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.
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
Demographics
As of the census 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.