Drew County, Arkansas: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted R+34%. Democratic peak: D+89 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+34MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 17,0462024 5-year
- Median household income
- $42,8242024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 64.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 27.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+89 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+48 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Hempstead County, AR · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Drew CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Drew County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
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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 | +23.3% |
| 1896 | +48.6% |
| 1900 | +31.5% |
| 1904 | +22.7% |
| 1908 | +23.9% |
| 1912 | +28.6% |
| 1916 | +32.0% |
| 1920 | +28.4% |
| 1924 | +28.4% |
| 1928 | +48.7% |
| 1932 | +79.3% |
| 1936 | +89.1% |
| 1940 | +77.9% |
| 1944 | +62.1% |
| 1948 | +50.4% |
| 1952 | +36.9% |
| 1956 | +27.0% |
| 1960 | +36.1% |
| 1964 | −3.1% |
| 1968 | +6.1% |
| 1972 | −48.1% |
| 1976 | +36.9% |
| 1980 | +24.0% |
| 1984 | −12.7% |
| 1988 | −7.4% |
| 1992 | +28.7% |
| 1996 | +33.7% |
| 2000 | +5.1% |
| 2004 | −5.0% |
| 2008 | −19.1% |
| 2012 | −19.0% |
| 2016 | −24.9% |
| 2020 | −27.8% |
| 2024 | −33.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,050 | 4,203 | 6,365 | ||
| R | 2,426 | 4,349 | 6,908 | ||
| R | 2,365 | 3,968 | 6,444 | ||
| R | 2,630 | 3,887 | 6,633 | ||
| R | 2,598 | 3,860 | 6,610 | ||
| R | 2,952 | 3,262 | 6,249 | ||
| D | 3,060 | 2,756 | 5,922 | ||
| D | 3,570 | 1,657 | 5,675 | ||
| D | 3,748 | 1,938 | 6,298 | ||
| R | 2,578 | 2,995 | 5,620 | ||
| R | 2,638 | 3,407 | 6,073 | ||
| D | 3,757 | 2,272 | 6,184 | ||
| D | 3,750 | 1,730 | 5,480 | ||
| R | 1,168 | 3,334 | 4,502 | ||
| O | 1,324 | 1,040 | 4,671 | ||
| R | 1,980 | 2,109 | 4,121 | ||
| D | 2,107 | 889 | 3,372 | ||
| D | 2,234 | 1,265 | 3,586 | ||
| D | 2,261 | 1,040 | 3,306 | ||
| D | 1,204 | 182 | 2,027 | ||
| D | 1,370 | 320 | 1,691 | ||
| D | 1,329 | 152 | 1,511 | ||
| D | 1,229 | 70 | 1,301 | ||
| D | 1,760 | 198 | 1,969 | ||
| D | 1,452 | 500 | 1,956 | ||
| D | 1,018 | 563 | 1,603 | ||
| D | 1,397 | 773 | 2,198 | ||
| D | 1,627 | 838 | 2,465 | ||
| D | 882 | 424 | 1,603 | ||
| D | 1,123 | 679 | 1,858 | ||
| D | 953 | 593 | 1,584 | ||
| D | 1,099 | 569 | 1,685 | ||
| D | 1,754 | 603 | 2,368 | ||
| D | 1,188 | 707 | 2,060 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
9.1%
American
7.1%
English
6.6%
German
3.2%
French
2.0%
Scottish
1.7%
Italian
1.2%
African American
21.7%
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: 37.7 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
$42,824
Drew County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.
Drew County$42,824
Arkansas$60,773
United States$80,734
Drew 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
22.4%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1830.3%
Working age (18–64)20.7%
Seniors (65+)14.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.1%
speak English only
Spanish5.2%
Other Indo-European0.6%
Other languages0.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 19.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Drew County sits at the western fringe of Arkansas's Mississippi Delta, with a population that has declined steadily since the 1980s. Its 2024 presidential margin of R+33.8 reflects a rural realignment pattern common across the mid-South.
The Democratic margin here reached eighty-nine points in 1936. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved six points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was thirty-four 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 $42,824 and a 22% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hempstead County and Nevada County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Drew County, Arkansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Drew County, Arkansas voted Republican by 33.8 points (R+34), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 6,365 votes cast, 2,050 went Democratic and 4,203 went Republican.
What is Drew County, Arkansas's political typology?
Akashic places Drew 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 23 times, Republican 10 times, and other 1 times.
When did Drew County, Arkansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Drew County, Arkansas voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in Drew County, Arkansas?
Drew County, Arkansas has a population of 17,046 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Drew County, Arkansas?
Median household income in Drew County, Arkansas is $42,824 — below the national median of $80,734. The Arkansas state median is $60,773.
What is the political history of Drew County, Arkansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Drew County, Arkansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 23 went Democratic and 10 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.