Independence County, Arkansas

2024 results by precinct

34 precincts · 14,011 votes cast

Trump · R+59

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−59.5%	2,689	11,023	14,011
2020	R	−58.2%	2,806	11,250	14,512
2016	R	−53.6%	2,881	9,936	13,169
2012	R	−43.9%	3,281	8,728	12,397
2008	R	−37.1%	3,688	8,255	12,299
2004	R	−15.3%	5,443	7,430	13,011
2000	R	−8.6%	5,146	6,145	11,594
1996	D	+19.1%	6,240	4,021	11,628
1992	D	+22.2%	7,083	4,232	12,840
1988	R	−18.9%	4,523	6,637	11,208
1984	R	−25.3%	4,415	7,428	11,911
1980	D	+5.5%	5,683	5,076	11,125
1976	D	+42.4%	7,116	2,878	9,998
1972	R	−31.7%	2,630	5,076	7,721
1968	R	−6.3%	2,289	2,782	7,841
1964	D	+28.5%	4,455	2,470	6,960
1960	R	−2.9%	2,487	2,639	5,289
1956	R	−0.4%	2,316	2,333	4,683
1952	R	−0.3%	2,485	2,499	5,003
1948	D	+41.9%	2,340	855	3,541
1944	D	+19.7%	1,779	1,192	2,980
1940	D	+41.9%	2,276	928	3,220
1936	D	+50.7%	2,101	685	2,792
1932	D	+73.1%	2,427	371	2,811
1928	D	+13.5%	1,511	1,150	2,668
1924	D	+38.1%	1,313	534	2,042
1920	D	+17.3%	1,546	1,077	2,710
1916	D	+44.6%	1,987	762	2,749
1912	D	+37.0%	1,225	412	2,200
1908	D	+21.9%	1,529	948	2,654
1904	D	+17.1%	1,052	736	1,847
1900	D	+31.1%	1,526	782	2,390
1896	D	+56.9%	2,089	567	2,676
1892	D	+30.7%	1,792	868	3,005
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

1.4%

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: 38.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.5%

2.5%

75–84

2.8%

4.9%

65–74

5.4%

6.1%

55–64

6.6%

6.1%

45–54

5.8%

6.3%

35–44

6.3%

5.4%

25–34

5.8%

5.0%

18–24

4.6%

9.1%

5–17

9.3%

3.5%

2.4%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$56,609

Independence County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Independence County$56,609

Arkansas$60,773

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

20.4%

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

32.3%

Other Christian

26.6%

Methodist

6.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

4.3%

Catholic & Orthodox

2.0%

Mainline Protestant

1.6%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 27.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Independence County, anchored by Batesville in the Ozark foothills, recorded an R+59.5 presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the most one-sided rural counties in a state that has trended sharply toward Republican dominance over the past two decades.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Independence County peaked at seventy-three points in 1932; 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 nine points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Independence County's median household income of $56,609 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Stone County and Miller County.

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