Dallas County, Arkansas: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted R+29%. Democratic peak: D+87 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+29MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 6,2422024 5-year
- Median household income
- $42,5002024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 52.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 42.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+87 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+29 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Lafayette County, AR · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Dallas CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Dallas County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
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Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +25.6% |
| 1896 | +36.4% |
| 1900 | +18.2% |
| 1904 | +9.4% |
| 1908 | +5.9% |
| 1912 | +32.4% |
| 1916 | +37.1% |
| 1920 | +26.4% |
| 1924 | +44.4% |
| 1928 | +34.3% |
| 1932 | +86.6% |
| 1936 | +86.6% |
| 1940 | +80.2% |
| 1944 | +64.5% |
| 1948 | +60.0% |
| 1952 | +49.8% |
| 1956 | +26.9% |
| 1960 | +37.5% |
| 1964 | +4.5% |
| 1968 | +15.9% |
| 1972 | −21.1% |
| 1976 | +52.6% |
| 1980 | +27.4% |
| 1984 | −7.3% |
| 1988 | +1.1% |
| 1992 | +16.5% |
| 1996 | +31.4% |
| 2000 | +4.2% |
| 2004 | −0.9% |
| 2008 | −8.6% |
| 2012 | −10.6% |
| 2016 | −12.7% |
| 2020 | −23.0% |
| 2024 | −29.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 798 | 1,482 | 2,324 | ||
| R | 963 | 1,573 | 2,649 | ||
| R | 1,165 | 1,509 | 2,700 | ||
| R | 1,337 | 1,665 | 3,084 | ||
| R | 1,471 | 1,757 | 3,318 | ||
| R | 1,671 | 1,700 | 3,388 | ||
| D | 1,710 | 1,571 | 3,325 | ||
| D | 2,118 | 1,041 | 3,435 | ||
| D | 2,107 | 1,458 | 3,925 | ||
| D | 1,990 | 1,947 | 3,958 | ||
| R | 2,035 | 2,361 | 4,472 | ||
| D | 2,838 | 1,596 | 4,539 | ||
| D | 3,266 | 1,012 | 4,286 | ||
| R | 1,402 | 2,152 | 3,554 | ||
| O | 1,253 | 672 | 3,647 | ||
| D | 1,779 | 1,625 | 3,447 | ||
| D | 1,639 | 659 | 2,615 | ||
| D | 1,726 | 984 | 2,762 | ||
| D | 2,202 | 737 | 2,944 | ||
| D | 1,174 | 152 | 1,702 | ||
| D | 1,238 | 266 | 1,507 | ||
| D | 1,295 | 118 | 1,467 | ||
| D | 1,433 | 103 | 1,536 | ||
| D | 2,139 | 150 | 2,296 | ||
| D | 1,030 | 503 | 1,537 | ||
| D | 1,068 | 401 | 1,503 | ||
| D | 1,140 | 659 | 1,821 | ||
| D | 1,150 | 527 | 1,677 | ||
| D | 654 | 228 | 1,316 | ||
| D | 721 | 636 | 1,437 | ||
| D | 604 | 496 | 1,152 | ||
| D | 746 | 514 | 1,274 | ||
| D | 1,032 | 479 | 1,518 | ||
| D | 867 | 498 | 1,444 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
5.9%
English
5.9%
American
5.7%
German
3.1%
Scottish
1.6%
Italian
1.0%
Polish
0.5%
African American
34.1%
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. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 45.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$42,500
Dallas County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.
Dallas County$42,500
Arkansas$60,773
United States$80,734
Dallas County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
13.9%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1817.8%
Working age (18–64)14.2%
Seniors (65+)5.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
99.0%
speak English only
Spanish0.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 32.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Dallas County's population has contracted steadily since the 1980s, and its remaining electorate—largely rural and working-class—has shifted decisively toward Republican presidential candidates over the past decade, with 2024 margins approaching 30 points.
The Democratic margin here reached eighty-seven points in 1932. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved six points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-nine points. The recent movement, modest against a deep Democratic baseline, mirrors a broader rightward drift across the Black Belt.
The economic context is part of the story: a median household income of $42,500 and a 14% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lafayette County and Nevada County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Dallas County, Arkansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Dallas County, Arkansas voted Republican by 29.4 points (R+29), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,324 votes cast, 798 went Democratic and 1,482 went Republican.
What is Dallas County, Arkansas's political typology?
Akashic places Dallas County, Arkansas in the "Black Belt" typology — Black-majority counties of the rural South — long the most Democratic ground in the region, now trending Republican at the margins. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 25 times, Republican 8 times, and other 1 times.
When did Dallas County, Arkansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Dallas County, Arkansas voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in Dallas County, Arkansas?
Dallas County, Arkansas has a population of 6,242 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Dallas County, Arkansas?
Median household income in Dallas County, Arkansas is $42,500 — below the national median of $80,734. The Arkansas state median is $60,773.
What is the political history of Dallas County, Arkansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Dallas County, Arkansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 25 went Democratic and 8 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.