† 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
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupAlmaArkansasUnited States
American14.2%7.5%5.3%
Irish14.1%8.9%9.4%
English13.4%12.3%9.5%
German11.7%9.2%12.5%
Italian1.6%1.4%4.8%
French1.4%1.3%1.6%
Scottish1.4%1.8%1.3%
Scotch-Irish1.0%0.6%—
African American†2.4%13.5%9.9%
African0.5%0.9%0.5%
Senegalese0.5%——
Mexican2.1%6.3%11.3%
Salvadoran1.5%0.9%0.7%
Guatemalan0.4%0.4%0.5%
Peruvian0.2%——
Spanish0.2%——
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
Alma
Arkansas
United States
Median age
27.2
38.8
39.1
Age 18–24
12.6%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.2%
17.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Alma
Arkansas
United States
Median household income
$68,562
$60,773
$84,427
Poverty rate
27.3%
16.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
18.9%
26.0%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Alma
Arkansas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.3%
8.3%
22.3%
Spanish
1.9%
6.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Alma
Arkansas
United States
Catholic
—
5.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
38.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
42.5%
51.5%
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.
Alma, Arkansas
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−32.7%
2008
−46.2%
2012
−50.9%
2016
−52.8%
2020
−58.7%
2024
−60.8%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
18.6%Harris432
79.4%Trump1,844
2.0%
R+60.8
R+2.2
R+59.3
2,322
R
19.6%Biden455
78.3%Trump1,814
2.1%
R+58.7
R+5.9
R+63.1
2,317
R
20.3%Clinton425
73.1%Trump1,531
6.6%
R+52.8
R+1.9
R+54.9
2,095
R
23.2%Obama422
74.1%Romney1,349
2.7%
R+50.9
R+4.7
R+54.8
1,821
R
25.3%Obama498
71.5%McCain1,405
3.2%
R+46.2
R+13.4
R+53.4
1,965
R
33.3%Kerry644
66.0%Bush1,277
0.7%
R+32.7
—
R+30.3
1,934
Alma sits along I-40 in the Arkansas River Valley, a working-class poultry and logistics town where GOP alignment has hardened over two decades as rural realignment reshaped the surrounding county.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 60.8 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 60.8 points.
A population of 5,906, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $68,562 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Munford and Ward.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
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.
In 2024, Alma, Arkansas voted Republican by 60.8 points (R+60.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,322 votes cast, 432 went Democratic and 1,844 went Republican.
How many people live in Alma, Arkansas?
Alma, Arkansas has a population of 5,906 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Alma, Arkansas?
Median household income in Alma, Arkansas is $68,562 — below the national median of $80,734. The Arkansas state median is $60,773.
What is the political history of Alma, Arkansas?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Alma, Arkansas from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
