A timber-country hub where rural Southern voting patterns hold firm
Magnolia anchors Columbia County in the pine-belt corner of southwest Arkansas, a region where Democratic registration lingers from an earlier era but Republican candidates have carried federal races by wide margins for over a decade.
| Group | Magnolia, AR | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(12) | 59.8% | 57.4% |
▶Black / African American(4) | 35.5% | 12.2% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(6) | 2.2% | 19.3% |
Multiracial / Other | 1.6% | 4.0% |
▶Asian(3) | 0.7% | 6.0% |
▶Native American / Alaska Native(1) | 0.3% | 0.9% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: -60.5pp (vs national 4.5pp). A strongly Evangelical-leaning religious profile, which nationally correlates with Republican-leaning rural and exurban communities.
| Tradition | % Pop | % Adherents | US Pop | US Adherents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48.6% | 57.6% | — | — | |
| 26.2% | 31.0% | — | — | |
| 6.6% | 7.9% | — | — | |
| 1.6% | 1.9% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 1.6% | 1.9% | — | — |
| 1.3% | 1.6% | — | — | |
Non-religiousPopulation | 15.6% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Magnolia, AR metro area? 96,412 residents across 4 counties.
20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — 13pp below the national average. Places with similar education levels vote R+15 on average nationally.
Scale, voting-age share, and this geography's footprint inside the national electorate.
Income, attainment, and ownership indicators that often shape coalition structure and turnout behavior.
Age structure, language use, and nativity signals that explain how this geography differs from state and nation.
| Offices | Margin A | Margin B | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate vs Governor | R+40.1 | R+35.0 | 5.1pp |