Boone County, Arkansas

2024 results by precinct

12 precincts · 17,112 votes cast

Trump · R+65

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−64.9%	2,854	13,968	17,112
2020	R	−61.9%	3,064	13,652	17,114
2016	R	−59.9%	2,926	12,235	15,540
2012	R	−48.0%	3,772	11,159	15,391
2008	R	−39.7%	4,435	10,575	15,474
2004	R	−34.9%	4,640	9,793	14,777
2000	R	−29.9%	4,493	8,569	13,635
1996	R	−2.6%	5,745	6,093	13,262
1992	D	+0.2%	6,128	6,094	14,437
1988	R	−30.2%	3,998	7,567	11,816
1984	R	−39.8%	3,356	7,961	11,567
1980	R	−18.2%	4,576	6,778	12,088
1976	D	+15.3%	5,388	3,959	9,347
1972	R	−49.2%	1,862	5,484	7,362
1968	R	−19.4%	1,907	3,349	7,425
1964	D	+13.7%	3,770	2,857	6,646
1960	R	−9.9%	2,774	3,388	6,233
1956	R	−5.4%	2,829	3,153	6,006
1952	R	−9.3%	2,786	3,361	6,155
1948	D	+33.9%	3,190	1,499	4,995
1944	D	+22.5%	2,132	1,349	3,481
1940	D	+44.2%	2,054	786	2,869
1936	D	+38.7%	2,386	1,052	3,448
1932	D	+57.5%	2,644	697	3,385
1928	D	+5.1%	1,708	1,543	3,264
1924	D	+16.5%	1,350	937	2,499
1920	D	+25.3%	1,106	647	1,817
1916	D	+40.5%	1,413	598	2,011
1912	D	+42.7%	965	280	1,605
1908	D	+24.5%	1,149	681	1,907
1904	D	+18.2%	910	618	1,606
1900	D	+35.0%	1,338	641	1,990
1896	D	+49.8%	1,730	573	2,322
1892	D	+52.6%	1,472	457	1,931
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%

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

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

1.1%

85+

1.4%

2.8%

75–84

3.8%

5.6%

65–74

6.5%

6.4%

55–64

7.0%

6.0%

45–54

5.9%

5.7%

35–44

5.9%

25–34

6.0%

4.0%

18–24

3.4%

9.1%

5–17

8.2%

2.7%

2.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$55,143

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

Boone County$55,143

Arkansas$60,773

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

11.7%

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

26.5%

Other Christian

22.7%

Pentecostal & Holiness

8.4%

Mainline Protestant

3.7%

Methodist

2.3%

Catholic & Orthodox

2.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 34.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Boone County sits in the Arkansas Ozarks and has delivered lopsided Republican presidential margins for decades, with 2024's R+65 reflecting a rural, predominantly white electorate that has moved sharply rightward since the 1990s.

The shift began with civil rights. 1996 marked the realignment in Boone County, by a three points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at sixty-five points in 2024. The 2024 margin was sixty-five points.

The political shift has tracked, in Boone County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 94% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $55,143, and a 12% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Searcy County and Upshur County.

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