Akashic

2024StatewideR+30.6

Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab

County75 areas · 2024 presidential vote

Pulaski92,03857,977D+22.1153,924 Jefferson12,8028,468D+20.121,608 Phillips2,7542,098D+13.34,938 Chicot1,7961,658D+4.03,490 Lee1,2701,181D+3.52,520 Crittenden7,3627,028D+2.314,681 St. Francis2,9532,909D+0.75,979 Desha1,6381,805R+4.83,505 Washington43,77950,243R+6.797,158 Monroe1,0021,385R+15.72,433 Ouachita3,4125,056R+19.18,626 Clark2,9594,526R+20.57,657 Benton45,23179,907R+27.0128,595 Dallas7981,482R+29.42,324 Mississippi3,5746,963R+31.610,717 Carroll3,8127,470R+31.711,538 Faulkner17,75235,357R+32.354,465 Woodruff7601,513R+32.52,318 Union5,01910,196R+33.515,448 Drew2,0504,203R+33.86,365 Garland13,01528,359R+36.342,327 Columbia2,4665,367R+36.57,940 Craighead11,21025,152R+37.437,242 Sebastian13,65230,719R+37.545,452 Lafayette6981,589R+38.32,325 Bradley9612,213R+39.03,209 Nevada8492,002R+39.72,907 Hempstead1,7764,193R+39.76,089 Saline16,60939,736R+40.157,609 Conway2,4495,893R+40.38,541 Arkansas1,5033,951R+44.15,547 Howard1,1583,246R+46.74,473 Cross1,6424,753R+47.66,534 Ashley1,7745,145R+48.07,030 Jackson1,1833,509R+48.74,775 Lincoln8132,502R+50.13,372 Miller3,76911,842R+51.115,803 Johnson2,1076,766R+51.49,059 Hot Spring2,8189,226R+52.212,283 Pope5,48718,118R+52.224,191 Lonoke6,79023,225R+53.730,620 Little River1,0843,744R+54.34,899 Baxter4,34116,253R+56.820,954 Perry9233,559R+57.54,584 Crawford4,75318,615R+58.223,834 Madison1,4915,885R+58.67,501 Independence2,68911,023R+59.514,011 Van Buren1,4376,023R+60.27,621 Marion1,5016,230R+60.27,851 Yell1,2135,147R+60.76,477 Greene2,93512,617R+61.215,820 White5,64124,514R+61.230,837 Clay9073,968R+61.64,967 Stone1,0894,808R+61.76,030 Sevier8623,772R+61.74,714 Calhoun3791,674R+61.92,092 Fulton9064,040R+62.15,043 Logan1,4646,567R+62.28,205 Franklin1,2325,582R+62.46,971 Sharp1,3165,978R+62.77,437 Montgomery6452,987R+63.23,707 Poinsett1,2355,731R+63.57,079 Randolph1,1385,367R+63.76,636 Lawrence9654,608R+64.05,692 Newton6443,063R+64.23,770 Boone2,85413,968R+64.917,112 Prairie5242,628R+65.83,200 Izard9494,854R+65.95,925 Cleveland5242,804R+67.63,374 Cleburne1,94110,595R+67.912,739 Grant1,1926,755R+68.98,078 Polk1,1456,987R+70.58,288 Searcy5113,305R+72.23,869 Pike5603,746R+73.14,358 Scott4252,913R+73.53,384

In 1992 Arkansas gave its governor, Bill Clinton, 53.2 percent of its vote — the only state where either party cleared a majority in a three-way race that drew 19 percent nationally to Ross Perot. It was the peak of a home-state advantage that ran deep: Clinton carried Arkansas by 17.7 points that year and by 16.9 again in 1996, both times well ahead of his national margin. For a Southern Democrat at the top of the ticket, Arkansas was the surest ground in the country.

It did not hold. The year Clinton left the White House, Arkansas voted Republican for president, and it has every cycle since — George W. Bush by 5.4 points in 2000, then a steady climb to Donald Trump’s 30.6 in 2024, a 48-point swing in the margin in a single generation. Every one of the state’s seven statewide constitutional offices, both U.S. Senate seats, and all four U.S. House seats are now held by Republicans.

Underneath the politics, Arkansas is poor and heavily Protestant. Median household income was $60,773 in the 2024 ACS, 47th of the fifty states, and 26 percent of adults hold a bachelor’s degree, 48th. It ranks fourth in Evangelical adherents, at 38.2 percent, and its Black residents, 14.7 percent of the state, are concentrated in the Delta. In the northwest, Springdale holds the largest Marshallese community in the United States — Pacific Islanders drawn to poultry work since the 1980s.

presidential margin

2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican

2004R+9.8

2008R+19.9

2012R+23.7

2016R+27.8

2020R+27.6

2024R+30.6

full record · 1892 → 2024

presidential returns

2024 turnout 52.7% of 2,245,940 citizens 18+

Year	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	CVAP	Turnout
2024	396,905	759,241	26,530	1,182,676	2,245,940	52.7%
2020	423,932	760,647	34,490	1,219,069	2,219,479	54.9%
2016	380,494	684,872	29,829	1,095,195	2,175,338	50.3%
2012	394,409	647,744	27,315	1,069,468	2,126,799	50.3%
2008	422,310	638,017	26,290	1,086,617	2,067,620	52.6%
2004	469,953	572,898	12,094	1,054,945	2,008,441^†	52.5%

^† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.

People and households

Who lives here

Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.

Race · ethnicity · ancestry

Communities and origins

English12.3%9.5%

German9.2%12.5%

Irish8.9%9.4%

American7.5%5.3%

Scottish1.8%1.3%

Italian1.4%4.8%

French1.3%1.6%

Scotch-Irish0.6%—

African American†13.5%9.9%

African0.9%0.5%

Mexican6.3%11.3%

Salvadoran0.9%0.7%

Guatemalan0.4%0.5%

Puerto Rican0.3%1.8%

Honduran0.2%0.3%

Asian Indian0.4%1.4%

Vietnamese0.2%0.6%

Filipino0.2%0.9%

Marshallese0.3%—

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	Arkansas	United States
Median age	38.8	39.1
Age 18–24	9.4%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	17.5%	17.2%

Household economy

Measure	Arkansas	United States
Median household income	$60,773	$84,427
Poverty rate	16.0%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	26.0%	35.6%

Languages at home

Measure	Arkansas	United States
Speaks a non-English language at home	8.3%	22.3%
Spanish	6.2%	13.6%

Religious landscape

Measure	Arkansas	United States
Catholic	5.2%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	38.2%	16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted	42.5%	51.5%
Mainline Protestant	5.5%	5.2%
Black Protestant	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.

current representation

Current officeholders

RSarah Huckabee SandersGovernor

RLeslie RutledgeLt. Governor

RTim GriffinAttorney General

RCole JesterSecretary of State

RJohn ThurstonTreasurer

RDennis MilliganAuditor

RTommy LandCommissioner of State Lands

RJohn BoozmanU.S. Senate+0.43

RTom CottonU.S. Senate+0.58

U.S. House4 seats · R 4

RAR-01Rick Crawford

RAR-02French Hill

RAR-03Steve Womack

RAR-04Bruce Westerman

Statewide officers curated as of 2026-06-27 (Arkansas Secretary of State / Ballotpedia); U.S. delegation from Voteview HSall_members.csv.

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