Sharp County, Arkansas

2024 results by precinct

25 precincts · 7,437 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	−62.7%	1,316	5,978	7,437
2020	R	−60.0%	1,398	5,938	7,566
2016	R	−55.9%	1,472	5,407	7,034
2012	R	−38.8%	2,092	4,921	7,283
2008	R	−28.9%	2,436	4,535	7,252
2004	R	−11.1%	3,265	4,097	7,470
2000	R	−6.5%	3,236	3,698	7,126
1996	D	+13.5%	3,573	2,635	6,970
1992	D	+17.7%	3,761	2,486	7,196
1988	R	−10.1%	2,955	3,623	6,612
1984	R	−27.4%	2,492	4,392	6,930
1980	R	−10.1%	2,774	3,420	6,416
1976	D	+24.3%	3,532	2,151	5,683
1972	R	−39.7%	1,154	2,677	3,840
1968	R	−3.2%	1,025	1,136	3,460
1964	D	+19.5%	1,810	1,215	3,047
1960	R	−5.8%	807	911	1,786
1956	D	+17.6%	927	645	1,600
1952	D	+22.6%	1,039	655	1,697
1948	D	+53.9%	1,078	295	1,453
1944	D	+29.2%	1,217	664	1,893
1940	D	+43.3%	1,099	433	1,537
1936	D	+52.2%	934	289	1,235
1932	D	+80.3%	1,334	142	1,484
1928	D	+23.4%	808	501	1,310
1924	D	+52.2%	729	210	995
1920	D	+39.3%	995	400	1,514
1916	D	+59.0%	972	251	1,223
1912	D	+53.5%	681	114	1,060
1908	D	+47.5%	970	317	1,375
1904	D	+37.6%	671	288	1,018
1900	D	+45.3%	1,059	394	1,468
1896	D	+71.3%	1,383	230	1,616
1892	D	+51.4%	1,068	308	1,480
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: 47.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.1%

85+

2.0%

3.7%

75–84

3.9%

6.9%

65–74

7.8%

7.3%

55–64

7.8%

6.1%

45–54

5.8%

4.8%

35–44

5.4%

5.0%

25–34

4.9%

3.7%

18–24

3.4%

7.7%

5–17

7.4%

2.6%

2.7%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$44,637

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

Sharp County$44,637

Arkansas$60,773

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

16.5%

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

36.5%

Other Christian

16.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

6.0%

Methodist

4.2%

Catholic & Orthodox

1.5%

Mainline Protestant

1.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 34.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Sharp County sits in the Ozark foothills with a small, overwhelmingly rural population that has delivered some of the widest Republican presidential margins in the state, reaching R+62.7 in 2024.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Sharp County peaked at eighty 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 six points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Sharp County's median household income of $44,637 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Van Buren County and Polk County.

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