† 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
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupWardArkansasUnited States
English18.5%12.3%9.5%
Irish10.1%8.9%9.4%
German9.9%9.2%12.5%
American9.1%7.5%5.3%
Italian2.1%1.4%4.8%
Polish1.4%—2.2%
French1.2%1.3%1.6%
Scottish1.2%1.8%1.3%
Mexican6.7%6.3%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.6%0.3%1.8%
Honduran0.6%0.2%0.3%
Salvadoran0.4%0.9%0.7%
Spanish0.4%——
African American†2.7%13.5%9.9%
African0.2%0.9%0.5%
Filipino0.5%0.2%0.9%
Vietnamese0.4%0.2%0.6%
Chinese0.2%—1.3%
Japanese0.2%—0.2%
Laotian0.2%——
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
Ward
Arkansas
United States
Median age
30.2
38.8
39.1
Age 18–24
8.1%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
7.9%
17.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Ward
Arkansas
United States
Median household income
$72,734
$60,773
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.1%
16.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
22.1%
26.0%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Ward
Arkansas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.5%
8.3%
22.3%
Spanish
3.2%
6.2%
13.6%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
1.3%
0.1%
0.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Ward
Arkansas
United States
Catholic
—
5.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
38.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
42.5%
51.5%
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.
Ward, Arkansas
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−38.2%
2008
−54.2%
2012
−54.5%
2016
−60.1%
2020
−55.5%
2024
−59.5%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
19.2%Harris424
78.7%Trump1,740
2.1%
R+59.5
R+4.0
R+58.0
2,211
R
20.1%Biden410
75.7%Trump1,541
4.2%
R+55.5
D+4.5
R+60.0
2,037
R
16.9%Clinton261
76.9%Trump1,190
6.2%
R+60.1
R+5.6
R+62.1
1,547
R
21.5%Obama252
76.0%Romney891
2.6%
R+54.5
R+0.3
R+58.3
1,173
R
21.7%Obama255
75.9%McCain893
2.5%
R+54.2
R+16.0
R+61.5
1,177
R
29.8%Kerry327
68.0%Bush747
2.3%
R+38.2
—
R+35.8
1,099
Ward's population has roughly doubled since 2000 as suburban expansion from the Little Rock metro pushes eastward along U.S. 67/167, reshaping a once-rural town into a commuter destination with a reliably Republican voting pattern.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 60.1 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 4.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 59.5 points.
A population of 6,573, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $72,734 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bowie and Gladewater.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Ward, Arkansas voted Republican by 59.5 points (R+59.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,211 votes cast, 424 went Democratic and 1,740 went Republican.
How many people live in Ward, Arkansas?
Ward, Arkansas has a population of 6,573 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ward, Arkansas?
Median household income in Ward, Arkansas is $72,734 — below the national median of $80,734. The Arkansas state median is $60,773.
What is the political history of Ward, Arkansas?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Ward, Arkansas from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
