31 .