Cleveland County, Arkansas

2024 results by precinct

17 precincts · 3,374 votes cast

Trump · R+68

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−67.6%	524	2,804	3,374
2020	R	−61.6%	651	2,867	3,600
2016	R	−53.6%	723	2,462	3,244
2012	R	−44.9%	845	2,313	3,266
2008	R	−43.9%	911	2,451	3,505
2004	R	−16.0%	1,450	2,009	3,496
2000	R	−8.3%	1,414	1,678	3,181
1996	D	+24.8%	1,741	990	3,024
1992	D	+22.7%	1,893	1,127	3,378
1988	R	−2.0%	1,404	1,462	2,881
1984	R	−12.5%	1,378	1,773	3,165
1980	D	+23.9%	1,856	1,124	3,058
1976	D	+56.4%	2,320	646	2,966
1972	R	−42.9%	734	1,837	2,571
1968	D	+3.8%	407	312	2,470
1964	D	+4.4%	1,121	1,026	2,165
1960	D	+54.0%	1,216	290	1,715
1956	D	+45.6%	1,149	423	1,592
1952	D	+44.6%	1,248	477	1,728
1948	D	+59.6%	679	79	1,006
1944	D	+73.0%	960	150	1,110
1940	D	+88.8%	989	58	1,048
1936	D	+91.8%	1,088	45	1,136
1932	D	+87.9%	1,440	92	1,534
1928	D	+18.3%	690	476	1,167
1924	D	+53.7%	613	174	818
1920	D	+25.7%	809	475	1,299
1916	D	+66.1%	1,128	230	1,358
1912	D	+37.6%	685	275	1,091
1908	D	+27.5%	771	426	1,254
1904	D	+30.9%	704	330	1,209
1900	D	+50.4%	876	286	1,171
1896	D	+68.5%	1,269	231	1,516
1892	D	+46.3%	1,035	353	1,472
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%

African American

10.0%

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

1.3%

85+

1.7%

2.7%

75–84

3.1%

5.5%

65–74

6.8%

8.2%

55–64

7.1%

5.8%

45–54

6.6%

5.6%

35–44

6.2%

5.7%

25–34

5.1%

3.9%

18–24

3.1%

8.3%

5–17

9.2%

1.9%

2.0%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$54,794

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

Cleveland County$54,794

Arkansas$60,773

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

15.8%

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

51.5%

Methodist

7.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

4.2%

Other Christian

0.9%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 35.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Cleveland County's small, majority-white rural population has produced Republican presidential margins exceeding 60 points in consecutive elections, making it a reliable data point for tracking the consolidation of nonmetropolitan Arkansas around one party.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Cleveland 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 eight points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Cleveland County's median household income of $54,794 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Perry County and Sevier County.

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