akashic
1876–2024
Greene County, Arkansas
Greene County·Arkansas

Greene County changed its political identity.

One of Arkansas's most lopsided presidential counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Greene County, Arkansas · Thomas R Machnitzki (thomas@machnitzki.com) · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+61
in 2024
Archetype
Realigner
since the recent cycles
Population
46,432
2024 ACS
Most similar
Izard County
AR · similarity 1.00
11 precincts · 15,820 votes cast
Trump · R+61
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−61.2%
2,93512,61715,820
2020R
−59.7%
3,05812,67016,100
2016R
−53.9%
3,07110,72014,195
2012R
−36.9%
4,0009,07113,761
2008R
−29.7%
4,5418,57813,612
2004R
−4.8%
6,5647,23713,955
2000D
+3.9%
6,3195,83112,484
1996D
+24.9%
6,6223,75711,495
1992D
+32.7%
7,5413,51012,322
1988R
−0.9%
5,0655,16110,310
1984R
−13.2%
4,7306,17911,000
1980D
+13.7%
5,9964,51410,841
1976D
+47.1%
7,4952,69010,192
1972R
−46.1%
2,2636,1288,391
1968R
−8.2%
2,1972,8598,077
1964D
+35.1%
4,7422,2717,037
1960D
+2.1%
2,7742,6585,569
1956D
+28.9%
3,4541,8985,389
1952D
+31.1%
3,5711,8755,458
1948D
+63.6%
2,6575023,390
1944D
+46.8%
2,5659283,501
1940D
+62.5%
2,2205102,735
1936D
+62.8%
1,8114122,229
1932D
+83.8%
3,2772743,584
1928D
+16.9%
1,4261,0112,450
1924D
+35.8%
1,1484561,935
1920D
+26.3%
1,8651,0723,017
1916D
+62.3%
2,2925332,825
1912D
+47.4%
1,2512862,035
1908D
+47.1%
1,6065492,243
1904D
+36.9%
9224091,389
1900D
+44.0%
1,0914191,527
1896D
+71.8%
1,6272621,900
1892D
+50.9%
1,2413211,809
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
1.8%
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.
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
29.9%
Other Christian
9.2%
Methodist
4.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.4%
Mainline Protestant
1.1%
Catholic & Orthodox
0.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Greene County, anchored by Paragould in the state's northeast corner, recorded an R+61.2 presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the most one-sided counties in a state that has trended heavily Republican over the past two decades.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Greene County peaked at eighty-four points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2004 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. Greene County's median household income of $57,839 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Izard County and Fulton County.