† 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
GroupMenaArkansasUnited States
English14.4%12.3%9.5%
Irish12.6%8.9%9.4%
German12.2%9.2%12.5%
American7.7%7.5%5.3%
Italian2.7%1.4%4.8%
French2.3%1.3%1.6%
Scottish1.7%1.8%1.3%
Dutch1.2%——
Mexican3.8%6.3%11.3%
Spaniard0.2%——
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
Mena
Arkansas
United States
Median age
42.7
38.8
39.1
Age 18–24
10.2%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.0%
17.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Mena
Arkansas
United States
Median household income
$47,428
$60,773
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.9%
16.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
18.4%
26.0%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Mena
Arkansas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.3%
8.3%
22.3%
Spanish
2.0%
6.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Mena
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.
Mena, Arkansas
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−25.9%
2008
−37.8%
2012
−50.2%
2016
−58.7%
2020
−56.1%
2024
−60.9%
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
18.2%Harris384
79.1%Trump1,666
2.7%
R+60.9
R+4.7
R+59.4
2,106
R
20.6%Biden469
76.7%Trump1,746
2.6%
R+56.1
D+2.6
R+60.6
2,275
R
17.4%Clinton389
76.2%Trump1,699
6.4%
R+58.7
R+8.6
R+60.8
2,230
R
23.5%Obama511
73.7%Romney1,600
2.8%
R+50.2
R+12.3
R+54.0
2,171
R
29.3%Obama478
67.1%McCain1,095
3.6%
R+37.8
R+12.0
R+45.1
1,631
R
36.0%Kerry610
61.9%Bush1,048
2.1%
R+25.9
—
R+23.4
1,693
Mena anchors a rural mountain district where forestry and small manufacturing shape the workforce. Polk County has voted Republican by double-digit margins in every presidential race since 2000.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 60.9 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 4.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 60.9 points.
A population of 5,582, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $47,428 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Opp and Dayton.
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, Mena, Arkansas voted Republican by 60.9 points (R+60.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,106 votes cast, 384 went Democratic and 1,666 went Republican.
How many people live in Mena, Arkansas?
Mena, Arkansas has a population of 5,582 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Mena, Arkansas?
Median household income in Mena, Arkansas is $47,428 — below the national median of $80,734. The Arkansas state median is $60,773.
What is the political history of Mena, Arkansas?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Mena, Arkansas from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
