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Arkansas 3rd Congressional District

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President margin by year

Place winner margin

1876–2024 · D minus R

Full record · 1876 → 2024

2024

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

The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1892–2024, on its current boundaries.

People and households

Who lives here

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

Race · ethnicity · ancestry

Communities and origins

English13.7%12.3%9.5%

German12.8%9.2%12.5%

Irish10.5%8.9%9.4%

American6.5%7.5%5.3%

Italian2.3%1.4%4.8%

Scottish2.3%1.8%1.3%

French1.9%1.3%1.6%

Polish0.9%—2.2%

Mexican11.1%6.3%11.3%

Salvadoran2.3%0.9%0.7%

Guatemalan0.7%0.4%0.5%

Puerto Rican0.5%0.3%1.8%

Honduran0.3%0.2%0.3%

Cuban0.2%—0.7%

Colombian0.2%—0.4%

Asian Indian1.2%0.4%1.4%

Vietnamese0.4%0.2%0.6%

Laotian0.4%——

Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%

Chinese0.2%—1.3%

African American†2.4%13.5%9.9%

Marshallese5.4%0.3%—

Aztec1.0%——

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	AR-3	Arkansas	United States
Median age	35.7	38.8	39.1
Age 18–24	10.5%	9.4%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	14.4%	17.5%	17.2%

Household economy

Measure	AR-3	Arkansas	United States
Median household income	$74,552	$60,773	$84,427
Poverty rate	12.2%	16.0%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	32.7%	26.0%	35.6%

Housing and tenure

Measure	AR-3	Arkansas	United States
Owner-occupied homes	63.9%	66.4%	65.2%
Renter-occupied homes	36.1%	33.6%	34.8%
Median home value	—	$188,000	$332,700
Median gross rent (monthly)	—	$947	$1,413
Renters paying 30%+ of income	39.8%	44.8%	51.1%
Vacant housing units	9.2%	13.5%	10.1%

Getting to work

Measure	AR-3	Arkansas	United States
Mean commute	21.6 min	22.5 min	26.4 min
Commutes 60 minutes or more	3.9%	5.6%	8.6%
Drives alone to work	76.2%	78.9%	68.8%
Takes public transit	0.2%	0.3%	3.2%
Works from home	12.4%	8.8%	15.1%

Languages at home

Measure	AR-3	Arkansas	United States
Speaks a non-English language at home	15.3%	8.3%	22.3%
Spanish	11.3%	6.2%	13.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island	2.1%	0.7%	1.1%

Religious landscape

Measure	AR-3	Arkansas	United States
Catholic	—	5.2%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	—	38.2%	16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted	—	42.5%	51.5%

Origins and service

Measure	AR-3	Arkansas	United States
Foreign-born residents	11.1%	5.4%	14.1%
Naturalized citizens	3.6%	1.9%	7.4%
Not U.S. citizens	7.5%	3.6%	6.8%
Veterans (18+)	6.8%	7.4%	6.2%
Income inequality (Gini)	—	0.479	0.483

American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations · American Community Survey 2024 — housing and tenure (B25003, B25002, B25077, B25064, B25070), commuting (B08013, B08303, B08301), origins and service (B05002, B21001, B19083) · District housing, commuting and origins figures are constituent-county values weighted by each county’s share of the district — the Census publishes these at 119th-Congress lines and Akashic maps districts on the 2026 (cd:120) lines.

President results by year

Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries

HarrisDemocratic36.2%112,072TrumpRepublican61.1%189,106OtherAll other candidates2.7%8,438

R+24.9

Lead: 77,034
Total: 309,616
vs nation: R+23.4

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

BidenDemocratic36.8%110,479TrumpRepublican60.2%180,794OtherAll other candidates3.0%9,001

R+23.4

Lead: 70,315
Total: 300,274
vs nation: R+27.9

exact aggregate

ClintonDemocratic33.2%82,529TrumpRepublican62.9%156,561OtherAll other candidates3.9%9,726

R+29.8

Lead: 74,032
Total: 248,816
vs nation: R+31.8

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ObamaDemocratic32.7%74,053RomneyRepublican64.3%145,713OtherAll other candidates2.9%6,678

R+31.6

Lead: 71,660
Total: 226,444
vs nation: R+35.5

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ObamaDemocratic34.8%76,966McCainRepublican62.9%139,209OtherAll other candidates2.3%4,995

R+28.1

Lead: 62,243
Total: 221,170
vs nation: R+35.4

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

KerryDemocratic36.9%77,512BushRepublican61.9%129,940OtherAll other candidates1.2%2,470

R+25.0

Lead: 52,428
Total: 209,922
vs nation: R+22.5

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

GoreDemocratic37.5%65,556BushRepublican59.3%103,620OtherAll other candidates3.2%5,546

R+21.8

Lead: 38,064
Total: 174,722
vs nation: R+22.3

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ClintonDemocratic42.9%65,441DoleRepublican46.8%71,281OtherAll other candidates10.3%15,650

R+3.8

Lead: 5,840
Total: 152,372
vs nation: R+12.4

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: R+24.9MIT Election Lab
Population: 753,2032024 5-year
Population density: 181 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area: 4,165 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income: $74,5522024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 67.7%2024 5-year
Black: 2.9%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 16.5%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+46.4 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+51.8 in 1972MIT Election Lab
Most similar: Congressional District 1, OK · twin score 94.7

presidential history

Party record book

Arkansas 3rd Congressional District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.

1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark

Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.

Democratic

Franklin D. Roosevelt1932

72.4%

21,447 votes · D+46.4 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1896 · 69.5%

Republican

Richard Nixon1972

75.7%

68,399 votes · R+51.8 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 71.9%

Most votes

Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.

Democratic

Kamala Harris2024

112,072votes

36.2% of the vote · R+24.9 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 110,479 votes

Republican

Donald Trump2024

189,106votes

61.1% of the vote · R+24.9 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 180,794 votes

Best relative to the U.S.

This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.

Democratic

William J. Bryan1896

+45.9pts D vs U.S.

Place D+39.9 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +41.7 pts

Republican

Mitt Romney2012

+35.5pts R vs U.S.

Place R+31.6 · U.S. D+3.9 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · +35.4 pts

current representation

Current officeholders

RSteve WomackU.S. House · AR-03+0.35

RJohn BoozmanU.S. Senate+0.43

RTom CottonU.S. Senate+0.58

Federal officeholders only. State and local officeholders are planned for the next data pass.

U.S. House elections · 25 House

Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.

U.S. House

Each result reflects the U.S. House district as it was drawn for that election; redistricting has redrawn these lines over time, so they can differ from the current 120th-Congress district shown on the map above.

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), House. CC BY 4.0.
Year	District	Won	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	3	R	31.8%95,652	63.8%192,101	301,084
2022	3	R	32.9%73,541	63.7%142,401	223,588
2020	3	R	31.8%106,325	64.3%214,960	334,262
2018	3	R	32.6%74,952	64.7%148,717	229,708
2016	3	R	0.0%0	77.3%217,192	280,907
2014	3	R	0.0%0	79.4%151,630	190,935
2012	3	R	0.0%0	75.9%186,467	245,660
2010	3	R	27.6%56,542	72.4%148,581	205,123
2008	3	R	0.0%0	78.5%215,196	274,046
2006	3	R	37.8%75,885	62.2%125,039	200,924
2004	3	R	38.1%103,158	59.3%160,629	270,803
2002	3	R	0.0%0	98.9%141,478	143,055
2000	3	R	0.0%0	100.0%1	1
1998	3	R	0.0%0	80.7%154,780	191,697
1996	3	R	41.8%102,994	55.7%137,093	246,132
1994	3	R	32.3%61,883	67.7%129,800	191,683
1992	3	R	47.2%117,775	50.2%125,295	249,494
1990	3	R	29.5%54,332	70.5%129,876	184,208
1988	3	R	25.3%54,767	74.7%161,623	216,390
1986	3	R	20.2%36,729	79.8%145,127	181,856
1984	3	R	0.0%0	100.0%1	1
1982	3	R	34.0%69,089	66.0%133,909	202,998
1980	3	R	0.0%0	100.0%1	1
1978	3	R	21.6%35,748	78.4%130,086	165,834
1976	3	R	0.0%0	100.0%1	1

Anchored by the fast-growing Fayetteville–Springdale–Rogers metro, AR-3 combines a booming logistics and tech corridor with deeply conservative rural counties, producing Republican presidential margins that have held above 25 points for more than a decade.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 46.4 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 51.8 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 24.9 points.

A population of 753,203, a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,552 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Congressional District 1 and Congressional District 3.

Political twins — districts

The congressional districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

Congressional District 1

Oklahoma

94.7twin score

2008–2016 trajectory12-yr trend

Congressional District 3

Oklahoma

93.1twin score

2008–2016 trajectoryelasticity

Congressional District 13

Texas

92.9twin score

2008–2016 trajectory12-yr trend

Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Arkansas 3rd Congressional District vote in 2024?

In 2024, Arkansas 3rd Congressional District voted Republican by 24.9 points (R+24.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 309,616 votes cast, 112,072 went Democratic and 189,106 went Republican.

When did Arkansas 3rd Congressional District last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Arkansas 3rd Congressional District voted Democratic was 1976.

How many people live in Arkansas 3rd Congressional District?

Arkansas 3rd Congressional District has a population of 753,203 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Arkansas 3rd Congressional District?

Median household income in Arkansas 3rd Congressional District is $74,552 — below the national median of $80,734. The Arkansas state median is $60,773.

What is the political history of Arkansas 3rd Congressional District?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Arkansas 3rd Congressional District from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 18 went Republican.

Measure

AR-3

Arkansas

United States

Median age

35.7

38.8

39.1

Age 18–24

10.5%

9.4%

9.2%

Age 65 and older

14.4%

17.5%

17.2%

Measure

AR-3

Arkansas

United States

Median household income

$74,552

$60,773

$84,427

Poverty rate

12.2%

16.0%

12.5%

Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)

32.7%

26.0%

35.6%

Measure

AR-3

Arkansas

United States

Owner-occupied homes

63.9%

66.4%

65.2%

Renter-occupied homes

36.1%

33.6%

34.8%

Median home value

—

$188,000

$332,700

Median gross rent (monthly)

—

$947

$1,413

Renters paying 30%+ of income

39.8%

44.8%

51.1%

Vacant housing units

9.2%

13.5%

10.1%

Measure

AR-3

Arkansas

United States

Mean commute

21.6 min

22.5 min

26.4 min

Commutes 60 minutes or more

3.9%

5.6%

8.6%

Drives alone to work

76.2%

78.9%

68.8%

Takes public transit

0.2%

0.3%

3.2%

Works from home

12.4%

8.8%

15.1%

Measure

AR-3

Arkansas

United States

Speaks a non-English language at home

15.3%

8.3%

22.3%

Spanish

11.3%

6.2%

13.6%

Other Asian & Pacific Island

2.1%

0.7%

1.1%

Measure

AR-3

Arkansas

United States

Catholic

—

5.2%

18.6%

Evangelical Protestant

—

38.2%

16.5%

Unclaimed / not counted

—

42.5%

51.5%

Measure

AR-3

Arkansas

United States

Foreign-born residents

11.1%

5.4%

14.1%

Naturalized citizens

3.6%

1.9%

7.4%

Not U.S. citizens

7.5%

3.6%

6.8%

Veterans (18+)

6.8%

7.4%

6.2%

Income inequality (Gini)

—

0.479

0.483

Key facts

2024 presidential margin

R+24.9MIT Election Lab

Population

753,2032024 5-year

Population density

181 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line

Land area

4,165 sq miTIGER/Line

Median household income

$74,5522024 5-year

White (non-Hispanic)

67.7%2024 5-year

Black

2.9%2024 5-year

Hispanic / Latino

16.5%2024 5-year

Peak Democratic margin

D+46.4 in 1932MIT Election Lab

Peak Republican margin

R+51.8 in 1972MIT Election Lab

Most similar

Congressional District 1, OK · twin score 94.7

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), House. CC BY 4.0.

Year

District

Won

Democratic

Republican

Total

2024

31.8%95,652

63.8%192,101

301,084

2022

32.9%73,541

63.7%142,401

223,588

2020

31.8%106,325

64.3%214,960

334,262

2018

32.6%74,952

64.7%148,717

229,708

2016

0.0%0

77.3%217,192

280,907

2014

0.0%0

79.4%151,630

190,935

2012

0.0%0

75.9%186,467

245,660

2010

27.6%56,542

72.4%148,581

205,123

2008

0.0%0

78.5%215,196

274,046

2006

37.8%75,885

62.2%125,039

200,924

2004

38.1%103,158

59.3%160,629

270,803

2002

0.0%0

98.9%141,478

143,055

2000

0.0%0

100.0%1

1998

0.0%0

80.7%154,780

191,697

1996

41.8%102,994

55.7%137,093

246,132

1994

32.3%61,883

67.7%129,800

191,683

1992

47.2%117,775

50.2%125,295

249,494

1990

29.5%54,332

70.5%129,876

184,208

1988

25.3%54,767

74.7%161,623

216,390

1986

20.2%36,729

79.8%145,127

181,856

1984

0.0%0

100.0%1

1982

34.0%69,089

66.0%133,909

202,998

1980

0.0%0

100.0%1

1978

21.6%35,748

78.4%130,086

165,834

1976