The Fort Smith Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the

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, is a five-county area including three

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the O ...

counties and two

Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a state in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, New ...

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 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 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 Ch ...

* 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 * Arkoma, Oklahoma * Barling, Arkansas *

Cedarville, Arkansas Cedarville is a city in Crawford County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas- Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,410 at the 2020 census. History Cedarville was platted in 1879. A post office h ...

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 t ...

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 * Mansfield, Arkansas (partial) * Mulberry, Arkansas * Muldrow, Oklahoma *

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 ...

* Panama, Oklahoma * Pocola, Oklahoma * Poteau, Oklahoma * Roland, Oklahoma * Sallisaw, Oklahoma *

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

Places with 500 to 1,000 inhabitants

* Bonanza, Arkansas * Brent, Oklahoma (

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, suc ...

) * Brushy, Oklahoma (census-designated place) * Carlisle, Oklahoma (census-designated place) * Central City, Arkansas * Dyer, Arkansas *

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 recorded ...

* Hackett, Arkansas * Hartford, Arkansas *

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 Huntington is a city in Sebastian County, Arkansas, Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Fort Smith metropolitan area, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 Ce ...

* Kibler, Arkansas *

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. Loui ...

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 (census-designated place) *

Altus, Arkansas Altus is a city in Franklin County, Arkansas, 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 AVA ...

* 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 Branch is a city in Franklin County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 367 at the 2010 census. Geography Branch is located in southwestern Franklin County a ...

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 * 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 (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 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 o ...

* 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). A ...

* 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 Rudy is a town in Crawford County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas- Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 Census the population was 130. The population was 72 at the 2000 census. History Rudy was ...

* Short, Oklahoma (census-designated place) *

Stony Point, Oklahoma Stony Point 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 177 at the 2000 census. Geography Stony Point is locate ...

(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 * Dora, Arkansas * Figure Five, Arkansas * Hodgen, Oklahoma *

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, A ...

* 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% Asian, 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, and 3.87% from two or more races.

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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

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for the MSA was $15,039.

References

Metropolitan areas of Arkansas Metropolitan areas of Oklahoma {{Arkansas-stub