Jonesboro, AR · how this place’s counties split between candidates in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain and there is no roll-up above it. Each cell counts how many of this place’s counties a candidate led — a count of records, not a vote total. Who led the place as a whole is not knowable from these returns, because county rows carry a leader and a lead but no per-candidate votes.
Presidential nominating contests in Jonesboro, AR, by party and cycle.
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Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Where a cell reads All others, no named candidate led — the source’s residual bucket did. That bucket holds every name past the ones the contest itemises, including candidates who had withdrawn but still drew votes. It is a total, not a person, so it carries no candidate colour.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
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voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Jonesboro, AR
Year
Total registered
2018
68,840
2020
70,385
2022
70,041
2024
70,955
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+182 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +9,436 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Jonesboro, AR in Jonesboro, AR: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+926
2012
+723
2013
+894
2014
+314
2015
+884
2016
+616
2017
+751
2018
+933
2019
+696
2021
−398
2022
+572
2023
+1,033
2024
+1,310
2025
+182
Jonesboro anchors Craighead County, one of the fastest-growing metros in Arkansas, where Arkansas State University's enrollment shapes both the local economy and a younger voter cohort that modestly offsets the area's otherwise reliably Republican margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 81.1 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 41.6 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 41.6 points.
A population of 135,792, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $57,416 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Batesville, AR and Paragould, AR.
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In 2024, Jonesboro, AR, Arkansas voted Republican by 41.6 points (R+41.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 44,321 votes cast, 12,445 went Democratic and 30,883 went Republican.
When did Jonesboro, AR, Arkansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Jonesboro, AR, Arkansas voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in Jonesboro, AR, Arkansas?
Jonesboro, AR, Arkansas has a population of 135,792 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Jonesboro, AR, Arkansas?
Median household income in Jonesboro, AR, Arkansas is $57,416 — below the national median of $80,734. The Arkansas state median is $60,773.
What is the political history of Jonesboro, AR, Arkansas?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Jonesboro, AR, Arkansas from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 23 went Democratic and 10 went Republican.
