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People QuickFacts |
Fort Smith |
Arkansas |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
83,461 | 2,810,872 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
3.8% | 5.1% |
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Population, 2000 |
80,268 | 2,673,400 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
7.6% | 6.8% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
25.4% | 25.4% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
13.7% | 14.0% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
51.5% | 51.2% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
77.0% | 80.0% |
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Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
8.6% | 15.7% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
1.7% | 0.7% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
4.6% | 0.8% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.1% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
3.0% | 1.3% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
8.8% | 3.2% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
46.9% | 53.3% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
9.2% | 2.8% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
12.0% | 5.0% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
75.7% | 75.3% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
18.6% | 16.7% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
16.7 | 21.9 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
35,341 | 1,173,043 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
56.3% | 69.4% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$74,200 | $72,800 |
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Households, 2000 |
32,398 | 1,042,696 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.42 | 2.49 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$32,157 | $32,182 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$18,994 | $16,904 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
15.8% | 15.8% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Fort Smith |
Arkansas |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
D | 34,470,795 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
1,411,467 | 25,611,630 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$17,337 | $9,463 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
155,777 | 2,766,905 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
7,113 | 209,010 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
S | 4.3% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 1.1% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
2.4% | 1.0% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
S | 1.0% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | Z |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
21.6% | 23.7% |
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