Searcy County, Arkansas: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+72%. Republican peak: R+72 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+72MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 7,8592024 5-year
- Median household income
- $44,4262024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 88.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+8 in 1976MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+72 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Boone County, AR · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Searcy CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Searcy 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 | −9.5% |
| 1896 | −9.0% |
| 1900 | −21.0% |
| 1904 | −26.5% |
| 1908 | −2.8% |
| 1912 | +4.4% |
| 1916 | −18.7% |
| 1920 | −27.0% |
| 1924 | −28.9% |
| 1928 | −40.0% |
| 1932 | +5.6% |
| 1936 | −13.7% |
| 1940 | −13.6% |
| 1944 | −22.5% |
| 1948 | +6.1% |
| 1952 | −32.9% |
| 1956 | −45.4% |
| 1960 | −38.0% |
| 1964 | −4.5% |
| 1968 | −35.3% |
| 1972 | −57.5% |
| 1976 | +8.2% |
| 1980 | −22.1% |
| 1984 | −35.8% |
| 1988 | −33.9% |
| 1992 | −2.3% |
| 1996 | −2.9% |
| 2000 | −34.0% |
| 2004 | −29.9% |
| 2008 | −45.9% |
| 2012 | −51.0% |
| 2016 | −65.0% |
| 2020 | −69.1% |
| 2024 | −72.2% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 511 | 3,305 | 3,869 | ||
| R | 588 | 3,365 | 4,019 | ||
| R | 601 | 2,955 | 3,624 | ||
| R | 814 | 2,699 | 3,694 | ||
| R | 961 | 2,726 | 3,847 | ||
| R | 1,370 | 2,565 | 3,992 | ||
| R | 1,229 | 2,610 | 4,058 | ||
| R | 1,669 | 1,786 | 3,969 | ||
| R | 1,679 | 1,772 | 3,984 | ||
| R | 1,340 | 2,743 | 4,143 | ||
| R | 1,313 | 2,819 | 4,201 | ||
| R | 1,536 | 2,459 | 4,183 | ||
| D | 3,180 | 2,699 | 5,879 | ||
| R | 853 | 3,163 | 4,016 | ||
| R | 724 | 1,909 | 3,359 | ||
| R | 1,508 | 1,649 | 3,163 | ||
| R | 1,022 | 2,297 | 3,351 | ||
| R | 909 | 2,441 | 3,374 | ||
| R | 1,007 | 1,996 | 3,004 | ||
| D | 1,205 | 1,064 | 2,326 | ||
| R | 891 | 1,409 | 2,307 | ||
| R | 982 | 1,292 | 2,278 | ||
| R | 767 | 1,010 | 1,778 | ||
| D | 947 | 846 | 1,808 | ||
| R | 606 | 1,425 | 2,046 | ||
| R | 415 | 797 | 1,321 | ||
| R | 594 | 1,070 | 1,760 | ||
| R | 629 | 919 | 1,548 | ||
| D | 438 | 389 | 1,118 | ||
| R | 597 | 636 | 1,392 | ||
| R | 404 | 709 | 1,152 | ||
| R | 567 | 869 | 1,436 | ||
| R | 615 | 737 | 1,356 | ||
| R | 513 | 625 | 1,182 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
15.0%
Irish
11.3%
German
10.4%
American
7.0%
Italian
1.7%
Scottish
1.2%
French
1.0%
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: 47.9 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
$44,426
Searcy County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.
Searcy County$44,426
Arkansas$60,773
United States$80,734
Searcy 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
23.0%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1835.7%
Working age (18–64)18.8%
Seniors (65+)27.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.0%
speak English only
Spanish1.5%
Other Indo-European0.4%
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 61.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Searcy County's R+72.2 margin in 2024 places it among the most Republican-leaning jurisdictions in the state, a pattern consistent with its sparse Ozark hill-country population and a long secular shift away from its historically Democratic roots.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at seventy-two points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy-two points.
A median household income of $44,426, a 23% poverty rate, and a 88% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Boone County and Newton County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Searcy County, Arkansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Searcy County, Arkansas voted Republican by 72.2 points (R+72), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,869 votes cast, 511 went Democratic and 3,305 went Republican.
What is Searcy County, Arkansas's political typology?
Akashic places Searcy 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 4 times, Republican 30 times, and other 0 times.
When did Searcy County, Arkansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Searcy County, Arkansas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Searcy County, Arkansas?
Searcy County, Arkansas has a population of 7,859 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Searcy County, Arkansas?
Median household income in Searcy County, Arkansas is $44,426 — below the national median of $80,734. The Arkansas state median is $60,773.
What is the political history of Searcy County, Arkansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Searcy County, Arkansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 30 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.