Scott County, Arkansas

2024 results by precinct

26 precincts · 3,384 votes cast

Trump · R+74

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−73.5%	425	2,913	3,384
2020	R	−69.8%	483	2,962	3,551
2016	R	−62.3%	602	2,731	3,416
2012	R	−47.6%	897	2,631	3,640
2008	R	−43.5%	1,053	2,791	3,995
2004	R	−25.8%	1,473	2,514	4,038
2000	R	−24.0%	1,444	2,399	3,981
1996	D	+19.4%	2,259	1,426	4,297
1992	D	+11.7%	2,228	1,695	4,562
1988	R	−18.8%	1,707	2,507	4,262
1984	R	−30.9%	1,609	3,066	4,709
1980	D	+0.2%	2,236	2,228	4,626
1976	D	+33.7%	2,880	1,427	4,312
1972	R	−51.7%	771	2,424	3,195
1968	R	−4.8%	1,000	1,162	3,400
1964	D	+24.2%	1,838	1,121	2,964
1960	R	−0.9%	1,116	1,137	2,264
1956	R	−13.4%	1,248	1,637	2,899
1952	D	+14.5%	1,197	893	2,101
1948	D	+59.2%	1,093	260	1,408
1944	D	+44.1%	898	348	1,246
1940	D	+47.2%	992	353	1,353
1936	D	+51.5%	1,137	363	1,502
1932	D	+66.2%	1,042	174	1,312
1928	D	+21.6%	891	573	1,475
1924	D	+20.6%	607	375	1,128
1920	D	+1.2%	771	751	1,602
1916	D	+45.4%	1,369	514	1,883
1912	D	+35.0%	640	206	1,241
1908	D	+25.8%	893	481	1,597
1904	D	+0.0%	458	458	1,012
1900	D	+39.4%	733	313	1,065
1896	D	+63.8%	1,260	264	1,561
1892	D	+36.4%	967	398	1,563
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

0.9%

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: 42.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.2%

3.6%

75–84

3.6%

5.6%

65–74

5.5%

7.4%

55–64

7.6%

6.2%

45–54

5.7%

5.3%

35–44

6.8%

6.4%

25–34

4.2%

3.6%

18–24

4.1%

9.7%

5–17

7.4%

3.5%

1.9%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$43,270

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

Scott County$43,270

Arkansas$60,773

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

18.7%

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

31.3%

Other Christian

12.7%

Pentecostal & Holiness

4.5%

Non-Christian

3.1%

Catholic & Orthodox

2.3%

Methodist

1.4%

Mainline Protestant

0.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 44.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Scott County's R+73.5 margin in 2024 places it among the most one-sided rural counties in the state, reflecting a largely white, working-class Ouachita foothills population that has shifted decisively away from competitive voting over the past two decades.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Scott County peaked at sixty-six 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 twenty-four points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Scott County's median household income of $43,270 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Montgomery County and Pike County.

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