The Fort Smith Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the

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, is a five-county area including three

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and two Oklahoma counties, and anchored by the city of

Fort Smith, Arkansas Fort Smith is the third-largest city in Arkansas and one of the two county seats of Sebastian County. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 89,142. It is the principal city of the Fort Smith, Arkansas–Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Are ...

. The total MSA population in

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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

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and the Oklahoma cities of Poteau and Sallisaw. It is directly positioned under

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in the western part of Arkansas.

Counties

Constituent counties of the MSA include: Arkansas * Sebastian County *

* Franklin County Oklahoma *

Le Flore County LeFlore County is a county along the eastern border of the U.S state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 50,384. Its county seat is Poteau. The county is part of the Fort Smith metropolitan area and the name honors a Choct ...

* Sequoyah County

Communities

Communities are categorized based on their populations in the 2000 U.S. Census.

Places with more than 75,000 inhabitants

(Principal city)

Places with 10,000 to 25,000 inhabitants

Van Buren, Arkansas Van Buren ( ) is the second-largest city in the Fort Smith, Arkansas–Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area and the county seat of Crawford County, Arkansas, United States. The city is located directly northeast of Fort Smith at the Interst ...

Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants

Alma, Arkansas Alma is a city in Crawford County, Arkansas, United States. It is located within the Arkansas River Valley at the edge of the Ozark Mountains; the city is the sixth largest in the Fort Smith metropolitan area. The population was 5,419 at the 20 ...

Arkoma, Oklahoma Arkoma is a town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,989 at the 2010 census, a decline from 2,180 in 2000. The name of the town is a portma ...

Barling, Arkansas Barling is a city in Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 Census the population was 4,782, ranking it eighth in the Greater Fort Smith Area. Barl ...

* Cedarville, Arkansas *

Charleston, Arkansas Charleston is a city in Franklin County, Arkansas, United States, and along with Ozark is one of the two county seats of Franklin County. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas- Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,494 at ...

Greenwood, Arkansas Greenwood is a city in and one of the two county seats of Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States. It is the fifth largest municipality in the Fort Smith, Arkansas- Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area with a population of 8,952 according t ...

Heavener, Oklahoma Heavener is a city in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,414 at the 2010 census, an increase of 6.7 percent from 3,201 at the 2000 census.

Lavaca, Arkansas Lavaca () is a city in Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 Census the population was 2,289. Lavaca was incorporated in 1919. Geography Lavaca i ...

Mansfield, Arkansas Mansfield is a city in Scott and Sebastian counties Arkansas, United States. The Sebastian County portion of the city is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 1,139. Th ...

(partial) *

Mulberry, Arkansas Mulberry is a city in Crawford County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,655 as of the 2010 Census, an increase of % from 1,627 in 2000. __TOC__ Geogra ...

Muldrow, Oklahoma Muldrow is a town in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,466 at the 2010 census, an increase of 11.7 percent over the figure of 3,104 reco ...

Ozark, Arkansas Ozark is a city in Franklin County, Arkansas, United States and one of the county's two seats of government. The community is located along the Arkansas River in the Arkansas River Valley on the southern edge of the Ozark Mountains. As of the 2 ...

Panama, Oklahoma Panama is a town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,413 at the 2010 census. History A post office was established at Panama, Indian Ter ...

Pocola, Oklahoma Pocola is a town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma metropolitan area. The population was 4,056 in 2010, a gain of 1.6 percent over the figure of 3,994 recorded in 2000. ''Pocola'' is a Cho ...

Poteau, Oklahoma Poteau ( ) is a city in, and county seat of, Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 8,520 as of the 2010 census. History In 1719, Bernard de la Harpe led a group of French explorers through this area and gave the river its ...

Roland, Oklahoma Roland is a town in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,169 at the 2010 census, compared to the figure of 2,842 recorded in 2000.Sallisaw, Oklahoma Sallisaw is a city and county seat in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population was 8,880, an 11.2 percent increase over the figure of 7,891 recorded in 2000. Sallisaw is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas ...

Spiro, Oklahoma Spiro is a town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,164 at the 2010 census, a 2.8 percent decline from the figure of 2,227 recorded in 2 ...

Talihina, Oklahoma Talihina (pronounced "tah-luh-HEE-nuh") is a town in LeFlore County, Oklahoma, United States, its name originating from two Choctaw words, ''tully'' and ''hena'', meaning iron road. Iron road is reference to the railroad that the town was built ar ...

Vian, Oklahoma Vian () is a town in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States, adjacent to Interstate 40 at the intersection of U.S. Route 64 and Oklahoma State Highway 82. The population was 1,374 at the 2020 census, a 6.3 percent decline from the figure of 1,4 ...

Wister, Oklahoma Wister is a town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith metropolitan area. The population was 1,102 at the 2010 census. Wister is named for Gutman G. Wister, an official with the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railr ...

Places with 500 to 1,000 inhabitants

Bonanza, Arkansas Bonanza is a city in Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2010 Census, the population of Bonanza was 575. According to the 2018 US Census Bureau estimates ...

Brent, Oklahoma Brent is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States, south of Sallisaw. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 504 at the 2000 census. The post office o ...

(

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) *

Brushy, Oklahoma Brushy is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States, along U.S. Route 59 in Oklahoma, U.S. Route 59 in the foothills of the Brushy Mountains (Oklahoma), Brushy Mountains. It is part of ...

(census-designated place) * Carlisle, Oklahoma (census-designated place) *

Central City, Arkansas Central City is a city in Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2010 Census, the population of Central City was 502. According to the 2018 US Census Bureau ...

Dyer, Arkansas Dyer is a city in Crawford County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas- Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 876 at the 2010 census. History Dyer was platted in 1884 by G. E. Dyer soon after the L ...

Gore, Oklahoma Gore is a town in western Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 977 at the 2010 census, an increase of 15 percent over the figure of 850 recorde ...

Hackett, Arkansas Hackett is a city in Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 812 at the 2010 census. History A post office called Hackett City was established i ...

Hartford, Arkansas Hartford is a city in Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 642 at the 2010 census. Clergyman James T. Draper, Jr., president of the Southern ...

Howe, Oklahoma Howe is a town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 802 at the 2010 census, a gain of 15.1 percent over the figure of 697 recorded in 2000. ...

* Huntington, Arkansas *

Kibler, Arkansas Kibler is a city in Crawford County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 Census the population was 961. Geography Kibler is located in southern Crawford County s ...

Mountainburg, Arkansas Mountainburg is a town in Crawford County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas- Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census the population was 631. Mountainburg was laid out in 1883 when the St. Lo ...

Rock Island, Oklahoma Rock Island is a town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 646 at the 2010 census, a decline of 8.9 percent from the figure of 709 recorded ...

* Shady Point, Oklahoma

Places with fewer than 500 inhabitants

Akins, Oklahoma Akins is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 493 at the 2010 census, an increase of 9.8 percent over the fi ...

(census-designated place) *

Altus, Arkansas Altus is a city in Franklin County, Arkansas, United States. Located within the Arkansas River Valley at the edge of the Ozark Mountains, the city is within the Fort Smith metropolitan area. The epicenter of the Altus American Viticultural Area (A ...

* Belfonte, Oklahoma (census-designated place) *

Bokoshe, Oklahoma Bokoshe ( ) is a town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma metropolitan statistical area. ''Bokoshe'' is a Choctaw word meaning "little creek". The population was 512 at the 2010 census, a 13. ...

* Branch, Arkansas *

Cameron, Oklahoma Cameron is a town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 302 at the 2010 census, a decline of 3.2 percent from the figure of 312 recorded in 2 ...

Cecil, Arkansas Cecil is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Arkansas, United States. Cecil is located at the junction of Arkansas highways 41 and 96, west-southwest of Ozark. Cecil has a post office with ZIP code 72930. Climate The climate in t ...

* Chester, Arkansas * Cowlington, Oklahoma *

Denning, Arkansas Denning is a town in Franklin County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 314 at the 2010 census, up from 270 at the 2000 census. Geography Denning is located ...

* Dwight Mission, Oklahoma (census-designated place) * Evening Shade, Oklahoma (census-designated place) *

Fanshawe, Oklahoma Fanshawe is a town in Latimer County, Oklahoma, Latimer and Le Flore County, Oklahoma, Le Flore counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 Census, the town had a total population of 317. The Le Flore County portion of Fanshawe is part ...

(partial) * Flute Springs, Oklahoma (census-designated place) *

Fort Coffee, Oklahoma Fort Coffee is a town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. Originally constructed as a U. S. Army fort in 1834, it was named for U. S. General John Coffee, a veteran of the Seminole Wars.

Gans, Oklahoma Gans is a town in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 312 at the 2010 census, an increase of 50 percent over the figure of 208 recorded in 200 ...

Le Flore, Oklahoma LeFlore is a town in LeFlore County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 198 at the 2010 census, an increase of 13.1 percent over the figure of 168 in 2000. Alt ...

* Long, Oklahoma (census-designated place) * Marble City Community, Oklahoma (census-designated place) *

Marble City, Oklahoma Marble City (often simply called Marble) is a town in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 263 at the 2010 census, an increase of 8.7 percent ...

* McKey, Oklahoma (census-designated place) *

Midland, Arkansas Midland is a town in Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas- Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 325 at the 2010 census. Geography Midland is located at (35.092455, -94.353307). ...

* 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 Short is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 328 at the 2000 census. Geography Short is located at (35.5 ...

(census-designated place) * Stony Point, Oklahoma (census-designated place) * Sycamore, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma (census-designated place) *

Wiederkehr Village, Arkansas Wiederkehr Village is a city in Franklin County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 38 at the 2010 census. It is named after Swiss winemaker Johann Andreas W ...

Unincorporated places

Big Cedar, Oklahoma Big Cedar is an unincorporated community in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. History A post office opened at Bigcedar, Indian Territory on April 3, 1903. It was discontinued on October 15, 1943. On December 1, 1929 the official spell ...

* Dora, Arkansas * Figure Five, Arkansas *

Hodgen, Oklahoma Hodgen is an unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most ...

Monroe, Oklahoma Monroe is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in far eastern Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. A post office was established at Monroe, Indian Territory, on February 25, 1881. It was named for its first postmaster, Simo ...

* Muse, Oklahoma *

Skullyville, Oklahoma Skullyville (also spelled Scullyville) is an unincorporated rural community in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. It is approximately one mile east of Spiro and southwest of Fort Smith, Arkansas. The community is within the Fort Smith, ...

* Whitesboro, Oklahoma

Largest cities in the MSA

Demographics

As of the

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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%

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, 3.46%

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, 5.80% Native American, 1.80%

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, 0.04%

Pacific Islander Pacific Islanders, Pasifika, Pasefika, or rarely Pacificers are the peoples of the Pacific Islands. As an ethnic/racial term, it is used to describe the original peoples—inhabitants and diasporas—of any of the three major subregions of O ...

, 2.26% from

other races Other often refers to: * Other (philosophy), a concept in psychology and philosophy Other or The Other may also refer to: Film and television * ''The Other'' (1913 film), a German silent film directed by Max Mack * ''The Other'' (1930 film), a ...

, and 3.87% from two or more races.

Hispanic The term ''Hispanic'' ( es, hispano) refers to people, cultures, or countries related to Spain, the Spanish language, or Hispanidad. The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to viceroyalties forme ...

Latino Latino or Latinos most often refers to: * Latino (demonym), a term used in the United States for people with cultural ties to Latin America * Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States * The people or cultures of Latin America; ** Latin A ...

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 Per capita income (PCI) or total income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. It is calculated by dividing the area's total income by its total population. Per capita i ...

for the MSA was $15,039.

References

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