Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Fort Smith city GEOCODE:05-0700 AR ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 71,626 100.0% 72,798 100.0% 1,172 1.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 61,893 86.4% 60,646 83.3% -1,247 -2.0 -3.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,194 1.7% 1,175 1.6% -19 -1.6 -0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 64,467 90.0% 62,849 86.3% -1,618 -2.5 -3.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 4,792 6.7% 5,528 7.6% 736 15.4 0.9 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 1,196 1.7% 2,945 4.0% 1,749 146.2 2.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 1,017 1.4% 1,087 1.5% 70 6.9 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 579 0.8% 766 1.1% 187 32.3 0.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 5,505 7.7% 5,484 7.5% -21 -0.4 -0.2 5-17.................. 14,230 19.9% 13,007 17.9% -1,223 -8.6 -2.0 18-24.................. 8,832 12.3% 7,021 9.6% -1,811 -20.5 -2.7 25-44.................. 19,281 26.9% 22,956 31.5% 3,675 19.1 4.6 45-64.................. 14,318 20.0% 13,539 18.6% -779 -5.4 -1.4 65 AND OVER............ 9,460 13.2% 10,791 14.8% 1,331 14.1 1.6 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 19,735 27.6% 18,491 25.4% -1,244 -6.3 -2.2 40 AND OVER............ 27,664 38.6% 29,214 40.1% 1,551 5.6 1.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.9 33.8 2.9 9.4 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $23,714 $23,835 121 0.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $28,997 $29,812 815 2.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,403 $12,994 591 4.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 9,495 13.5% 9,869 13.8% 374 3.9 0.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 27,756 100.0% 29,721 100.0% 1,965 7.1 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 19,924 71.8% 19,909 67.0% -15 -0.1 -4.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 10,781 38.8% 11,308 38.0% 527 4.9 -0.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 16,568 59.7% 16,100 54.2% -468 -2.8 -5.5 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 7,883 28.4% 7,488 25.2% -395 -5.0 -3.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 2,833 10.2% 2,953 9.9% 120 4.2 -0.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,762 6.3% 1,670 5.6% -92 -5.2 -0.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 7,242 26.1% 8,803 29.6% 1,561 21.6 3.5 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.1 -5.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 43,059 100.0% 47,286 100.0% 4,227 9.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 14,981 34.8% 13,362 28.3% -1,619 -10.8 -6.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 5,934 13.8% 7,916 16.7% 1,982 33.4 3.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 33,607 100.0% 36,035 100.0% 2,428 7.2 FEMALE................ 14,924 44.4% 16,409 45.5% 1,485 10.0 1.1 EMPLOYED.............. 31,692 94.3% 33,999 94.3% 2,307 7.3 0.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 6,859 20.4% 8,066 22.4% 1,207 17.6 2.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 3,786 11.3% 3,817 10.6% 31 0.8 -0.7 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 30,385 100.0% 33,054 100.0% 2,669 8.8 OCCUPIED.............. 27,771 91.4% 29,646 89.7% 1,875 6.8 -1.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 17,025 61.3% 17,540 59.2% 515 3.0 -2.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $63,432 $61,969 -1,463 -2.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 10,746 38.7% 12,106 40.8% 1,360 12.7 2.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $312 $315 3 0.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 21,542 70.9% 22,516 68.1% 974 4.5 -2.8 MOBILE HOMES.......... 284 0.9% 357 1.1% 73 25.7 0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1958.5 1964.0 5.5 0.3 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis