Fort Smith metropolitan area
Fort Smith metropolitan area | ||
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| Fort Smith, AR-OK Metropolitan Statistical Area | ||
Downtown Fort Smith | ||
Components of the Fort Smith, AR-OK MSA
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| Country | United States | |
| State | Arkansas Oklahoma | |
| Principal cities | Fort Smith | |
| Area | ||
| • MSA | 4,000 sq mi (10,000 km2) | |
| Population (2022) | ||
| • MSA | 250,368 | |
| GDP | ||
| • MSA | $12.024 billion (2022) | |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) | |
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| Regions of Arkansas |
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The Fort Smith Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is a three-county area including two Arkansas counties and one Oklahoma county, 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.
Other major cities located within the area include Van Buren, Arkansas and Sallisaw, Oklahoma.