Sevier County, Arkansas: New American county. In 2024, voted R+62%. Democratic peak: D+84 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+62MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 15,7122024 5-year
- Median household income
- $53,5272024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 56.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 35.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+84 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+62 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Cleveland County, AR · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Sevier CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Sevier 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 | +46.9% |
| 1896 | +74.2% |
| 1900 | +36.0% |
| 1904 | +24.5% |
| 1908 | +29.4% |
| 1912 | +46.9% |
| 1916 | +67.7% |
| 1920 | +31.9% |
| 1924 | +44.8% |
| 1928 | +41.2% |
| 1932 | +84.2% |
| 1936 | +60.7% |
| 1940 | +64.5% |
| 1944 | +55.4% |
| 1948 | +57.0% |
| 1952 | +19.4% |
| 1956 | +12.7% |
| 1960 | +15.5% |
| 1964 | +25.8% |
| 1968 | −2.3% |
| 1972 | −40.9% |
| 1976 | +39.4% |
| 1980 | +6.4% |
| 1984 | −25.8% |
| 1988 | −5.0% |
| 1992 | +19.3% |
| 1996 | +26.5% |
| 2000 | −0.4% |
| 2004 | −10.5% |
| 2008 | −40.0% |
| 2012 | −48.4% |
| 2016 | −49.7% |
| 2020 | −53.2% |
| 2024 | −61.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 862 | 3,772 | 4,714 | ||
| R | 1,116 | 3,884 | 5,202 | ||
| R | 1,075 | 3,282 | 4,440 | ||
| R | 1,042 | 3,136 | 4,330 | ||
| R | 1,291 | 3,125 | 4,580 | ||
| R | 2,035 | 2,516 | 4,601 | ||
| R | 2,095 | 2,111 | 4,293 | ||
| D | 2,553 | 1,379 | 4,425 | ||
| D | 2,558 | 1,592 | 5,011 | ||
| R | 2,037 | 2,254 | 4,327 | ||
| R | 1,942 | 3,302 | 5,271 | ||
| D | 2,854 | 2,502 | 5,497 | ||
| D | 3,391 | 1,468 | 4,877 | ||
| R | 1,048 | 2,526 | 3,613 | ||
| O | 1,129 | 1,217 | 3,847 | ||
| D | 2,123 | 1,249 | 3,383 | ||
| D | 1,580 | 1,141 | 2,835 | ||
| D | 1,500 | 1,159 | 2,678 | ||
| D | 1,673 | 1,130 | 2,805 | ||
| D | 1,314 | 267 | 1,837 | ||
| D | 1,356 | 389 | 1,746 | ||
| D | 1,374 | 293 | 1,675 | ||
| D | 1,200 | 289 | 1,500 | ||
| D | 2,009 | 162 | 2,193 | ||
| D | 1,259 | 524 | 1,783 | ||
| D | 931 | 270 | 1,477 | ||
| D | 1,236 | 599 | 1,997 | ||
| D | 1,265 | 244 | 1,509 | ||
| D | 789 | 174 | 1,312 | ||
| D | 1,073 | 526 | 1,858 | ||
| D | 711 | 412 | 1,219 | ||
| D | 772 | 360 | 1,146 | ||
| D | 1,166 | 170 | 1,343 | ||
| D | 757 | 186 | 1,217 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
9.4%
Irish
8.7%
German
6.3%
American
5.0%
Scottish
0.9%
French
0.5%
African American
4.2%
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: 34.7 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
$53,527
Sevier County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Sevier County$53,527
Arkansas$60,773
United States$80,734
Sevier 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
17.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1823.7%
Working age (18–64)15.3%
Seniors (65+)8.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
68.7%
speak English only
Spanish29.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.4%
Other Indo-European0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 29.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Sevier County, tucked into the Little River lowlands of southwest Arkansas, delivered a 61-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, reflecting the deep rural realignment that has reshaped small timber-and-agriculture counties across the Arklatex region.
Sevier County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of eighty-four points in 1932. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved nine points toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 57% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $53,527, and a population of 15,712. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cleveland County and Gibson County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Sevier County, Arkansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Sevier County, Arkansas voted Republican by 61.7 points (R+62), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,714 votes cast, 862 went Democratic and 3,772 went Republican.
What is Sevier County, Arkansas's political typology?
Akashic places Sevier County, Arkansas in the "New American" typology — Communities where a large share of households speak a language other than English — multilingual, Democratic-leaning overall, yet the hardest-swinging bloc toward the Republican Party in 2024. 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 Sevier County, Arkansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sevier County, Arkansas voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Sevier County, Arkansas?
Sevier County, Arkansas has a population of 15,712 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sevier County, Arkansas?
Median household income in Sevier County, Arkansas is $53,527 — below the national median of $80,734. The Arkansas state median is $60,773.
What is the political history of Sevier County, Arkansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Sevier County, Arkansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 23 went Democratic and 10 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.