Johnson County, Arkansas

2024 results by precinct

11 precincts · 9,059 votes cast

Trump · R+51

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−51.4%	2,107	6,766	9,059
2020	R	−49.0%	2,283	6,938	9,498
2016	R	−41.6%	2,427	6,091	8,812
2012	R	−28.0%	2,799	5,064	8,098
2008	R	−23.1%	3,034	4,922	8,180
2004	R	−8.6%	3,622	4,311	8,044
2000	R	−5.4%	3,270	3,657	7,161
1996	D	+17.8%	3,585	2,367	6,833
1992	D	+18.3%	3,951	2,563	7,578
1988	R	−17.7%	2,818	4,046	6,941
1984	R	−21.3%	3,056	4,720	7,827
1980	D	+1.2%	3,709	3,619	7,636
1976	D	+39.8%	5,044	2,173	7,217
1972	R	−33.5%	2,045	4,107	6,152
1968	D	+1.6%	1,747	1,667	5,107
1964	D	+34.0%	3,127	1,535	4,683
1960	D	+12.7%	1,938	1,490	3,523
1956	D	+5.5%	1,697	1,520	3,245
1952	D	+7.8%	2,021	1,728	3,765
1948	D	+46.3%	1,565	523	2,249
1944	D	+37.6%	1,311	593	1,911
1940	D	+63.3%	1,429	318	1,756
1936	D	+62.9%	1,432	318	1,772
1932	D	+66.7%	1,557	284	1,908
1928	D	+25.4%	1,292	766	2,074
1924	D	+45.7%	1,029	311	1,572
1920	D	+21.2%	1,579	996	2,755
1916	D	+44.3%	1,479	571	2,050
1912	D	+49.1%	927	189	1,504
1908	D	+33.2%	1,164	544	1,867
1904	D	+33.3%	1,047	507	1,620
1900	D	+40.6%	1,317	552	1,884
1896	D	+57.5%	1,831	491	2,331
1892	D	+43.0%	1,479	514	2,246
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

1.3%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

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: 39.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.4%

85+

1.3%

2.8%

75–84

2.4%

4.9%

65–74

5.1%

6.9%

55–64

6.9%

5.7%

45–54

6.3%

6.1%

35–44

5.5%

5.9%

25–34

6.0%

4.8%

18–24

4.6%

9.0%

5–17

8.9%

3.1%

3.2%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$45,995

Johnson County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.

Johnson County$45,995

Arkansas$60,773

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

19.8%

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

25.2%

Other Christian

11.9%

Catholic & Orthodox

3.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.7%

Methodist

3.1%

Mainline Protestant

1.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Johnson County delivered a 51-point presidential margin in 2024, consistent with the broader shift toward lopsided GOP margins across rural Arkansas hill country over the past two decades.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Johnson County peaked at sixty-seven 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 five points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Johnson County's median household income of $45,995 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 Yell County and Van Buren County.

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