2024 population: 250,434 ( 6,121 from 2020)
Land area: 2409.0 square miles
Population density: 104.0 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	177,314	70.80%	0.2%
Black:	10,645	4.25%	2.9%
Indian:	13,354	5.33%	6.0%
Asian:	7,851	3.13%	5.3%
2+ races:	10,659	4.26%	5.3%
Hispanic:	30,611	12.22%	17.4%

Total non-White:	73,120	29.20%	9.8%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	12,773	13.1
Deaths:	14,015	14.3
Net Migration:	6,054	6.2
Net Immigration:	1,150	1.2

Change in White population:	-393	-0.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	6,514	2.7

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
244,313
177,707	72.74%
10,345	4.23%
12,604	5.16%
7,454	3.05%
10,121	4.14%
26,082	10.68%
66,606	27.26%

2010
280,467
209,831	74.81%
10,278	3.66%
18,244	6.50%
6,488	2.31%
11,379	4.06%
24,097	8.59%
70,636	25.19%

2000
255,399
204,312	80.00%
9,248	3.62%
15,370	6.02%
4,875	1.91%
9,384	3.67%
12,095	4.74%
51,087	20.00%

1990
219,181
191,179	87.22%
7,779	3.55%
14,446	6.59%
3,638	1.66%
n/a
2,139	0.98%
28,002	12.78%

1980
203,511
183,466	90.15%
7,107	3.49%
9,832	4.83%
1,648	0.81%
n/a
1,362	0.67%
20,045	9.85%

1970
160,421
148,153	92.35%
7,286	4.54%
3,765	2.35%
147	0.09%
n/a
965	0.60%
12,268	7.65%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
29,653	10.6
24,466	8.7
-4,208	-1.5
1,267	0.5

-32,124	-11.5
-4,030	-1.4

Number	Rate
2000's
36,161	14.2
24,047	9.4
4,396	1.7
4,813	1.9

5,519	2.2
19,549	7.7

Number	Rate
1990's
35,499	16.2
24,195	11.0
13,534	6.2
1,448	0.7

13,133	6.0
23,085	10.5

Number	Rate
1980's
32,226	15.8
20,385	10.0
3,804	1.9
n/a

7,713	3.8
7,957	3.9

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
29,189	18.2
n/a

35,313	22.0
7,777	4.8

Age, Family & Household Data for Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
39.1
58,294	23.3%
192,140	76.7%
42,318	16.9%

96,258
2.51

64,101	66.6%
46,284	72.2%
6,754	10.5%
32,157	33.4%

2010
Number	Percent
37.6
71,603	25.5%
208,864	74.5%
38,721	13.8%

108,132
2.55

74,986	69.3%
55,648	74.2%
7,652	10.2%
33,146	30.7%

2000
Number	Percent
35.8
68,089	26.7%
187,310	73.3%
32,731	12.8%

97,692
2.57

70,423	72.1%
55,981	79.5%
6,448	9.2%
27,269	27.9%

1990
Number	Percent
33.6
60,014	27.4%
159,167	72.6%
29,975	13.7%

82,942
2.60

61,897	74.6%
51,755	83.6%
4,764	7.7%
21,045	25.4%

1980
Number	Percent
31.0
61,159	30.1%
142,352	69.9%
26,535	13.0%

73,335
2.73

56,928	77.6%
49,025	86.1%
3,933	6.9%
16,407	22.4%

2022 Housing Data for Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	5,382	5.6%
$10,000 to $14,999	5,622	5.8%
$15,000 to $19,999	4,388	4.6%
$20,000 to $24,999	5,184	5.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	5,371	5.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	5,376	5.6%
$35,000 to $39,999	4,726	4.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	4,822	5.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	4,626	4.8%
$50,000 to $59,999	8,170	8.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	9,805	10.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	11,913	12.4%
$100,000 to $124,999	7,803	8.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	4,614	4.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	4,345	4.5%
$200,000 or more	4,111	4.3%

Median Household Income	53,213
Per Capita Income	29,998

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	75

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	6,479	6.7%
Public Assistance	1,916	2.0%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	13,670	14.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	86,187	64.0%
Unemployed	4,869	3.6%
In Armed Forces	720	0.5%

Total Labor Force	91,776	68.2%
Not in Labor Force	42,824	31.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		35.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	39,717	32,465	55.0%
Non-Profit	2,948	4,141	41.6%
Self-Employed	6,663	3,601	64.9%

Local Government	2,709	3,810	41.6%
State Government	1,954	3,285	37.3%
Federal Government	1,452	1,238	54.0%

Total Private + Self	46,380	36,066	56.3%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	9,063	12,474	42.1%
Total	55,443	48,540	53.3%

Pct. Govt.	13.9%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	13,391	12.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	22,142	21.2%
Professional, Technical	20,158	19.3%
Service Occupations	17,696	17.0%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	610	0.6%
All others	30,865	29.6%

White Collar		53.4%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	17,809	17.1%
Health care and social assistance	14,417	13.8%
Retail trade	11,424	11.0%
Educational services	8,769	8.4%
Construction	7,305	7.0%
Accommodation and food services	7,267	7.0%
Transportation and warehousing	5,355	5.1%
Other services	4,914	4.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	4,748	4.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	4,381	4.2%
Public administration	4,185	4.0%
Finance and insurance	3,435	3.3%
Wholesale trade	2,381	2.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,691	1.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,664	1.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,443	1.4%
Utilities	1,178	1.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	881	0.8%
Information	806	0.8%
Management	199	0.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	17,946	7.31%
Puerto Rican	668	0.27%
Cuban	176	0.07%
Dominican	129	0.05%

Total Central American	6,324	2.58%
Costa Rican	270	0.11%
Guatemalan	1,013	0.41%
Honduran	337	0.14%
Nicaraguan	20	0.01%
Panamanian	5	0.00%
Salvadoran	4,679	1.91%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	267	0.11%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	99	0.04%
Ecuadorian	21	0.01%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	134	0.05%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	13	0.01%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,605	0.65%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Laotian	2,684	1.09%
Vietnamese	2,081	0.85%
Filipino	508	0.21%
Thai	355	0.14%
Chinese	229	0.09%
Hmong	201	0.08%
Korean	198	0.08%
Indian	164	0.07%
Japanese	9	0.00%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	205,132	89.1%
Spanish	17,775	7.7%
Other Asian	3,141	1.4%
Vietnamese	1,573	0.7%
Other	797	0.3%
German, other Germanic	513	0.2%
Other Indo-European	483	0.2%
Tagalog	274	0.1%
Arabic	176	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	26,507	10.8%
German	23,254	9.5%
Irish	22,796	9.3%
English	20,875	8.5%
Scottish	3,800	1.5%
Italian	3,689	1.5%
French	3,418	1.4%
European	3,162	1.3%
Scotch-Irish	2,227	0.9%
Dutch	2,025	0.8%
Welsh	1,499	0.6%
British	1,403	0.6%
Swedish	1,374	0.6%
Polish	1,353	0.6%
Norwegian	843	0.3%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	237,419	96.7%
Not a citizen	8,056	3.3%

Native	230,687	94.0%
Foreign-born	14,788	6.0%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
9,159	5.5%	15,745	9.5%	55,506	33.5%	51,047	30.8%	22,873	13.8%	11,517	6.9%
Average years of education: 12.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	9,159	5.5%
9-12 Years	15,745	9.5%
H.S. Grad or GED	55,506	33.5%
Some College	51,047	30.8%
Bach. Degree	22,873	13.8%
Grad Degree	11,517	6.9%
Average years of education: 12.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	192,702	178,020	14,682	7.6%
1991	192,890	177,286	15,604	8.1%
1992	195,736	181,182	14,554	7.4%
1993	199,852	186,930	12,922	6.5%
1994	205,764	194,636	11,128	5.4%
1995	207,186	196,784	10,402	5.0%
1996	209,096	198,658	10,438	5.0%
1997	210,258	200,008	10,250	4.9%
1998	210,756	200,694	10,062	4.8%
1999	213,476	205,570	7,906	3.7%

2000	213,050	205,562	7,488	3.5%
2001	214,108	205,420	8,688	4.1%
2002	215,508	205,350	10,158	4.7%
2003	215,800	204,568	11,232	5.2%
2004	219,686	208,742	10,944	5.0%
2005	225,742	215,634	10,108	4.5%
2006	229,352	218,514	10,838	4.7%
2007	232,212	220,194	12,018	5.2%
2008	231,724	220,222	11,502	5.0%
2009	227,988	209,962	18,026	7.9%

2010	227,174	209,074	18,100	8.0%
2011	224,650	205,978	18,672	8.3%
2012	223,642	206,648	16,994	7.6%
2013	219,956	203,666	16,290	7.4%
2014	217,256	204,690	12,566	5.8%
2015	218,260	207,208	11,052	5.1%
2016	217,770	208,724	9,046	4.2%
2017	216,440	208,104	8,336	3.9%
2018	215,076	207,280	7,796	3.6%
2019	215,122	207,884	7,238	3.4%

2020	213,254	200,582	12,672	5.9%
2021	208,776	200,730	8,046	3.9%
2022	211,878	205,100	6,778	3.2%
2023	214,256	206,920	7,336	3.4%
2024	217,648	210,062	7,586	3.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	108,312
Median Value	$146,130

Occupied	96,258	88.9%
Vacant	12,054	11.1%

Owned	63,996	66.5%
Rented	32,262	33.5%
Median Rent	$790

Single-Family Units	79,566	73.5%
Detached	77,672	71.7%
Attached	1,894	1.7%
Buldings with 5+ Units	9,032	8.3%
Mobile Homes	9,574	8.8%

Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area