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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.^[1]

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

1 Counties
2 Communities
3 Largest cities in the MSA
4 Demographics
5 See also
6 References

Counties

Constituent counties of the MSA include:

Arkansas

Oklahoma

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

Places with 500 to 1,000 inhabitants

Bonanza, Arkansas
Brent, Oklahoma (census-designated place)
Brushy, Oklahoma (census-designated place)
Carlile, Oklahoma (census-designated place)
Central City, Arkansas
Dyer, Arkansas
Gore, Oklahoma
Hackett, Arkansas

Places with less 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

Largest cities in the MSA

City	County	State	Population (2007 est.)^[2]^[3]
Fort Smith	Sebastian	Arkansas	84,375
Van Buren	Crawford	Arkansas	22,001
Sallisaw	Sequoyah	Oklahoma	8,740
Greenwood	Sebastian	Arkansas	8,482
Poteau	Le Flore	Oklahoma	8,246
Alma	Crawford	Arkansas	4,948
Barling	Sebastian	Arkansas	4,439
Pocola	Le Flore	Oklahoma	4,435
Ozark	Franklin	Arkansas	3,557
Heavener	Le Flore	Oklahoma	3,265
Roland	Sequoyah	Oklahoma	3,258
Muldrow	Sequoyah	Oklahoma	3,168
Charleston	Franklin	Arkansas	3,007
Spiro	Le Flore	Oklahoma	2,316
Arkoma	Le Flore	Oklahoma	2,181

Demographics

As of the census^[4] 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.