Fort Smith metropolitan area

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. [cite web | url = http://www.census.gov/popest/metro/tables/2007/CBSA-EST2007-01.csv | title = Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007 (CBSA-EST2007-01) | format = CSV | work = 2007 Population Estimates | publisher = United States Census Bureau, Population Division | date = 2008-03-27 | accessdate = 2008-03-28]

Other major cities in the area include Van Buren, Arkansas, Ozark, Arkansas, Poteau, Oklahoma, and Sallisaw, Oklahoma.

Counties

Constituent counties of the MSA include:

Arkansas
* Sebastian County
* Crawford County
* Franklin County

Oklahoma
* Le Flore County
* Sequoyah County

Primary Cities

*Fort Smith, Arkansas

uburbs with 10,000 or more inhabitants

Arkansas

Crawford County

*Van Buren, Arkansas

uburbs with 1,001 to 9,999 inhabitants

Arkansas

Crawford County

* Alma, Arkansas
* Cedarville, Arkansas
* Mulberry, Arkansas

Franklin County

* Charleston, Arkansas
* Ozark, Arkansas

ebastian County

* Barling, Arkansas
* Greenwood, Arkansas
* Lavaca, Arkansas
* Mansfield, Arkansas

Oklahoma

Le Flore County

* Arkoma, Oklahoma
* Heavener, Oklahoma
* Panama, Oklahoma
* Pocola, Oklahoma
* Poteau, Oklahoma
* Spiro, Oklahoma
* Talihina, Oklahoma
* Wister, Oklahoma

equoyah County

* Muldrow, Oklahoma
* Roland, Oklahoma
* Sallisaw, Oklahoma
* Vian, Oklahoma

City Rank by Population

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 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.

ee also

*Arkansas metropolitan areas

References