Polk County, Arkansas

2024 results by precinct

17 precincts · 8,288 votes cast

Trump · R+70

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−70.5%	1,145	6,987	8,288
2020	R	−68.2%	1,246	7,035	8,490
2016	R	−67.6%	1,212	6,618	7,994
2012	R	−56.9%	1,556	5,955	7,726
2008	R	−45.8%	1,957	5,473	7,681
2004	R	−34.9%	2,473	5,192	7,799
2000	R	−31.8%	2,315	4,600	7,193
1996	R	−0.4%	2,824	2,852	6,679
1992	D	+5.6%	3,162	2,757	7,217
1988	R	−25.9%	2,390	4,099	6,595
1984	R	−41.7%	2,101	5,181	7,386
1980	R	−20.2%	2,617	3,993	6,824
1976	D	+18.0%	3,505	2,432	5,966
1972	R	−51.6%	1,120	3,609	4,823
1968	R	−15.5%	1,290	2,094	5,196
1964	D	+12.0%	2,575	2,022	4,608
1960	R	−6.8%	1,635	1,882	3,632
1956	R	−17.3%	1,287	1,832	3,143
1952	R	−12.0%	1,379	1,756	3,141
1948	D	+40.3%	1,417	554	2,140
1944	D	+13.3%	999	764	1,773
1940	D	+36.1%	1,255	585	1,858
1936	D	+36.5%	1,170	537	1,735
1932	D	+71.8%	1,568	223	1,874
1928	R	−7.9%	870	1,022	1,916
1924	D	+22.6%	863	502	1,594
1920	D	+1.4%	1,208	1,173	2,535
1916	D	+47.0%	1,242	448	1,690
1912	D	+36.4%	694	162	1,462
1908	D	+11.8%	824	628	1,658
1904	D	+4.4%	528	476	1,177
1900	D	+36.8%	922	411	1,387
1896	D	+89.3%	1,004	51	1,067
1892	D	+5.9%	455	394	1,041
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: 44.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

0.9%

3.8%

75–84

4.4%

6.2%

65–74

6.7%

7.3%

55–64

7.7%

5.6%

45–54

6.0%

5.0%

35–44

5.3%

5.1%

25–34

5.1%

3.9%

18–24

3.7%

7.9%

5–17

9.1%

2.7%

2.8%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$49,191

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

Polk County$49,191

Arkansas$60,773

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

15.9%

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

22.1%

Other Christian

16.0%

Pentecostal & Holiness

9.7%

Methodist

2.8%

Catholic & Orthodox

2.4%

Mainline Protestant

0.8%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Polk County's rugged Ouachita Mountain terrain anchors a sparse, heavily rural electorate that delivered a 70-point Republican margin in 2024—among the widest gaps recorded anywhere in the state that cycle.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Polk County peaked at eighty-nine points in 1896; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1996 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of zero points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Polk County's median household income of $49,191 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Harrison County and Boone County.

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