† 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
GroupBarlingArkansasUnited States
English13.1%12.3%9.5%
German13.0%9.2%12.5%
Irish12.0%8.9%9.4%
American6.5%7.5%5.3%
Scottish2.4%1.8%1.3%
French2.1%1.3%1.6%
Italian2.0%1.4%4.8%
Scotch-Irish1.3%0.6%—
Mexican9.0%6.3%11.3%
Salvadoran2.0%0.9%0.7%
Guatemalan0.5%0.4%0.5%
Honduran0.3%0.2%0.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.3%1.8%
Spaniard0.2%——
Vietnamese3.4%0.2%0.6%
Laotian3.0%——
Filipino0.6%0.2%0.9%
Asian Indian0.4%0.4%1.4%
African American†2.0%13.5%9.9%
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
Barling
Arkansas
United States
Median age
42.5
38.8
39.1
Age 18–24
11.9%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.7%
17.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Barling
Arkansas
United States
Median household income
$54,387
$60,773
$84,427
Poverty rate
15.1%
16.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
21.1%
26.0%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Barling
Arkansas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
12.9%
8.3%
22.3%
Spanish
6.4%
6.2%
13.6%
Vietnamese
5.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
1.0%
0.1%
0.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Barling
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.
Barling, Arkansas
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−21.1%
2008
−32.1%
2012
−35.2%
2016
−41.2%
2020
−41.3%
2024
−36.9%
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
30.3%Harris279
67.1%Trump619
2.6%
R+36.9
D+4.4
R+35.4
922
R
28.0%Biden485
69.3%Trump1,200
2.7%
R+41.3
±0.0
R+45.7
1,732
R
26.5%Clinton438
67.7%Trump1,120
5.8%
R+41.2
R+6.0
R+43.3
1,654
R
31.1%Obama375
66.3%Romney800
2.6%
R+35.2
R+3.2
R+39.1
1,206
R
33.0%Obama610
65.0%McCain1,203
2.0%
R+32.1
R+11.0
R+39.3
1,850
R
39.3%Kerry739
60.4%Bush1,135
0.3%
R+21.1
—
R+18.6
1,879
Barling sits along the Arkansas River adjacent to the former Fort Chaffee military reservation, and its modest population of roughly 5,000 reflects the slow-growth pattern common to satellite communities in Sebastian County's Republican-leaning western corridor.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 41.3 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 4.4 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 36.9 points.
A population of 5,007, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $54,387 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Blackwell and Guthrie.
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, Barling, Arkansas voted Republican by 36.9 points (R+36.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 922 votes cast, 279 went Democratic and 619 went Republican.
How many people live in Barling, Arkansas?
Barling, Arkansas has a population of 5,007 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Barling, Arkansas?
Median household income in Barling, Arkansas is $54,387 — below the national median of $80,734. The Arkansas state median is $60,773.
What is the political history of Barling, Arkansas?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Barling, Arkansas from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
