Benton County, Arkansas

2024 results by precinct

422 precincts · 128,595 votes cast

Trump · R+27

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−27.0%	45,231	79,907	128,595
2020	R	−26.4%	42,249	73,965	119,912
2016	R	−35.4%	28,005	60,871	92,747
2012	R	−40.4%	22,636	54,646	79,257
2008	R	−36.5%	23,331	51,124	76,073
2004	R	−37.9%	20,756	46,571	68,121
2000	R	−32.7%	17,277	34,838	53,646
1996	R	−14.3%	17,205	23,748	45,768
1992	R	−12.4%	15,774	21,126	43,279
1988	R	−43.7%	9,399	24,295	34,110
1984	R	−53.1%	7,306	24,296	32,010
1980	R	−32.6%	9,231	18,830	29,440
1976	R	−5.7%	11,289	12,670	24,020
1972	R	−56.1%	4,083	14,621	18,778
1968	R	−24.7%	4,088	8,104	16,228
1964	R	−2.8%	5,655	5,977	11,662
1960	R	−36.4%	3,619	7,832	11,590
1956	R	−26.7%	3,744	6,500	10,305
1952	R	−37.9%	3,558	7,916	11,500
1948	D	+5.7%	3,281	2,911	6,513
1944	R	−7.2%	2,861	3,305	6,175
1940	D	+10.7%	2,442	1,962	4,473
1936	D	+18.1%	2,418	1,672	4,114
1932	D	+48.1%	3,775	1,275	5,198
1928	R	−15.9%	2,348	3,248	5,669
1924	D	+13.5%	2,313	1,694	4,573
1920	D	+18.9%	2,838	1,916	4,870
1916	D	+41.2%	3,106	1,293	4,399
1912	D	+47.1%	2,353	541	3,850
1908	D	+32.0%	3,067	1,527	4,806
1904	D	+22.2%	1,963	1,202	3,426
1900	D	+45.9%	2,980	1,087	4,123
1896	D	+67.1%	3,548	685	4,267
1892	D	+33.2%	2,587	1,212	4,138
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

African American

1.4%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 35.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

0.9%

1.8%

75–84

2.3%

3.8%

65–74

4.3%

5.2%

55–64

5.4%

6.2%

45–54

6.0%

7.8%

35–44

7.2%

7.5%

25–34

7.3%

4.2%

18–24

4.1%

9.6%

5–17

9.2%

3.4%

3.2%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$93,506

Benton County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.

Benton County$93,506

Arkansas$60,773

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

7.6%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Other Christian

16.0%

Baptist

13.8%

Catholic & Orthodox

10.6%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.3%

Mainline Protestant

2.3%

Methodist

2.3%

Non-Christian

0.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 51.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Benton County anchors the booming Bentonville metro, home to Walmart's global headquarters, drawing a wave of corporate transplants that has made it one of Arkansas's most populous and economically dynamic counties while sustaining deep-red margins.

The shift began with civil rights. 1952 marked the realignment in Benton County, by a thirty-eight points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at fifty-six points in 1972. The 2024 margin was twenty-seven points.

The political shift has tracked, in Benton County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 60% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $93,506, and a 8% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Knox County and Woodford County.

Most similar counties

Benton County voted Democratic for a century. The shift began with civil rights.