combined metro areaLittle Rock-North Little Rock, AR
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004R+2.8
2008R+9.5
2012R+11.7
2016R+11.8
2020R+10.5
2024R+13.2
full record · 1892 → 2024
presidential returns
2024 turnout 54.0% of 675,654 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
154,271
202,395
8,433
365,099
675,654
54.0%
2020
166,930
207,391
10,154
384,475
666,858
57.7%
2016
147,210
187,946
9,576
344,732
656,716
52.5%
2012
146,098
185,803
7,696
339,597
635,116
53.5%
2008
151,494
184,136
6,507
342,137
607,081
56.4%
2004
155,376
164,547
3,404
323,327
579,046†
55.8%
† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
9 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupLittle Rock-North Little Rock, ARArkansasUnited States
English12.5%12.3%9.5%
German8.1%9.2%12.5%
Irish8.0%8.9%9.4%
American6.6%7.5%5.3%
Scottish1.8%1.8%1.3%
Italian1.3%1.4%4.8%
French1.2%1.3%1.6%
Scotch-Irish0.8%0.6%—
African American†21.8%13.5%9.9%
African2.0%0.9%0.5%
Mexican4.3%6.3%11.3%
Guatemalan0.5%0.4%0.5%
Salvadoran0.4%0.9%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.3%1.8%
Honduran0.2%0.2%0.3%
Asian Indian0.4%0.4%1.4%
Filipino0.3%0.2%0.9%
Chinese0.2%—1.3%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR
Arkansas
United States
Median age
38
38.8
39.1
Age 18–24
9.6%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.5%
17.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR
Arkansas
United States
Median household income
$65,123
$60,773
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.9%
16.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
31.5%
26.0%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR
Arkansas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.8%
8.3%
22.3%
Spanish
4.8%
6.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR
Arkansas
United States
Catholic
4.2%
5.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
34.8%
38.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
43.4%
42.5%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
6.3%
5.5%
5.2%
Black Protestant
9.1%
6.2%
2.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+25.4%
1896
+50.5%
1900
+23.6%
1904
+16.7%
1908
+20.3%
1912
+40.8%
1916
+50.0%
1920
+30.2%
1924
+37.1%
1928
+29.0%
1932
+78.2%
1936
+77.6%
1940
+67.2%
1944
+46.4%
1948
+41.3%
1952
+13.5%
1956
+4.5%
1960
+14.6%
1964
+8.4%
1968
+4.2%
1972
−27.0%
1976
+36.1%
1980
+6.8%
1984
−16.4%
1988
−10.6%
1992
+21.5%
1996
+20.8%
2000
+0.5%
2004
−2.8%
2008
−9.5%
2012
−11.7%
2016
−11.8%
2020
−10.5%
2024
−13.2%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
42.3%Harris154,271
55.4%Trump202,395
2.3%
R+13.2
R+2.7
R+11.7
365,099
R
43.4%Biden166,930
53.9%Trump207,391
2.6%
R+10.5
D+1.3
R+15.0
384,475
R
42.7%Clinton147,210
54.5%Trump187,946
2.8%
R+11.8
R+0.1
R+13.9
344,732
R
43.0%Obama146,098
54.7%Romney185,803
2.3%
R+11.7
R+2.2
R+15.5
339,597
R
44.3%Obama151,494
53.8%McCain184,136
1.9%
R+9.5
R+6.7
R+16.8
342,137
R
48.1%Kerry155,376
50.9%Bush164,547
1.1%
R+2.8
R+3.3
R+0.4
323,327
D
48.8%Gore131,476
48.3%Bush130,156
2.8%
D+0.5
R+20.3
±0.0
269,253
D
56.6%Clinton145,659
35.8%Dole92,114
7.6%
D+20.8
R+0.7
D+12.3
257,307
D
56.5%Clinton152,418
34.9%Bush94,262
8.6%
D+21.5
D+32.1
D+16.0
269,992
R
44.0%Dukakis105,018
54.6%Bush130,228
1.4%
R+10.6
D+5.8
R+2.8
238,578
R
41.2%Mondale102,634
57.6%Reagan143,447
1.3%
R+16.4
R+23.2
D+1.8
249,242
D
50.9%Carter111,922
44.1%Reagan96,984
5.1%
D+6.8
R+29.3
D+16.5
220,029
D
68.0%Carter135,573
31.9%Ford63,554
0.1%
D+36.1
D+63.2
D+34.1
199,410
R
36.3%McGovern62,420
63.4%Nixon108,877
0.3%
R+27.0
R+31.2
R+3.9
171,795
O
32.8%Humphrey50,694
28.6%Nixon44,217
38.6%
Wallace +5.9
R+4.2
D+4.9
154,669
D
53.9%Johnson79,631
45.5%Goldwater67,208
0.6%
D+8.4
R+6.2
R+14.2
147,748
D
51.3%Kennedy53,828
36.7%Nixon38,505
12.0%
D+14.6
D+10.1
D+14.4
104,974
D
51.2%Stevenson48,200
46.7%Eisenhower44,005
2.1%
D+4.5
R+9.0
D+19.9
94,218
D
56.5%Stevenson51,487
43.0%Eisenhower39,216
0.6%
D+13.5
R+27.8
D+24.2
91,208
D
60.6%Truman30,480
19.3%Dewey9,719
20.0%
D+41.3
R+5.1
D+36.8
50,266
D
73.1%Roosevelt32,807
26.7%Dewey11,999
0.2%
D+46.4
R+20.8
D+38.9
44,889
D
83.4%Roosevelt30,605
16.2%Willkie5,958
0.3%
D+67.2
R+10.5
D+57.2
36,687
D
88.7%Roosevelt27,558
11.1%Landon3,435
0.2%
D+77.6
R+0.5
D+53.4
31,067
D
88.7%Roosevelt34,852
10.5%Hoover4,142
0.7%
D+78.2
D+49.2
D+60.4
39,276
D
64.4%Smith22,273
35.4%Hoover12,244
0.3%
D+29.0
R+8.1
D+46.4
34,605
D
62.7%Davis13,939
25.5%Coolidge5,683
11.8%
D+37.1
D+6.9
D+62.3
22,244
D
63.9%Cox18,316
33.7%Harding9,663
2.4%
D+30.2
R+19.8
D+56.4
28,676
D
75.0%Wilson19,842
25.0%Hughes6,611
0.0%
D+50.0
D+9.2
D+46.9
26,453
D
58.0%Wilson11,382
17.2%Taft3,371
24.8%
D+40.8
D+20.5
D+21.3
19,612
D
57.3%Bryan13,224
37.0%Taft8,538
5.7%
D+20.3
D+3.7
D+29.9
23,070
D
55.9%Parker10,283
39.2%Roosevelt7,217
4.9%
D+16.7
R+6.9
D+36.3
18,409
D
60.8%Bryan10,914
37.2%McKinley6,677
2.1%
D+23.6
R+26.9
D+31.1
17,960
D
74.6%Bryan16,059
24.2%McKinley5,197
1.2%
D+50.5
D+25.1
D+56.6
21,515
D
57.9%Cleveland13,526
32.5%Harrison7,599
9.6%
D+25.4
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D+23.7
23,379
Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
39.0%109,861
58.0%163,404
281,971
2020
R
0.0%0
58.8%221,796
377,287
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR
Year
Total registered
2018
554,187
2020
574,197
2022
550,377
2024
559,358
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+3,063 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +10,564 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR in Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+2,434
2012
+719
2013
−541
2014
−844
2015
−2,214
2016
−2,286
2017
−811
2018
−1,778
2019
−904
2021
+1,593
2022
+4,863
2023
+4,336
2024
+2,934
2025
+3,063
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR sits in the Mid-South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 78.2 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 27.0 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 2.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 13.2 points.
A population of 908,722, a 63% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,123 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Shreveport-Bossier City-Minden, LA and Jonesboro-Paragould, AR.
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How did Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR, Arkansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR, Arkansas voted Republican by 13.2 points (R+13.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 365,099 votes cast, 154,271 went Democratic and 202,395 went Republican.
When did Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR, Arkansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR, Arkansas voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR, Arkansas?
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR, Arkansas has a population of 908,722 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR, Arkansas?
Median household income in Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR, Arkansas is $65,123 — below the national median of $80,734. The Arkansas state median is $60,773.
What is the political history of Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR, Arkansas?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR, Arkansas from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 24 went Democratic and 9 went Republican.
