Arkansas County, Arkansas

2024 results by precinct

30 precincts · 5,547 votes cast

Trump · R+44

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−44.1%	1,503	3,951	5,547
2020	R	−39.5%	1,818	4,304	6,292
2016	R	−32.0%	1,939	3,826	5,891
2012	R	−22.2%	2,455	3,897	6,494
2008	R	−22.4%	2,619	4,185	6,978
2004	R	−9.8%	3,110	3,789	6,946
2000	R	−7.5%	2,877	3,353	6,372
1996	D	+34.5%	4,220	1,910	6,698
1992	D	+26.5%	4,709	2,594	7,980
1988	R	−12.9%	3,075	4,007	7,205
1984	R	−20.6%	3,153	4,804	8,008
1980	D	+11.2%	4,303	3,409	7,985
1976	D	+38.9%	5,640	2,480	8,120
1972	R	−47.5%	1,849	5,225	7,113
1968	D	+2.8%	2,019	1,806	7,600
1964	R	−8.1%	3,200	3,769	6,990
1960	D	+14.0%	2,789	2,043	5,318
1956	R	−1.6%	2,736	2,826	5,635
1952	R	−0.9%	2,648	2,697	5,358
1948	D	+31.1%	1,781	737	3,356
1944	D	+24.7%	1,711	1,031	2,751
1940	D	+51.2%	2,345	742	3,132
1936	D	+70.7%	2,008	341	2,357
1932	D	+69.9%	2,867	494	3,395
1928	D	+17.5%	1,491	1,046	2,545
1924	D	+21.0%	772	488	1,350
1920	R	−1.8%	1,156	1,199	2,387
1916	D	+29.2%	1,119	613	1,732
1912	D	+42.2%	869	249	1,469
1908	D	+15.8%	937	672	1,672
1904	D	+21.8%	753	470	1,297
1900	D	+24.5%	990	598	1,603
1896	D	+35.9%	1,175	550	1,742
1892	D	+20.3%	987	638	1,717
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

Polish

1.0%

African American

20.9%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 41.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

1.5%

2.6%

75–84

2.9%

5.7%

65–74

6.5%

6.8%

55–64

7.1%

6.2%

45–54

6.1%

5.3%

35–44

5.9%

5.1%

25–34

6.5%

3.9%

18–24

3.8%

8.8%

5–17

8.3%

3.1%

2.9%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$53,164

Arkansas County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.

Arkansas County$53,164

Arkansas$60,773

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

19.0%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Baptist

42.0%

Methodist

10.8%

Other Christian

6.5%

Mainline Protestant

4.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.0%

Catholic & Orthodox

1.5%

Non-Christian

0.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 32.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Arkansas County sits in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, an agricultural economy built on rice and soybeans. Its 2024 presidential margin of R+44.1 reflects a pattern of decisive Republican dominance that has deepened steadily over the past two decades.

The shift began with civil rights. 2000 marked the realignment in Arkansas County, by a seven points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at forty-seven points in 1972. The 2024 margin was forty-four points.

The political shift has tracked, in Arkansas County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 69% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $53,164, and a 19% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Avoyelles Parish and Howard County.

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Arkansas County voted Democratic for a century. The shift began with civil rights.