2024 population: 937,197 ( 67,054 from 2020)
Land area: 8223.7 square miles
Population density: 114.0 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	655,704	69.96%	4.5%
Black:	28,839	3.08%	12.7%
Indian:	28,238	3.01%	5.9%
Asian:	44,065	4.70%	20.1%
2+ races:	30,056	3.21%	11.8%
Hispanic:	150,295	16.04%	18.3%

Total non-White:	281,493	30.04%	15.9%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	48,220	13.9
Deaths:	38,854	11.2
Net Migration:	45,925	13.2
Net Immigration:	11,339	3.3

Change in White population:	28,485	3.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	38,569	4.4

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
870,143
627,219	72.08%
25,595	2.94%
26,669	3.06%
36,695	4.22%
26,883	3.09%
127,082	14.60%
242,924	27.92%

2010
772,299
591,625	76.61%
19,240	2.49%
24,610	3.19%
22,864	2.96%
21,083	2.73%
92,260	11.95%
180,674	23.39%

2000
632,016
532,660	84.28%
13,596	2.15%
20,198	3.20%
10,074	1.59%
15,038	2.38%
40,143	6.35%
99,356	15.72%

1990
487,366
448,848	92.10%
9,713	1.99%
18,134	3.72%
5,311	1.09%
n/a
5,360	1.10%
38,518	7.90%

1980
438,027
410,109	93.63%
9,123	2.08%
12,726	2.91%
2,531	0.58%
n/a
3,299	0.75%
27,918	6.37%

1970
334,017
318,015	95.21%
9,167	2.74%
4,225	1.26%
349	0.10%
n/a
2,011	0.60%
16,002	4.79%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
103,343	13.4
65,505	8.5
43,729	5.7
12,589	1.6

35,594	4.6
62,250	8.1

Number	Rate
2000's
99,453	15.7
54,450	8.6
65,775	10.4
17,901	2.8

58,965	9.3
81,318	12.9

Number	Rate
1990's
82,845	17.0
52,880	10.9
72,739	14.9
4,386	0.9

83,812	17.2
60,838	12.5

Number	Rate
1980's
68,586	15.7
43,785	10.0
25,483	5.8
n/a

38,739	8.8
10,600	2.4

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
77,366	23.2
n/a

92,094	27.6
11,916	3.6

Age, Family & Household Data for Fort Smith, AR-OK Market 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
36.2
213,012	11.8%
1,594,328	88.2%
129,190	7.1%

330,594
2.60

223,391	67.6%
169,406	75.8%
20,846	9.3%
107,203	32.4%

2010
Number	Percent
35.1
201,541	26.1%
570,758	73.9%
96,564	12.5%

292,891
2.58

201,077	68.7%
154,082	76.6%
19,229	9.6%
91,814	31.3%

2000
Number	Percent
34.8
165,577	26.2%
466,439	73.8%
80,405	12.7%

241,573
2.56

172,505	71.4%
140,578	81.5%
14,183	8.2%
69,068	28.6%

1990
Number	Percent
33.6
127,252	26.1%
360,114	73.9%
69,811	14.3%

185,809
2.57

138,070	74.3%
117,966	85.4%
8,998	6.5%
47,739	25.7%

1980
Number	Percent
31.0
124,391	28.4%
313,636	71.6%
58,883	13.4%

157,938
2.70

122,259	77.4%
107,258	87.7%
7,030	5.8%
35,679	22.6%

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

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	15,562	4.7%
$10,000 to $14,999	13,943	4.2%
$15,000 to $19,999	12,453	3.8%
$20,000 to $24,999	15,034	4.5%
$25,000 to $29,999	14,608	4.4%
$30,000 to $34,999	14,610	4.4%
$35,000 to $39,999	14,775	4.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	14,720	4.5%
$45,000 to $49,999	14,188	4.3%
$50,000 to $59,999	26,337	8.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	33,281	10.1%
$75,000 to $99,999	43,874	13.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	31,144	9.4%
$125,000 to $149,999	19,192	5.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	20,775	6.3%
$200,000 or more	26,098	7.9%

Median Household Income	65,275
Per Capita Income	34,992

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	79

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	15,292	4.6%
Public Assistance	5,657	1.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	31,232	9.4%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	328,129	68.7%
Unemployed	14,142	3.0%
In Armed Forces	1,055	0.2%

Total Labor Force	343,326	71.9%
Not in Labor Force	133,954	28.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		31.0%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	161,710	122,724	56.9%
Non-Profit	11,118	18,815	37.1%
Self-Employed	27,022	15,820	63.1%

Local Government	9,978	12,832	43.7%
State Government	7,499	10,846	40.9%
Federal Government	4,272	3,851	52.6%

Total Private + Self	188,732	138,544	57.7%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	32,867	46,344	41.5%
Total	221,599	184,888	54.5%

Pct. Govt.	12.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	64,094	15.7%
Sales and Office Occupations	84,951	20.9%
Professional, Technical	86,616	21.3%
Service Occupations	63,652	15.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	2,354	0.6%
All others	107,907	26.5%

White Collar		57.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Retail trade	62,102	15.3%
Manufacturing	56,118	13.8%
Health care and social assistance	50,882	12.5%
Educational services	36,120	8.9%
Construction	31,358	7.7%
Accommodation and food services	28,000	6.9%
Professional, scientific, technical	23,136	5.7%
Transportation and warehousing	21,457	5.3%
Other services	19,804	4.9%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	13,829	3.4%
Public administration	12,429	3.1%
Finance and insurance	12,150	3.0%
Wholesale trade	10,001	2.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	6,824	1.7%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	6,079	1.5%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	6,020	1.5%
Information	3,658	0.9%
Utilities	3,469	0.9%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	2,314	0.6%
Management	1,470	0.4%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	85,990	9.82%
Puerto Rican	3,759	0.43%
Cuban	1,099	0.13%
Dominican	831	0.09%

Total Central American	24,986	2.85%
Costa Rican	398	0.05%
Guatemalan	3,580	0.41%
Honduran	1,670	0.19%
Nicaraguan	232	0.03%
Panamanian	264	0.03%
Salvadoran	18,842	2.15%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	2,274	0.26%
Argentinean	181	0.02%
Bolivian	136	0.02%
Chilean	104	0.01%
Colombian	779	0.09%
Ecuadorian	252	0.03%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	449	0.05%
Uruguayan	27	0.00%
Venezuelan	346	0.04%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	6,926	0.79%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	7,704	0.88%
Laotian	4,656	0.53%
Vietnamese	3,705	0.42%
Chinese	2,286	0.26%
Filipino	2,104	0.24%
Hmong	1,414	0.16%
Korean	919	0.10%
Thai	645	0.07%
Japanese	416	0.05%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	710,987	86.7%
Spanish	78,233	9.5%
Other Asian	15,764	1.9%
Other Indo-European	3,984	0.5%
Vietnamese	2,693	0.3%
Chinese	1,636	0.2%
Other	1,596	0.2%
German, other Germanic	1,394	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	964	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	92,705	10.6%
English	87,963	10.0%
Irish	79,278	9.1%
American	59,824	6.8%
Scottish	16,753	1.9%
Italian	15,929	1.8%
European	15,750	1.8%
French	13,688	1.6%
Scotch-Irish	8,356	1.0%
Dutch	8,134	0.9%
Polish	7,876	0.9%
British	6,238	0.7%
Norwegian	5,310	0.6%
Swedish	4,983	0.6%
Welsh	4,496	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	822,515	93.9%
Not a citizen	53,199	6.1%

Native	795,750	90.9%
Foreign-born	79,964	9.1%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
32,062	5.6%	40,725	7.1%	180,009	31.5%	156,342	27.3%	102,925	18.0%	59,927	10.5%
Average years of education: 13.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	32,062	5.6%
9-12 Years	40,725	7.1%
H.S. Grad or GED	180,009	31.5%
Some College	156,342	27.3%
Bach. Degree	102,925	18.0%
Grad Degree	59,927	10.5%
Average years of education: 13.2

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	245,314	230,915	14,399	5.9%
1991	248,316	232,643	15,673	6.3%
1992	253,952	239,613	14,339	5.6%
1993	262,533	250,059	12,474	4.8%
1994	273,751	262,624	11,127	4.1%
1995	280,362	269,708	10,654	3.8%
1996	285,005	273,668	11,337	4.0%
1997	286,634	275,240	11,394	4.0%
1998	289,573	277,935	11,638	4.0%
1999	295,831	286,370	9,461	3.2%

2000	308,115	298,208	9,907	3.2%
2001	315,152	303,967	11,185	3.5%
2002	325,337	312,409	12,928	4.0%
2003	331,231	316,639	14,592	4.4%
2004	340,670	326,134	14,536	4.3%
2005	355,922	342,193	13,729	3.9%
2006	363,182	348,487	14,695	4.0%
2007	367,196	350,975	16,221	4.4%
2008	367,351	350,708	16,643	4.5%
2009	363,610	337,810	25,800	7.1%

2010	365,950	340,154	25,796	7.0%
2011	367,567	341,913	25,654	7.0%
2012	370,402	346,669	23,733	6.4%
2013	370,613	347,593	23,020	6.2%
2014	376,140	357,500	18,640	5.0%
2015	387,682	371,251	16,431	4.2%
2016	396,220	382,549	13,671	3.5%
2017	401,729	388,667	13,062	3.3%
2018	404,441	391,911	12,530	3.1%
2019	410,871	399,010	11,861	2.9%

2020	412,392	391,635	20,757	5.0%
2021	415,851	402,327	13,524	3.3%
2022	431,671	420,197	11,474	2.7%
2023	439,613	427,549	12,064	2.7%
2024	447,576	434,294	13,282	3.0%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	367,165
Median Value	$201,061

Occupied	330,594	90.0%
Vacant	36,571	10.0%

Owned	212,598	64.3%
Rented	117,996	35.7%
Median Rent	$923

Single-Family Units	271,413	73.9%
Detached	259,566	70.7%
Attached	11,847	3.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	43,621	11.9%
Mobile Homes	26,156	7.1%

Fort Smith, AR-OK Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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

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

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

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

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

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