Nevada County, Arkansas: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted R+40%. Democratic peak: D+84 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+40MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 8,1592024 5-year
- Median household income
- $53,8862024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 65.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 31.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+84 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+40 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Lafayette County, AR · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Nevada CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Nevada 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 | +18.8% |
| 1896 | +55.8% |
| 1900 | −0.8% |
| 1904 | +1.9% |
| 1908 | +5.4% |
| 1912 | +22.1% |
| 1916 | +35.4% |
| 1920 | −2.8% |
| 1924 | +25.8% |
| 1928 | +13.5% |
| 1932 | +84.3% |
| 1936 | +71.7% |
| 1940 | +72.1% |
| 1944 | +53.0% |
| 1948 | +52.9% |
| 1952 | +31.0% |
| 1956 | +28.3% |
| 1960 | +24.3% |
| 1964 | +21.6% |
| 1968 | +11.9% |
| 1972 | −36.1% |
| 1976 | +45.4% |
| 1980 | +21.0% |
| 1984 | −13.7% |
| 1988 | +0.5% |
| 1992 | +26.0% |
| 1996 | +35.7% |
| 2000 | +1.9% |
| 2004 | −1.7% |
| 2008 | −16.2% |
| 2012 | −20.2% |
| 2016 | −26.4% |
| 2020 | −31.5% |
| 2024 | −39.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 849 | 2,002 | 2,907 | ||
| R | 1,076 | 2,133 | 3,358 | ||
| R | 1,157 | 2,000 | 3,192 | ||
| R | 1,314 | 1,996 | 3,384 | ||
| R | 1,474 | 2,062 | 3,635 | ||
| R | 1,694 | 1,752 | 3,477 | ||
| D | 1,867 | 1,796 | 3,738 | ||
| D | 2,279 | 976 | 3,650 | ||
| D | 2,242 | 1,217 | 3,948 | ||
| D | 1,732 | 1,714 | 3,459 | ||
| R | 1,783 | 2,352 | 4,152 | ||
| D | 2,631 | 1,697 | 4,440 | ||
| D | 3,101 | 1,163 | 4,269 | ||
| R | 1,179 | 2,513 | 3,692 | ||
| O | 1,308 | 840 | 3,921 | ||
| D | 2,190 | 1,406 | 3,625 | ||
| D | 1,605 | 937 | 2,751 | ||
| D | 1,871 | 1,039 | 2,943 | ||
| D | 1,972 | 1,037 | 3,014 | ||
| D | 1,140 | 202 | 1,772 | ||
| D | 1,353 | 415 | 1,771 | ||
| D | 1,399 | 224 | 1,630 | ||
| D | 1,252 | 204 | 1,461 | ||
| D | 2,358 | 197 | 2,564 | ||
| D | 1,242 | 946 | 2,192 | ||
| D | 719 | 386 | 1,291 | ||
| R | 1,220 | 1,292 | 2,551 | ||
| D | 1,376 | 657 | 2,033 | ||
| D | 607 | 322 | 1,290 | ||
| D | 890 | 784 | 1,964 | ||
| D | 585 | 556 | 1,524 | ||
| R | 732 | 744 | 1,569 | ||
| D | 1,669 | 469 | 2,149 | ||
| D | 1,132 | 645 | 2,586 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
10.2%
Irish
8.5%
German
5.1%
American
4.1%
Italian
2.1%
French
1.5%
Scottish
1.1%
African American
25.3%
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: 44.9 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
$53,886
Nevada County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Nevada County$53,886
Arkansas$60,773
United States$80,734
Nevada 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
20.3%
Nearly half of children live in poverty.
Children under 1843.8%
Working age (18–64)13.8%
Seniors (65+)10.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.0%
speak English only
Spanish1.8%
Other Indo-European0.1%
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 36.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Nevada County sits in southwestern Arkansas's timber country, where a declining population and an aging rural demographic have pushed presidential margins steadily rightward, reaching nearly 40 points in 2024.
The Democratic margin here reached eighty-four points in 1932. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved eight points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty 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 $53,886 and a 20% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lafayette County and Bradley County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Nevada County, Arkansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Nevada County, Arkansas voted Republican by 39.7 points (R+40), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,907 votes cast, 849 went Democratic and 2,002 went Republican.
What is Nevada County, Arkansas's political typology?
Akashic places Nevada 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 Nevada County, Arkansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Nevada County, Arkansas voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in Nevada County, Arkansas?
Nevada County, Arkansas has a population of 8,159 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Nevada County, Arkansas?
Median household income in Nevada County, Arkansas is $53,886 — below the national median of $80,734. The Arkansas state median is $60,773.
What is the political history of Nevada County, Arkansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Nevada 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.