Montgomery County, Arkansas

2024 results by precinct

16 precincts · 3,707 votes cast

Trump · R+63

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−63.2%	645	2,987	3,707
2020	R	−59.8%	731	3,046	3,873
2016	R	−55.0%	748	2,643	3,443
2012	R	−42.6%	920	2,369	3,404
2008	R	−35.1%	1,092	2,365	3,622
2004	R	−21.3%	1,524	2,367	3,958
2000	R	−18.5%	1,438	2,128	3,739
1996	D	+20.0%	1,830	1,137	3,460
1992	D	+18.8%	1,904	1,205	3,712
1988	R	−12.5%	1,362	1,752	3,129
1984	R	−19.3%	1,497	2,221	3,757
1980	D	+8.1%	1,878	1,585	3,612
1976	D	+44.7%	2,420	924	3,344
1972	R	−38.0%	688	1,555	2,281
1968	R	−9.3%	649	885	2,526
1964	D	+23.9%	1,358	832	2,202
1960	R	−2.9%	788	836	1,677
1956	R	−6.5%	846	965	1,829
1952	R	−0.5%	807	815	1,622
1948	D	+56.2%	935	236	1,243
1944	D	+24.2%	573	349	924
1940	D	+43.2%	1,012	400	1,417
1936	D	+37.5%	1,034	465	1,519
1932	D	+73.8%	1,495	211	1,739
1928	R	−14.6%	726	976	1,715
1924	D	+8.0%	431	360	882
1920	R	−16.5%	430	615	1,119
1916	D	+37.0%	939	432	1,371
1912	D	+24.2%	471	221	1,031
1908	D	+2.6%	553	522	1,187
1904	R	−17.1%	342	491	869
1900	D	+22.8%	468	293	768
1896	D	+64.2%	1,008	220	1,228
1892	D	+50.6%	612	155	904
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%

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

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: 50.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

1.4%

4.5%

75–84

4.9%

7.9%

65–74

7.6%

8.2%

55–64

8.9%

5.9%

45–54

6.2%

4.4%

35–44

4.4%

5.6%

25–34

4.4%

3.0%

18–24

3.0%

7.3%

5–17

6.5%

1.8%

3.1%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$48,906

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

Montgomery County$48,906

Arkansas$60,773

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

22.4%

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

25.7%

Other Christian

10.5%

Methodist

4.3%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.1%

Catholic & Orthodox

0.5%

Mainline Protestant

0.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

A rural Ouachita Mountains county with fewer than 10,000 residents, Montgomery recorded an R+63 margin in 2024, making it among the most one-sided presidential counties in the state.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Montgomery County peaked at seventy-four 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 eighteen points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Montgomery County's median household income of $48,906 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 22% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Pike County and Stone County.

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