Fort Smith, Arkansas Demographics

Fort Smith is 2nd in Arkansas out of 60 other cities in Current population (2012)

Fort Smith is 2nd in Arkansas out of 60 other cities in Retail sales

Fort Smith is 2nd in Arkansas out of 60 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Fort Smith is 2nd in Arkansas out of 62 other cities in Households

Fort Smith is 2nd in Arkansas out of 62 other cities in Housing units

Fort Smith is 2nd in Arkansas out of 62 other cities in Race - Asian

Fort Smith is 3rd in Arkansas out of 53 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Fort Smith is 3rd in Arkansas out of 62 other cities in Race - Two or More

Fort Smith is 3rd in Arkansas out of 62 other cities in Size in square miles

Fort Smith is 6th in Arkansas out of 62 other cities in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Size Demographics
	Fort Smith	Rank	Arkansas	US
Current population (2012)	87,443	2nd	2,949,131	313,914,040
Size in square miles	62.0	3rd	52,035.5	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,391.2	9th	56	87.4

Age Demographics
	Fort Smith	Rank	Arkansas	US
Residents younger than 5	7.6%	26th	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.5%	33rd	24.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.7%	32nd	15.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Fort Smith	Rank	Arkansas	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	80.2%	42nd	82.7%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	20.7%	26th	19.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Fort Smith	Rank	Arkansas	US
Race - White	69.3%	37th	80.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	9.0%	31st	15.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.8%	6th	0.9%	1.2%
Race - Asian	5.3%	2nd	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	25th	0.3%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	4.2%	3rd	1.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	9th	6.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	64.6%	39th	73.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Fort Smith	Rank	Arkansas	US
Female residents	51.3%	48th	50.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	12.5%	7th	4.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Fort Smith	Rank	Arkansas	US
Housing units	37,899	2nd	1,324,369	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	29.2%	9th	15.2%	25.9%
Households	34,008	2nd	1,121,386	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	56.1%	38th	67.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$113,700	28th	$105,100	$186,200
People per household	2.5	31st	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics
	Fort Smith	Rank	Arkansas	US
Income per capita	$22,824	22nd	$21,833	$27,915
Income per household	$37,340	31st	$40,149	$52,762
Income below poverty line	22.5%	26th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Fort Smith	Rank	Arkansas	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	8,096	2nd	238,994	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,667,367	2nd	$32,974,282	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$19,790	25th	$11,602	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$197,015	3rd	$3,559,795	$613,795,732