† 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
GroupFayettevilleArkansasUnited States
English15.0%12.3%9.5%
German12.6%9.2%12.5%
Irish10.3%8.9%9.4%
American5.8%7.5%5.3%
Scottish2.6%1.8%1.3%
Italian2.4%1.4%4.8%
French1.9%1.3%1.6%
Polish1.4%—2.2%
Mexican6.7%6.3%11.3%
Salvadoran0.9%0.9%0.7%
Guatemalan0.4%0.4%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.3%1.8%
African American†3.9%13.5%9.9%
African0.3%0.9%0.5%
Laotian0.5%——
Asian Indian0.2%0.4%1.4%
Chinese0.2%—1.3%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
Vietnamese0.2%0.2%0.6%
Burmese0.2%——
Marshallese1.8%0.3%—
Aztec0.2%——
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
Fayetteville
Arkansas
United States
Median age
28.8
38.8
39.1
Age 18–24
24.8%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
9.6%
17.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Fayetteville
Arkansas
United States
Median household income
$62,695
$60,773
$84,427
Poverty rate
20.6%
16.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
49.0%
26.0%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Fayetteville
Arkansas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.8%
8.3%
22.3%
Spanish
4.4%
6.2%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.1%
0.4%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Fayetteville
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.
Fayetteville, Arkansas
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+12.6%
2008
+12.3%
2012
+8.5%
2016
+18.3%
2020
+28.3%
2024
+26.3%
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
D
61.4%Harris22,747
35.0%Trump12,986
3.6%
D+26.3
R+2.0
D+27.8
37,053
D
62.5%Biden23,590
34.2%Trump12,900
3.4%
D+28.3
D+10.0
D+23.9
37,769
D
54.1%Clinton18,570
35.8%Trump12,279
10.1%
D+18.3
D+9.8
D+16.2
34,311
D
52.5%Obama14,830
43.9%Romney12,422
3.6%
D+8.5
R+3.8
D+4.7
28,269
D
55.0%Obama15,588
42.8%McCain12,109
2.2%
D+12.3
R+0.3
D+5.0
28,324
D
55.8%Kerry14,745
43.2%Bush11,417
1.0%
D+12.6
—
D+15.0
26,437
Fayetteville's large student population and steady in-migration of younger professionals have shifted its voting patterns noticeably leftward relative to surrounding Washington County, making it a consistent outlier in a deeply red state.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 28.3 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 26.3 points.
A population of 99,319, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,695 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Flagstaff and Tempe.
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, Fayetteville, Arkansas voted Democratic by 26.3 points (D+26.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 37,053 votes cast, 22,747 went Democratic and 12,986 went Republican.
How many people live in Fayetteville, Arkansas?
Fayetteville, Arkansas has a population of 99,319 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Fayetteville, Arkansas?
Median household income in Fayetteville, Arkansas is $62,695 — below the national median of $80,734. The Arkansas state median is $60,773.
What is the political history of Fayetteville, Arkansas?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Fayetteville, Arkansas from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
