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.^[2]

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Fort Smith metropolitan area
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Fort Smith, AR-OK Metropolitan Statistical Area
Downtown Fort Smith
Map of Fort Smith, AR-OK MSA
Country	United States
State	Arkansas Oklahoma
Principal cities	Fort Smith Van Buren
Area
• MSA	10,000 km2 (4,000 sq mi)
Population  (2022)
• MSA	250,368
GDP [1]
• MSA	$12.024 billion (2022)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)

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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.

Constituent counties of the MSA include:

Arkansas

• Sebastian County
• Crawford County
• Franklin County

Oklahoma

• Le Flore County
• Sequoyah County

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

As of the census^[7] 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.

• Arkansas metropolitan areas
• Arkansas census statistical areas
• Oklahoma census statistical areas