metro areaLittle Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004R+3.9
2008R+9.3
2012R+11.3
2016R+10.2
2020R+7.9
2024R+10.1
full record · 1892 → 2024
presidential returns
2024 turnout 55.1% of 560,865 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
135,304
166,609
7,367
309,280
560,865
55.1%
2020
145,320
170,821
8,691
324,832
549,060
59.2%
2016
125,545
155,157
8,526
289,228
536,507
53.9%
2012
122,018
153,959
6,457
282,434
513,047
55.1%
2008
125,386
151,563
5,039
281,988
486,362
58.0%
2004
125,122
135,319
2,472
262,913
459,677†
57.2%
† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
6 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupLittle Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, ARArkansasUnited States
English12.8%12.3%9.5%
German8.6%9.2%12.5%
Irish8.3%8.9%9.4%
American6.6%7.5%5.3%
Scottish1.9%1.8%1.3%
Italian1.4%1.4%4.8%
French1.4%1.3%1.6%
Scotch-Irish0.9%0.6%—
African American†21.7%13.5%9.9%
African1.5%0.9%0.5%
Mexican4.6%6.3%11.3%
Guatemalan0.6%0.4%0.5%
Salvadoran0.4%0.9%0.7%
Honduran0.3%0.2%0.3%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.3%1.8%
Asian Indian0.4%0.4%1.4%
Filipino0.3%0.2%0.9%
Chinese0.2%—1.3%
Korean0.2%—0.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
Arkansas
United States
Median age
37.7
38.8
39.1
Age 18–24
9.5%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.4%
17.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
Arkansas
United States
Median household income
$67,436
$60,773
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.3%
16.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
33.7%
26.0%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
Arkansas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.6%
8.3%
22.3%
Spanish
5.3%
6.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
Arkansas
United States
Catholic
4.8%
5.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
32.1%
38.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
45.7%
42.5%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
6.6%
5.5%
5.2%
Black Protestant
8.5%
6.2%
2.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+23.9%
1896
+50.1%
1900
+25.5%
1904
+16.0%
1908
+20.7%
1912
+42.4%
1916
+48.3%
1920
+29.8%
1924
+36.5%
1928
+35.2%
1932
+76.6%
1936
+77.1%
1940
+66.8%
1944
+47.6%
1948
+38.1%
1952
+11.5%
1956
+2.4%
1960
+12.2%
1964
+7.1%
1968
+2.4%
1972
−26.6%
1976
+33.5%
1980
+4.1%
1984
−19.6%
1988
−13.4%
1992
+19.3%
1996
+18.4%
2000
−1.2%
2004
−3.9%
2008
−9.3%
2012
−11.3%
2016
−10.2%
2020
−7.9%
2024
−10.1%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
43.7%Harris135,304
53.9%Trump166,609
2.4%
R+10.1
R+2.3
R+8.7
309,280
R
44.7%Biden145,320
52.6%Trump170,821
2.7%
R+7.9
D+2.4
R+12.3
324,832
R
43.4%Clinton125,545
53.6%Trump155,157
2.9%
R+10.2
D+1.1
R+12.3
289,228
R
43.2%Obama122,018
54.5%Romney153,959
2.3%
R+11.3
R+2.0
R+15.2
282,434
R
44.5%Obama125,386
53.7%McCain151,563
1.8%
R+9.3
R+5.4
R+16.6
281,988
R
47.6%Kerry125,122
51.5%Bush135,319
0.9%
R+3.9
R+2.7
R+1.4
262,913
R
48.0%Gore104,004
49.2%Bush106,543
2.8%
R+1.2
R+19.6
R+1.7
216,721
D
55.4%Clinton114,013
37.0%Dole76,135
7.5%
D+18.4
R+0.9
D+9.9
205,615
D
55.4%Clinton118,212
36.1%Bush77,072
8.5%
D+19.3
D+32.7
D+13.7
213,359
R
42.6%Dukakis79,993
56.0%Bush105,152
1.4%
R+13.4
D+6.2
R+5.7
187,711
R
39.5%Mondale76,571
59.2%Reagan114,594
1.3%
R+19.6
R+23.7
R+1.4
193,733
D
49.5%Carter84,024
45.4%Reagan77,084
5.0%
D+4.1
R+29.4
D+13.8
169,612
D
66.7%Carter100,840
33.1%Ford50,118
0.2%
D+33.5
D+60.1
D+31.5
151,241
R
36.6%McGovern47,179
63.1%Nixon81,451
0.3%
R+26.6
R+29.0
R+3.4
129,023
O
32.7%Humphrey37,964
30.3%Nixon35,158
37.0%
Wallace +4.3
R+4.7
D+3.1
116,022
D
53.3%Johnson59,072
46.1%Goldwater51,191
0.6%
D+7.1
R+5.1
R+15.5
110,930
D
49.8%Kennedy38,926
37.6%Nixon29,391
12.6%
D+12.2
D+9.8
D+12.0
78,190
D
50.1%Stevenson35,730
47.7%Eisenhower34,026
2.2%
D+2.4
R+9.1
D+17.8
71,318
D
55.4%Stevenson37,760
43.9%Eisenhower29,930
0.7%
D+11.5
R+26.7
D+22.2
68,158
D
59.1%Truman21,522
21.0%Dewey7,631
20.0%
D+38.1
R+9.5
D+33.7
36,421
D
73.7%Roosevelt25,220
26.1%Dewey8,925
0.2%
D+47.6
R+19.2
D+40.1
34,225
D
83.2%Roosevelt22,442
16.5%Willkie4,437
0.3%
D+66.8
R+10.3
D+56.8
26,965
D
88.4%Roosevelt20,553
11.3%Landon2,631
0.2%
D+77.1
D+0.5
D+52.9
23,241
D
87.9%Roosevelt24,913
11.3%Hoover3,201
0.8%
D+76.6
D+41.4
D+58.8
28,347
D
67.5%Smith16,673
32.3%Hoover7,981
0.2%
D+35.2
R+1.3
D+52.6
24,709
D
62.6%Davis9,888
26.1%Coolidge4,123
11.3%
D+36.5
D+6.6
D+61.7
15,802
D
63.8%Cox12,751
33.9%Harding6,781
2.3%
D+29.8
R+18.4
D+56.0
20,001
D
74.1%Wilson13,718
25.9%Hughes4,785
0.0%
D+48.3
D+5.9
D+45.1
18,503
D
59.0%Wilson7,590
16.6%Taft2,137
24.4%
D+42.4
D+21.7
D+22.8
12,867
D
58.0%Bryan9,080
37.3%Taft5,839
4.7%
D+20.7
D+4.7
D+30.3
15,653
D
56.4%Parker6,821
40.4%Roosevelt4,887
3.3%
D+16.0
R+9.6
D+35.6
12,104
D
62.0%Bryan6,981
36.4%McKinley4,103
1.6%
D+25.5
R+24.5
D+33.1
11,265
D
74.4%Bryan10,261
24.3%McKinley3,357
1.2%
D+50.1
D+26.2
D+56.1
13,789
D
57.6%Cleveland8,844
33.7%Harrison5,175
8.8%
D+23.9
—
D+22.2
15,367
Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
40.4%96,410
56.5%134,994
238,915
2020
R
0.0%0
57.3%182,627
318,855
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
Year
Total registered
2018
462,218
2020
480,380
2022
464,437
2024
471,130
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+2,579 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +21,836 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+3,444
2012
+1,992
2013
+1,473
2014
+464
2015
−1,621
2016
−654
2017
+539
2018
+45
2019
−25
2021
+2,147
2022
+5,259
2023
+4,110
2024
+2,084
2025
+2,579
Home to state government, a major medical corridor, and fast-growing Faulkner County, the Little Rock metro has trended more competitive at the suburban edges even as its urban core anchors the state's heaviest Democratic vote share.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 77.1 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 26.6 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 10.1 points.
A population of 758,629, a 63% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,436 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH and Shreveport-Bossier City, LA.
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How did Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR, Arkansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR, Arkansas voted Republican by 10.1 points (R+10.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 309,280 votes cast, 135,304 went Democratic and 166,609 went Republican.
When did Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR, Arkansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR, Arkansas voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR, Arkansas?
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR, Arkansas has a population of 758,629 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR, Arkansas?
Median household income in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR, Arkansas is $67,436 — below the national median of $80,734. The Arkansas state median is $60,773.
What is the political history of Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR, Arkansas?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR, Arkansas from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 23 went Democratic and 10 went Republican.
