Fort Smith Population 2024

Fort Smith is a city in Arkansas, State of United States, lies on the Arkansas-Oklahoma state border, located at the confluence of the Arkansas and Poteau rivers, known as Belle Point. Fort Smith population in 2024 is estimated to be 90,555, covers city area of 68.23 sq mi (176.72 sq km), ranks third largest city in Arkansas State, three-hundred-eighty-fifth city in the United States. Fort Smith population as per 2020 census is 89,142 compared to 2010 population of 86,209 with the increase number of 2,933 people and growth of 3.4 percent. It is the principal city of the Fort Smith, Arkansas–Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area.

• Contents
• Population by Age
• Population by Race
• Nativity by Place of Birth

Below is the Fort Smith population by year:

Fort Smith Population by Age

According to 2019 US population estimates, Total Fort Smith population is 87,895, out of these 43,048 are male, 44,847 are female, The sex ratio of Fort Smith is 96. The median age of the Fort Smith population is 37.3, Fort Smith population by age are, under 18 years is 20,517, 16 years and over is 70,379, 18 years and over is 67,378, 21 years and over is 63,205, 65 years and over is 15,935. 49.0% are male, 51.0% are female, Population of Fort Smith by age percent-wise is, 23.3% are under 18 years old, 80.1% are 16 years and over, 76.7% are 18 years and over, 71.9% are 21 years and over, 15.4% are 65 years and over. There are total 40,894 housing units, The voting population of Fort Smith are 60,775, out of these 29,528 are male voters, 31,247 are female voters, 48.6% are male, 51.4% are female. Fort Smith population in 2023 is estimated to be 90,136, population in 2022 is estimated to be 90,038, and in 2021 is estimated to be 89,574.

Fort Smith Population by Race

White Population

White population in Fort Smith, Arkansas are 55,772, percentage wise 63.5 percent are whites.

Black Population

Black population in Fort Smith, Arkansas are 8,413, percentage wise 9.6 percent are blacks. African American refers to black population in Fort Smith, They are Black racial groups of Africa, includes Sub-Saharan African people, Kenyan, Nigerian, Caribbean such as Haitian and Jamaican.

Asian Population

Asian population in Fort Smith are 5,194, percentage wise 5.9 percent are asians.

Hispanic Population

Hispanic population in Fort Smith, Arkansas are 17,497. Percentage wise 19.9 percent are hispanics.

Nativity by Place of Birth

According to 2019 estimates, Fort Smith native population is 77,101, out of these 48,658 born in the Arkansas state and 28,086 born in other state in the United States. Foreign born or Population born outside the US are 10,794, out of these 3,142 are Naturalized US citizen, 196 are in Europe, 1,981 in Asia, 909 in Latin America. Non-US Citizens, Total Foreigners living in Fort Smith are 7,652, out of these 759 are from Asia, 6,893 are from Latin America.