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Fort Smith metropolitan area | |
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Fort Smith, AR-OK Metropolitan Statistical Area | |
Country | United States |
State | Arkansas Oklahoma |
Principal cities | Fort Smith Van Buren |
Area | |
• MSA | 10,000 km2 (4,000 sq mi) |
Population (2022) | |
• MSA | 250,368 |
GDP | |
• MSA | $12.024 billion (2022) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
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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.
Constituent counties of the MSA include:
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Communities are categorized based on their populations in the 2000 U.S. Census.
City | County | State | Population (2007 est.) [3] [4] |
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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 |
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1910 | 150,991 | — | |
1920 | 171,393 | 13.5% | |
1930 | 155,138 | −9.5% | |
1940 | 171,416 | 10.5% | |
1950 | 154,336 | −10.0% | |
1960 | 145,323 | −5.8% | |
1970 | 171,722 | 18.2% | |
1980 | 218,216 | 27.1% | |
1990 | 234,078 | 7.3% | |
2000 | 273,170 | 16.7% | |
2010 | 248,208 | −9.1% | |
2019 (est.) | 250,368 | 0.9% | |
U.S. Decennial Census [5] 2019 Estimate [6] |
As of the census [7] 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.
Sequoyah County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 39,281. The county seat is Sallisaw. Sequoyah County was created in 1907 when Oklahoma became a state. It was named after Sequoyah, who created the Cherokee syllabary and its written language.
LeFlore County is a county along the eastern border of the U.S state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 48,129. Its county seat is Poteau. The county is part of the Fort Smith metropolitan area and the name honors a Choctaw family named LeFlore. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma is the federal district court with jurisdiction in LeFlore County.
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