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Fort Smith, Arkansas

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The 2000 Census showed that Fort Smith had a population of 80,268 people.<1> This represents 3% of the total population of Arkansas, making it the state's 2nd most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. Other than 2000, the population counts have been estimated by the Census Bureau.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000
Year-to-Year Change
200884,716+5.54%+0.72% since 2007
200784,113+4.79%+1.03% since 2006
200683,259+3.73%+1.14% since 2005
200582,324+2.56%+0.81% since 2004
200481,666+1.74% 
200381,695+1.78%+0.33% since 2002
200281,428+1.45%+0.34% since 2001
200181,154+1.1%+1.1% since 2000
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200080,268The Last Census

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (rank is based on the 2000 Census):

RankCommunityDirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change Since 2000
1Little Rock   E121 mi [194.7 km]189,5153.48% increase
-2-Fort Smith  84,7165.54% increase
3North Little Rock   E126 mi [202.8 km]59,4301.66% decrease
4Fayetteville   N51 mi [82.1 km]73,37226.4% increase
5Jonesboro   E209 mi [336.4 km]63,96015.21% increase
6Pine Bluff   SE154 mi [247.8 km]50,4088.49% decrease
7Springdale   N59 mi [95 km]68,18048.87% increase

The city of Fort Smith is located in Sebastian County and for a more general look at the area, please visit our Census Page for Sebastian County.

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Fort Smith.

Fort Smith had 35,341 Housing Units<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Fort Smith has a total area of 52.9 square miles [137.1 km²]<4>. Of this total, 50.3 square miles [130.4 km²]2.59 square miles [6.7 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Fort Smith had a 2000 population density of 1,594 people per square mile [615 people/km²], making it the state's 16th most densely populated area.

Sebastian County

Fort Smith is located in Sebastian County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 115,513 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 80,268 people, Fort Smith contained 69.5% of the Sebastian County total.

In addition, where the community of Fort Smith has a population density of 1,594 people per square mile [615 people/km²], Sebastian County averages 215.4 people per square mile [83.2 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Sebastian County.

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Fort Smith. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Fort Smith, it also contains a comparison between Fort Smith and the state of Arkansas.

Click here for the Fort Smith QuickFact (QF-0524550).

A Census Quickfact is available for Sebastian County (QF-05131).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Sebastian County.

  CountyCensus
QuickFact
Direction2008
Population
Change Since 2000
 CrawfordQF-05033   N59,68211.81% increase
 FranklinQF-05047   NE18,1852.47% increase
 LoganQF-05083   E22,5670.28% increase
 ScottQF-05127   SE11,2482.38% increase
 Le Flore (OK)QF-40079   SW49,8023.48% increase
 Sequoyah (OK)QF-40135   NW41,0345.09% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Fort Smith:

 State Code:05 (Arkansas)
County Code:131 (Sebastian County)
Place Code:24550 (Fort Smith)
  
State & County Code:05131 (Arkansas/Sebastian County)
  
State & Place Code:0524550 (Arkansas/Fort Smith)

Fort Smith is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #7 (the West South-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Fort Smith.



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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Fort Smith:

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Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Fort Smith and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<3>A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live (whether occupied or temporarily vacant), such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway).

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<4>The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Fort Smith. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group.

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