Fort Smith Metropolitan Area
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.
Other major cities in the area include Van Buren, Arkansas, Ozark, Arkansas, Poteau, Oklahoma, and Sallisaw, Oklahoma. It is positioned directly under Crawford CO in the NW part of AR
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