Fort Chaffee Refugees: Data & Statistics

The National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) provides, free of charge, aggregate census data and GIS-compatible boundary files for the United States between 1790 and 2014.

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This area, as defined by the Census Bureau, includes the following counties: Sebastian (AR); Crawford (AR); Franklin (AR); Le Flore (OK); and Sequoyah (OK). Cities included are: Fort Smith, AR; Van Buren, AR; Ozark, AR; Poteau, OK; and Sallisaw, OK.

This data includes the 5 counties that make up the Fort Smith MSA - 2000 Census.

this data includes the 5 counties that make up the Fort Smith MSA - 2000 Census

Fort Smith, AR-OK Metropolitan Area - 2010 Census

Fort Smith, AR-OK Metropolitan Area - American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2007 - 2011)

Race of the Population by County: 1970.

**Note: some of the county names are missing, but you can guess which counties they are; none of the missing counties are part of the Fort Smith MSA.**

This brief examines current population trends among the foreign- and native-born at the county level, and highlights the role that immigrants play in contributing to population growth and slowing population loss. This analysis does not examine the merits of population change, but instead focuses on where it is occurring geographically.

Several counties in southern Arkansas are highlighted in this report.

Links to several sources relating to the growth of Asian and Latin American immigration to Arkansas.

Concise brief on the growing immigrant population in Arkansas. "Though the size of Arkansas’s immigrant population is small, the state is home to the fastest-growing Latino population in the US, as well as the fourth fastest-growing immigrant population overall."

The Partnership for a New American Economy has developed a series of research briefs that examine the demographic and economic contributions of immigrant communities in counties and cities across the United States. This report focuses on Arkansas.

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This resource contains special publications about the population's demographic characteristics.

This widely cited report and volumes discuss key demographic trends, economic factors, and public-policy issues associated with immigrants in Arkansas. The first volume provides a demographic overview of the state’s foreign-born population, explores the composition of the immigrant labor force, and describes trends in the state’s population of children in immigrant families. The second volume describes immigrants’ purchasing power, tax contributions, fiscal costs, and indirect economic impacts through spin-off jobs.

Summary of "A Profile of Immigrants in Arkansas 2013" analyzes key demographic trends and the economic impact of immigrants and the Marshallese population in Arkansas.

This brief examines current population trends among the foreign- and native-born at the county level, and highlights the role that immigrants play in contributing to population growth and slowing population loss. This analysis does not examine the merits of population change, but instead focuses on where it is occurring geographically.

Several counties in southern Arkansas are highlighted in this report.

Links to several sources relating to the growth of Asian and Latin American immigration to Arkansas.

Concise brief on the growing immigrant population in Arkansas. "Though the size of Arkansas’s immigrant population is small, the state is home to the fastest-growing Latino population in the US, as well as the fourth fastest-growing immigrant population overall."

he Partnership for a New American Economy has developed a series of research briefs that examine the demographic and economic contributions of immigrant communities in counties and cities across the United States. This report focuses on Arkansas.

The Arkansas Economic Development Institute (AEDI) provides a variety of Census data, both past and present, of interest to Arkansans.

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