St. Francis County, Arkansas

2024 results by precinct

15 precincts · 5,979 votes cast

Harris · D+1

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+0.7%	2,953	2,909	5,979
2020	D	+5.1%	3,604	3,242	7,108
2016	D	+11.5%	4,031	3,195	7,290
2012	D	+18.4%	4,910	3,368	8,362
2008	D	+16.5%	5,486	3,917	9,505
2004	D	+19.5%	5,684	3,815	9,588
2000	D	+18.5%	4,986	3,414	8,496
1996	D	+35.2%	5,562	2,523	8,644
1992	D	+30.6%	6,548	3,289	10,635
1988	D	+4.0%	4,656	4,298	8,980
1984	R	−5.0%	4,866	5,378	10,322
1980	D	+12.7%	5,816	4,485	10,487
1976	D	+30.5%	6,851	3,639	10,520
1972	R	−35.0%	2,674	5,692	8,631
1968	D	+18.3%	3,284	1,608	9,146
1964	D	+3.9%	3,651	3,377	7,038
1960	D	+14.3%	2,432	1,786	4,518
1956	D	+5.5%	2,114	1,884	4,199
1952	D	+15.8%	2,466	1,792	4,259
1948	D	+38.7%	1,011	178	2,155
1944	D	+57.3%	1,654	446	2,108
1940	D	+78.1%	1,671	192	1,894
1936	D	+61.0%	1,520	359	1,903
1932	D	+88.4%	1,990	107	2,129
1928	D	+37.9%	1,376	617	2,002
1924	D	+36.7%	972	433	1,467
1920	D	+15.8%	1,252	903	2,212
1916	D	+41.7%	960	395	1,355
1912	D	+26.3%	563	296	1,014
1908	R	−9.2%	619	755	1,477
1904	D	+12.0%	737	577	1,333
1900	R	−5.1%	634	703	1,356
1896	D	+40.8%	1,087	455	1,550
1892	R	−24.1%	697	1,175	1,981
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

0.7%

African American

43.6%

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: 40.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

1.0%

2.5%

75–84

2.8%

5.2%

65–74

5.8%

6.2%

55–64

6.1%

7.2%

45–54

5.3%

8.9%

35–44

4.7%

9.6%

25–34

5.3%

4.1%

18–24

3.6%

8.4%

5–17

6.8%

3.0%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$42,574

St. Francis County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.

St. Francis County$42,574

Arkansas$60,773

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

28.5%

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

38.1%

Pentecostal & Holiness

6.3%

Other Christian

6.1%

Methodist

5.8%

Mainline Protestant

1.3%

Catholic & Orthodox

0.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 42.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

St. Francis County sits in the Arkansas Delta, where a majority-Black population and persistent rural poverty produce one of the state's rare competitive margins — the 2024 presidential race landed within a single percentage point.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached eighty-eight points in 1932; the Republican margin reached thirty-five points in 1972. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

St. Francis County's demographics — a population of 22,400, a 41% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $42,574 — 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 Chicot County and Lee County.

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St. Francis County delivered a near-tie in 2024.