Calhoun County, Arkansas

2024 results by precinct

8 precincts · 2,092 votes cast

Trump · R+62

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−61.9%	379	1,674	2,092
2020	R	−53.0%	479	1,636	2,182
2016	R	−41.0%	639	1,556	2,239
2012	R	−36.7%	660	1,458	2,174
2008	R	−34.8%	691	1,462	2,217
2004	R	−17.4%	939	1,340	2,299
2000	R	−5.1%	1,017	1,128	2,185
1996	D	+25.3%	1,306	727	2,292
1992	D	+12.7%	1,389	1,047	2,702
1988	R	−12.5%	1,024	1,316	2,344
1984	R	−16.4%	1,058	1,474	2,535
1980	D	+22.6%	1,438	896	2,396
1976	D	+60.4%	2,014	495	2,514
1972	R	−29.3%	707	1,298	2,020
1968	D	+18.3%	688	287	2,190
1964	D	+22.4%	1,409	889	2,322
1960	D	+53.6%	1,151	295	1,598
1956	D	+48.7%	1,303	445	1,762
1952	D	+66.0%	1,332	272	1,607
1948	D	+78.8%	768	45	918
1944	D	+76.3%	906	122	1,028
1940	D	+89.8%	818	44	862
1936	D	+91.7%	704	30	735
1932	D	+90.3%	1,235	59	1,302
1928	D	+48.7%	765	262	1,033
1924	D	+54.1%	553	150	745
1920	D	+35.0%	736	337	1,139
1916	D	+54.5%	933	275	1,208
1912	D	+46.0%	438	72	796
1908	D	+40.1%	554	234	799
1904	D	+35.8%	501	235	743
1900	D	+45.6%	654	244	900
1896	D	+61.4%	910	216	1,130
1892	D	+52.1%	654	201	869
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

0.7%

African American

13.8%

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: 44.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

2.5%

4.1%

75–84

3.6%

6.3%

65–74

6.5%

7.5%

55–64

6.8%

6.5%

45–54

4.2%

5.4%

35–44

6.3%

6.4%

25–34

5.8%

4.0%

18–24

4.1%

7.8%

5–17

7.5%

2.0%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$66,809

Calhoun County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Calhoun County$66,809

Arkansas$60,773

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

10.2%

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

52.7%

Other Christian

25.0%

Methodist

6.0%

Pentecostal & Holiness

5.4%

Mainline Protestant

2.0%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 8.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Calhoun County's sparse timber-country population of under 6,000 has delivered some of the widest Republican presidential margins in the state, reflecting a rural South Arkansas demographic that has trended sharply rightward over the past two decades.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Calhoun County peaked at ninety-two points in 1936; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2000 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of five points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Calhoun County's median household income of $66,809 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Wheeler County and Yell County.

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