Izard County, Arkansas: Appalachian Realigners county. In 2024, voted R+66%. Democratic peak: D+71 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+66MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Appalachian RealignersAkashic typology
- Population
- 14,0092024 5-year
- Median household income
- $49,4052024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 88.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+71 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+66 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Greene County, AR · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Izard CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Izard County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican 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 | +47.8% |
| 1896 | +67.3% |
| 1900 | +48.6% |
| 1904 | +30.7% |
| 1908 | +35.3% |
| 1912 | +46.2% |
| 1916 | +63.3% |
| 1920 | +26.3% |
| 1924 | +48.7% |
| 1928 | +12.9% |
| 1932 | +71.4% |
| 1936 | +52.9% |
| 1940 | +48.5% |
| 1944 | +35.8% |
| 1948 | +66.6% |
| 1952 | +26.6% |
| 1956 | +40.2% |
| 1960 | +23.7% |
| 1964 | +40.6% |
| 1968 | +0.6% |
| 1972 | −28.7% |
| 1976 | +41.0% |
| 1980 | +9.2% |
| 1984 | −7.4% |
| 1988 | −3.1% |
| 1992 | +33.8% |
| 1996 | +22.3% |
| 2000 | +5.7% |
| 2004 | −4.5% |
| 2008 | −26.8% |
| 2012 | −38.9% |
| 2016 | −55.5% |
| 2020 | −62.1% |
| 2024 | −65.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 949 | 4,854 | 5,925 | ||
| R | 1,021 | 4,631 | 5,810 | ||
| R | 1,113 | 4,042 | 5,280 | ||
| R | 1,524 | 3,575 | 5,278 | ||
| R | 1,792 | 3,193 | 5,218 | ||
| R | 2,586 | 2,833 | 5,493 | ||
| D | 2,587 | 2,301 | 5,032 | ||
| D | 2,818 | 1,678 | 5,113 | ||
| D | 3,419 | 1,532 | 5,588 | ||
| R | 2,652 | 2,824 | 5,517 | ||
| R | 2,346 | 2,726 | 5,136 | ||
| D | 2,750 | 2,266 | 5,254 | ||
| D | 3,328 | 1,394 | 4,722 | ||
| R | 1,108 | 2,001 | 3,114 | ||
| O | 948 | 931 | 2,988 | ||
| D | 1,736 | 726 | 2,486 | ||
| D | 1,340 | 808 | 2,248 | ||
| D | 1,200 | 511 | 1,716 | ||
| D | 1,085 | 629 | 1,715 | ||
| D | 1,283 | 240 | 1,566 | ||
| D | 853 | 402 | 1,259 | ||
| D | 1,058 | 366 | 1,426 | ||
| D | 1,350 | 416 | 1,766 | ||
| D | 1,227 | 200 | 1,439 | ||
| D | 902 | 696 | 1,602 | ||
| D | 728 | 241 | 1,000 | ||
| D | 841 | 485 | 1,352 | ||
| D | 1,267 | 285 | 1,552 | ||
| D | 746 | 215 | 1,150 | ||
| D | 873 | 392 | 1,364 | ||
| D | 605 | 313 | 951 | ||
| D | 1,119 | 381 | 1,518 | ||
| D | 1,507 | 285 | 1,816 | ||
| D | 1,204 | 425 | 1,631 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
17.3%
German
16.3%
Irish
13.8%
American
10.6%
Italian
2.2%
Scottish
2.1%
Polish
1.4%
African American
1.3%
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: 46.3 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
$49,405
Izard County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Izard County$49,405
Arkansas$60,773
United States$80,734
Izard County ranks in the bottom 25% 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
22.3%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1828.7%
Working age (18–64)21.7%
Seniors (65+)15.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.7%
speak English only
Spanish2.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Izard County, tucked in the Ozark foothills along the Missouri border, recorded an R+65.9 presidential margin in 2024, making it among the most one-sided counties in the state despite a population of just over 13,000.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin peaked at seventy-one points in 1932 and narrowed across the late twentieth century. The 2004 election carried the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by four points. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-six points.
The economic context is severe: a median household income of $49,405 — among the lowest at this geographic scale — and a 22% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Greene County and Dickson County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Izard County, Arkansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Izard County, Arkansas voted Republican by 65.9 points (R+66), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,925 votes cast, 949 went Democratic and 4,854 went Republican.
What is Izard County, Arkansas's political typology?
Akashic places Izard County, Arkansas in the "Appalachian Realigners" typology — Lower-income counties of Greater Appalachia — a long, deep arc from Democratic to Republican. 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 24 times, Republican 9 times, and other 1 times.
When did Izard County, Arkansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Izard County, Arkansas voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in Izard County, Arkansas?
Izard County, Arkansas has a population of 14,009 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Izard County, Arkansas?
Median household income in Izard County, Arkansas is $49,405 — below the national median of $80,734. The Arkansas state median is $60,773.
What is the political history of Izard County, Arkansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Izard County, Arkansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 24 went Democratic and 9 went Republican. The county's typology — "Appalachian Realigners" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.