† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
3 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupFort Smith, AR-OKUnited States
English11.3%9.5%
German10.8%12.5%
Irish10.7%9.4%
American8.5%5.3%
Scottish1.8%1.3%
Italian1.6%4.8%
French1.6%1.6%
Scotch-Irish0.9%—
Mexican7.8%11.3%
Salvadoran2.1%0.7%
Guatemalan0.6%0.5%
Honduran0.2%0.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%1.8%
Cherokee0.2%—
African American†3.1%9.9%
African0.3%0.5%
Vietnamese1.0%0.6%
Laotian0.9%—
Filipino0.2%0.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Fort Smith, AR-OK
United States
Median age
38.8
39.1
Age 18–24
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Fort Smith, AR-OK
United States
Median household income
$58,315
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.4%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
21.0%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Fort Smith, AR-OK
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
11.8%
22.3%
Spanish
8.6%
13.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.2%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Fort Smith, AR-OK
United States
Catholic
6.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
40.4%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
43.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.4%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Fort Smith, AR-OK
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+21.1%
1896
+31.7%
1900
+27.0%
1904
+6.3%
1908
+7.3%
1912
+31.5%
1916
+28.8%
1920
+0.2%
1924
+14.2%
1928
−4.4%
1932
+52.3%
1936
+41.3%
1940
+27.1%
1944
+20.2%
1948
+28.6%
1952
−6.0%
1956
−9.4%
1960
−14.6%
1964
−3.0%
1968
−16.9%
1972
−59.4%
1976
+2.2%
1980
−30.9%
1984
−46.4%
1988
−36.2%
1992
+1.0%
1996
−0.7%
2000
−19.5%
2004
−25.7%
2008
−37.9%
2012
−40.8%
2016
−46.5%
2020
−45.5%
2024
−47.7%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
25.1%Harris21,312
72.8%Trump61,825
2.0%
R+47.7
R+2.2
R+46.3
84,869
R
26.0%Biden22,481
71.5%Trump61,918
2.6%
R+45.5
D+1.0
R+50.0
86,617
R
25.0%Clinton19,849
71.5%Trump56,701
3.4%
R+46.5
R+5.7
R+48.6
79,249
R
28.5%Obama22,166
69.3%Romney53,892
2.1%
R+40.8
R+2.9
R+44.7
77,724
R
30.1%Obama23,365
68.0%McCain52,791
1.9%
R+37.9
R+12.2
R+45.2
77,664
R
36.7%Kerry29,153
62.4%Bush49,559
0.9%
R+25.7
R+6.2
R+23.2
79,387
R
38.9%Gore27,268
58.4%Bush40,901
2.7%
R+19.5
R+18.7
R+20.0
70,038
R
44.1%Clinton27,928
44.9%Dole28,397
11.0%
R+0.7
R+1.7
R+9.3
63,284
D
42.3%Clinton29,318
41.3%Bush28,624
16.5%
D+1.0
D+37.2
R+4.6
69,380
R
31.4%Dukakis18,217
67.6%Bush39,228
0.9%
R+36.2
D+10.2
R+28.5
57,993
R
26.2%Mondale15,961
72.7%Reagan44,188
1.1%
R+46.4
R+15.5
R+28.2
60,818
R
31.3%Carter19,072
62.2%Reagan37,932
6.6%
R+30.9
R+33.2
R+21.2
61,024
D
51.0%Carter27,587
48.8%Ford26,373
0.2%
D+2.2
D+61.7
D+0.2
54,067
R
20.0%McGovern9,809
79.4%Nixon39,035
0.7%
R+59.4
R+42.5
R+36.3
49,164
R
25.1%Humphrey10,516
42.1%Nixon17,593
32.8%
R+16.9
R+14.0
R+16.2
41,833
R
48.4%Johnson18,140
51.3%Goldwater19,250
0.3%
R+3.0
D+11.7
R+25.5
37,495
R
42.2%Kennedy14,098
56.8%Nixon18,979
1.0%
R+14.6
R+5.2
R+14.8
33,407
R
45.0%Stevenson13,772
54.5%Eisenhower16,654
0.5%
R+9.4
R+3.4
D+6.0
30,574
R
46.9%Stevenson14,351
52.9%Eisenhower16,184
0.1%
R+6.0
R+34.6
D+4.8
30,573
D
61.4%Truman11,254
32.8%Dewey6,007
5.8%
D+28.6
D+8.4
D+24.1
18,326
D
60.0%Roosevelt11,281
39.8%Dewey7,486
0.2%
D+20.2
R+6.9
D+12.7
18,801
D
63.3%Roosevelt11,299
36.2%Willkie6,462
0.5%
D+27.1
R+14.2
D+17.2
17,845
D
70.6%Roosevelt10,783
29.2%Landon4,467
0.2%
D+41.3
R+11.0
D+17.1
15,282
D
75.8%Roosevelt12,603
23.5%Hoover3,910
0.6%
D+52.3
D+56.7
D+34.5
16,621
R
47.7%Smith7,621
52.1%Hoover8,320
0.2%
R+4.4
R+18.6
D+13.1
15,974
D
52.5%Davis8,022
38.3%Coolidge5,856
9.2%
D+14.2
D+14.0
D+39.4
15,276
D
48.9%Cox8,218
48.7%Harding8,184
2.4%
D+0.2
R+28.6
D+26.4
16,797
D
62.0%Wilson6,973
33.3%Hughes3,740
4.7%
D+28.8
R+2.7
D+25.6
11,240
D
54.8%Wilson4,781
23.4%Taft2,036
21.8%
D+31.5
D+24.2
D+11.9
8,719
D
50.2%Bryan6,344
43.0%Taft5,426
6.8%
D+7.3
D+1.0
D+16.8
12,632
D
48.8%Parker2,520
42.5%Roosevelt2,195
8.8%
D+6.3
R+20.7
D+26.0
5,169
D
63.0%Bryan3,543
36.0%McKinley2,024
1.0%
D+27.0
R+4.7
D+34.5
5,626
D
65.5%Bryan4,492
33.8%McKinley2,320
0.7%
D+31.7
D+10.5
D+37.7
6,859
D
56.6%Cleveland4,237
35.5%Harrison2,657
7.8%
D+21.1
—
D+19.5
7,481
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+34.7
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+47.7
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 13 points more Democratic.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Fort Smith, AR-OK
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2026 (partial)
24,791
5,857
14,467
4,300
167
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+832 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +2,166 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Fort Smith, AR-OK in Fort Smith, AR-OK: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+41
2012
−678
2013
−1,497
2014
−1,038
2015
−118
2016
−206
2017
+324
2018
−345
2019
−424
2021
+1,151
2022
+1,854
2023
+972
2024
+1,298
2025
+832
Fort Smith's metro spans the Arkansas-Oklahoma border, anchoring a manufacturing and logistics corridor where cross-state commuting patterns complicate standard district-level turnout analysis.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 52.3 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 59.4 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 47.7 points.
A population of 229,899, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,315 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Searcy, AR and Russellville, AR.
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In 2024, Fort Smith, AR-OK, Arkansas voted Republican by 47.7 points (R+47.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 84,869 votes cast, 21,312 went Democratic and 61,825 went Republican.
When did Fort Smith, AR-OK, Arkansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Fort Smith, AR-OK, Arkansas voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Fort Smith, AR-OK, Arkansas?
Fort Smith, AR-OK, Arkansas has a population of 229,899 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Fort Smith, AR-OK, Arkansas?
Median household income in Fort Smith, AR-OK, Arkansas is $58,315 — below the national median of $80,734. The Arkansas state median is $60,773.
What is the political history of Fort Smith, AR-OK, Arkansas?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Fort Smith, AR-OK, Arkansas from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 18 went Republican.
