Marion County, Arkansas: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+60%. Democratic peak: D+65 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+60MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 17,2282024 5-year
- Median household income
- $48,6192024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 92.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+65 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+60 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Sequatchie County, TN · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Marion CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Marion 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 | +54.6% |
| 1896 | +55.6% |
| 1900 | +41.2% |
| 1904 | +23.5% |
| 1908 | +28.9% |
| 1912 | +37.7% |
| 1916 | +48.1% |
| 1920 | +28.8% |
| 1924 | +41.5% |
| 1928 | +25.1% |
| 1932 | +65.5% |
| 1936 | +38.5% |
| 1940 | +45.3% |
| 1944 | +33.8% |
| 1948 | +48.2% |
| 1952 | +13.0% |
| 1956 | +10.6% |
| 1960 | −2.4% |
| 1964 | +20.8% |
| 1968 | −12.1% |
| 1972 | −35.0% |
| 1976 | +18.6% |
| 1980 | −18.9% |
| 1984 | −29.0% |
| 1988 | −18.5% |
| 1992 | +11.8% |
| 1996 | +6.9% |
| 2000 | −19.4% |
| 2004 | −22.2% |
| 2008 | −29.9% |
| 2012 | −38.8% |
| 2016 | −56.3% |
| 2020 | −56.7% |
| 2024 | −60.2% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,501 | 6,230 | 7,851 | ||
| R | 1,531 | 5,783 | 7,503 | ||
| R | 1,434 | 5,336 | 6,927 | ||
| R | 2,037 | 4,774 | 7,051 | ||
| R | 2,384 | 4,524 | 7,162 | ||
| R | 2,602 | 4,127 | 6,867 | ||
| R | 2,233 | 3,402 | 6,015 | ||
| D | 2,735 | 2,312 | 6,125 | ||
| D | 2,757 | 2,023 | 6,245 | ||
| R | 2,033 | 2,993 | 5,178 | ||
| R | 1,945 | 3,545 | 5,524 | ||
| R | 2,046 | 3,059 | 5,356 | ||
| D | 2,979 | 2,045 | 5,024 | ||
| R | 1,108 | 2,331 | 3,497 | ||
| R | 990 | 1,385 | 3,252 | ||
| D | 1,661 | 1,088 | 2,759 | ||
| R | 968 | 1,016 | 2,008 | ||
| D | 1,061 | 857 | 1,922 | ||
| D | 1,099 | 844 | 1,960 | ||
| D | 1,133 | 381 | 1,561 | ||
| D | 842 | 414 | 1,268 | ||
| D | 864 | 320 | 1,201 | ||
| D | 989 | 435 | 1,440 | ||
| D | 1,282 | 235 | 1,599 | ||
| D | 731 | 436 | 1,173 | ||
| D | 825 | 282 | 1,308 | ||
| D | 744 | 371 | 1,297 | ||
| D | 781 | 274 | 1,055 | ||
| D | 537 | 160 | 999 | ||
| D | 705 | 370 | 1,159 | ||
| D | 580 | 356 | 952 | ||
| D | 905 | 375 | 1,286 | ||
| D | 1,212 | 336 | 1,576 | ||
| D | 965 | 263 | 1,286 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
18.2%
German
17.0%
English
14.6%
American
7.8%
French
4.6%
Polish
3.7%
Scottish
3.1%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 51.8 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
$48,619
Marion County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Marion County$48,619
Arkansas$60,773
United States$80,734
Marion 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
18.0%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1826.2%
Working age (18–64)17.0%
Seniors (65+)10.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.6%
speak English only
Other Indo-European1.0%
Spanish0.9%
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 66.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Marion County, anchored by the resort town of Yellville on Bull Shoals Lake, delivered a 60-point Republican margin in 2024 — consistent with a broader pattern of overwhelming GOP dominance across rural Ozark counties in northern Arkansas.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at sixty points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty points.
A median household income of $48,619, a 18% poverty rate, and a 92% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sequatchie County and Chattooga County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Marion County, Arkansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Marion County, Arkansas voted Republican by 60.2 points (R+60), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 7,851 votes cast, 1,501 went Democratic and 6,230 went Republican.
What is Marion County, Arkansas's political typology?
Akashic places Marion County, Arkansas in the "Evangelical Deep South" typology — Deeply Republican, heavily Baptist counties of the Deep South. 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 21 times, Republican 13 times, and other 0 times.
When did Marion County, Arkansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Marion County, Arkansas voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Marion County, Arkansas?
Marion County, Arkansas has a population of 17,228 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Marion County, Arkansas?
Median household income in Marion County, Arkansas is $48,619 — below the national median of $80,734. The Arkansas state median is $60,773.
What is the political history of Marion County, Arkansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Marion County, Arkansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.