Sebastian County, Arkansas

2024 results by precinct

91 precincts · 45,452 votes cast

Trump · R+38

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−37.5%	13,652	30,719	45,452
2020	R	−35.4%	14,487	31,198	47,140
2016	R	−39.1%	12,300	29,127	43,057
2012	R	−37.1%	13,092	29,169	43,362
2008	R	−34.6%	13,673	28,637	43,212
2004	R	−24.5%	16,479	27,303	44,211
2000	R	−19.7%	15,555	23,483	40,159
1996	R	−2.7%	15,514	16,482	35,346
1992	R	−0.6%	16,570	16,817	39,659
1988	R	−42.8%	9,684	24,426	34,432
1984	R	−51.4%	8,688	27,595	36,817
1980	R	−36.0%	10,141	23,403	36,879
1976	R	−5.7%	15,768	17,671	33,473
1972	R	−62.6%	5,770	25,219	31,047
1968	R	−21.3%	6,320	12,073	27,042
1964	R	−12.0%	10,299	13,110	23,493
1960	R	−14.6%	8,726	11,744	20,696
1956	R	−15.4%	7,489	10,234	17,841
1952	R	−12.9%	7,802	10,114	17,944
1948	D	+24.3%	5,075	2,928	8,848
1944	D	+27.0%	6,008	3,452	9,467
1940	D	+45.3%	5,249	1,968	7,246
1936	D	+59.1%	4,539	1,161	5,720
1932	D	+58.6%	4,937	1,268	6,260
1928	R	−4.2%	3,186	3,465	6,684
1924	D	+19.4%	3,148	1,985	5,992
1920	D	+4.7%	3,852	3,492	7,586
1916	D	+46.3%	3,719	1,366	5,085
1912	D	+45.9%	2,396	514	4,103
1908	D	+17.2%	3,035	2,050	5,737
1904	D	+11.9%	1,645	1,254	3,286
1900	D	+36.6%	2,094	964	3,089
1896	D	+44.1%	2,622	1,009	3,660
1892	D	+25.3%	2,692	1,558	4,489
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

4.2%

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: 38.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.0%

85+

1.2%

1.8%

75–84

2.8%

4.8%

65–74

5.4%

6.2%

55–64

6.3%

5.9%

45–54

6.0%

6.1%

35–44

6.2%

6.7%

25–34

6.6%

4.5%

18–24

4.5%

8.9%

5–17

8.5%

3.2%

3.0%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$57,790

Sebastian County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Sebastian County$57,790

Arkansas$60,773

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

16.0%

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

20.6%

Other Christian

17.7%

Catholic & Orthodox

9.6%

Pentecostal & Holiness

5.3%

Methodist

5.1%

Mainline Protestant

2.3%

Non-Christian

2.0%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 37.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Sebastian County's population clusters around Fort Smith, the state's second-largest city, yet it still posts presidential margins exceeding 37 points for Republicans — suggesting urban concentration alone doesn't moderate partisan lean in this corner of the Ozark Plateau.

The shift began with civil rights. 1952 marked the realignment in Sebastian County, by a thirteen points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at sixty-three points in 1972. The 2024 margin was thirty-eight points.

The political shift has tracked, in Sebastian County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 68% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $57,790, and a 16% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Crawford County and Toombs County.

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Sebastian County voted Democratic for a century. The shift began with civil rights.