Randolph County, Arkansas: Appalachian Realigners county. In 2024, voted R+64%. Democratic peak: D+81 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+64MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Appalachian RealignersAkashic typology
- Population
- 18,8382024 5-year
- Median household income
- $50,9112024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 89.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+81 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+64 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Lawrence County, AR · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Randolph CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Randolph 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 | +72.1% |
| 1896 | +72.2% |
| 1900 | +52.5% |
| 1904 | +33.3% |
| 1908 | +43.4% |
| 1912 | +46.7% |
| 1916 | +54.5% |
| 1920 | +36.3% |
| 1924 | +31.7% |
| 1928 | +32.5% |
| 1932 | +80.9% |
| 1936 | +60.6% |
| 1940 | +55.7% |
| 1944 | +48.1% |
| 1948 | +66.9% |
| 1952 | +19.6% |
| 1956 | +22.3% |
| 1960 | −2.0% |
| 1964 | +34.1% |
| 1968 | +3.1% |
| 1972 | −25.7% |
| 1976 | +48.7% |
| 1980 | +8.3% |
| 1984 | −11.9% |
| 1988 | +4.1% |
| 1992 | +34.1% |
| 1996 | +25.3% |
| 2000 | +5.9% |
| 2004 | +3.8% |
| 2008 | −18.1% |
| 2012 | −27.8% |
| 2016 | −50.3% |
| 2020 | −60.8% |
| 2024 | −63.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,138 | 5,367 | 6,636 | ||
| R | 1,215 | 5,355 | 6,812 | ||
| R | 1,425 | 4,509 | 6,137 | ||
| R | 2,046 | 3,701 | 5,956 | ||
| R | 2,469 | 3,615 | 6,319 | ||
| D | 3,412 | 3,158 | 6,667 | ||
| D | 3,019 | 2,673 | 5,877 | ||
| D | 3,213 | 1,789 | 5,633 | ||
| D | 3,921 | 1,766 | 6,314 | ||
| D | 2,781 | 2,560 | 5,418 | ||
| R | 2,507 | 3,188 | 5,733 | ||
| D | 3,070 | 2,579 | 5,929 | ||
| D | 4,551 | 1,571 | 6,122 | ||
| R | 1,525 | 2,578 | 4,103 | ||
| O | 1,367 | 1,237 | 4,214 | ||
| D | 2,680 | 1,312 | 4,009 | ||
| R | 1,556 | 1,620 | 3,278 | ||
| D | 1,763 | 1,117 | 2,893 | ||
| D | 1,941 | 1,302 | 3,254 | ||
| D | 2,139 | 377 | 2,633 | ||
| D | 1,514 | 529 | 2,049 | ||
| D | 1,687 | 474 | 2,179 | ||
| D | 1,693 | 414 | 2,110 | ||
| D | 2,021 | 206 | 2,243 | ||
| D | 1,527 | 776 | 2,311 | ||
| D | 772 | 389 | 1,208 | ||
| D | 1,412 | 652 | 2,092 | ||
| D | 1,553 | 458 | 2,011 | ||
| D | 997 | 264 | 1,569 | ||
| D | 1,348 | 517 | 1,916 | ||
| D | 838 | 409 | 1,288 | ||
| D | 1,385 | 428 | 1,824 | ||
| D | 1,915 | 307 | 2,226 | ||
| D | 1,542 | 229 | 1,820 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
20.1%
German
11.7%
Irish
10.9%
American
8.5%
Scottish
3.9%
French
1.4%
Polish
1.1%
African American
0.9%
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: 39.6 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
$50,911
Randolph County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Randolph County$50,911
Arkansas$60,773
United States$80,734
Randolph 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
22.4%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1832.3%
Working age (18–64)20.1%
Seniors (65+)12.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.0%
speak English only
Asian & Pacific Islander2.0%
Spanish0.9%
Other Indo-European0.9%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 42.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Randolph County, tucked into Arkansas's northeast corner along the Missouri border, recorded an R+63.7 presidential margin in 2024 — among the widest in the state — reflecting the deep rural realignment that has reshaped the Ozark fringe over the past two decades.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin peaked at eighty-one points in 1932 and narrowed across the late twentieth century. The 2008 election carried the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by eighteen points. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-four points.
The economic context is severe: a median household income of $50,911 — 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 Lawrence County and Fulton County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Randolph County, Arkansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Randolph County, Arkansas voted Republican by 63.7 points (R+64), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 6,636 votes cast, 1,138 went Democratic and 5,367 went Republican.
What is Randolph County, Arkansas's political typology?
Akashic places Randolph 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 25 times, Republican 8 times, and other 1 times.
When did Randolph County, Arkansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Randolph County, Arkansas voted Democratic was 2004.
How many people live in Randolph County, Arkansas?
Randolph County, Arkansas has a population of 18,838 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Randolph County, Arkansas?
Median household income in Randolph County, Arkansas is $50,911 — below the national median of $80,734. The Arkansas state median is $60,773.
What is the political history of Randolph County, Arkansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Randolph County, Arkansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 25 went Democratic and 8 went Republican. The county's typology — "Appalachian Realigners" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.