Monroe County, Arkansas

2024 results by precinct

24 precincts · 2,433 votes cast

Trump · R+16

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−15.7%	1,002	1,385	2,433
2020	R	−14.1%	1,147	1,545	2,816
2016	R	−6.2%	1,312	1,489	2,838
2012	R	−0.1%	1,583	1,585	3,230
2008	R	−4.0%	1,615	1,754	3,449
2004	D	+12.6%	2,049	1,586	3,667
2000	D	+17.6%	1,910	1,329	3,293
1996	D	+36.8%	2,247	973	3,458
1992	D	+29.4%	2,578	1,324	4,272
1988	D	+4.8%	2,052	1,862	3,972
1984	R	−1.9%	2,413	2,508	4,971
1980	D	+13.6%	2,686	2,027	4,829
1976	D	+46.8%	3,556	1,285	4,848
1972	R	−28.9%	1,578	2,897	4,566
1968	D	+19.6%	1,783	804	4,993
1964	D	+6.8%	2,258	1,968	4,237
1960	D	+33.3%	1,856	833	3,068
1956	D	+13.7%	1,460	1,099	2,634
1952	D	+31.9%	1,834	947	2,781
1948	D	+48.2%	1,431	299	2,350
1944	D	+63.5%	1,311	291	1,606
1940	D	+84.1%	1,494	128	1,624
1936	D	+85.9%	1,102	82	1,187
1932	D	+81.8%	1,753	170	1,935
1928	D	+34.8%	851	411	1,263
1924	D	+40.0%	838	330	1,269
1920	R	−4.4%	834	912	1,776
1916	D	+18.7%	741	508	1,249
1912	D	+11.3%	537	400	1,214
1908	R	−5.5%	912	1,022	1,982
1904	D	+15.2%	757	555	1,326
1900	D	+27.5%	708	403	1,111
1896	D	+36.6%	1,019	436	1,592
1892	D	+12.7%	796	616	1,412
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

5.3%

African American

32.2%

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: 45.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.0%

85+

2.9%

2.8%

75–84

3.1%

6.6%

65–74

7.1%

7.3%

55–64

8.1%

6.3%

45–54

5.2%

4.1%

35–44

5.7%

5.0%

25–34

4.9%

2.6%

18–24

3.8%

8.3%

5–17

8.8%

3.3%

3.1%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$43,214

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

Monroe County$43,214

Arkansas$60,773

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

20.6%

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

40.9%

Methodist

12.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

7.8%

Other Christian

6.1%

Mainline Protestant

1.7%

Catholic & Orthodox

0.6%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 30.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Monroe County sits in the Arkansas Delta lowlands, where a majority-Black population and persistent rural poverty create an unusual demographic profile for a county that still returns Republican presidential margins above 15 points.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached eighty-six points in 1936; the Republican margin reached twenty-nine points in 1972. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Monroe County's demographics — a population of 6,589, a 53% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $43,214 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Baker County and Clark County.

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Monroe County delivered a near-tie in 2024.