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1876–2024
Chicot County, Arkansas
Chicot County·Arkansas

Chicot County has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.

Arkansas's southernmost county bucks the state's dominant trend

18762024·38 elections
Chicot County, Arkansas · Brandonrush · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+4
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
9,765
2024 ACS
Most similar
St. Francis County
AR · similarity 0.99
7 precincts · 3,490 votes cast
Harris · D+4
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+4.0%
1,7961,6583,490
2020D
+12.4%
2,2601,7524,103
2016D
+15.5%
2,3501,7164,101
2012D
+22.4%
2,6491,6704,361
2008D
+17.7%
3,0432,1195,208
2004D
+26.7%
2,9931,7254,757
2000D
+28.2%
2,8201,5644,452
1996D
+46.2%
3,0901,0564,398
1992D
+44.4%
3,5041,2425,099
1988D
+12.1%
2,4261,9014,346
1984D
+15.3%
3,4072,5025,927
1980D
+20.9%
3,4452,2395,776
1976D
+40.9%
3,8681,6215,495
1972R
−32.1%
1,4692,8584,333
1968D
+30.6%
2,5958655,647
1964D
+19.3%
2,9161,9724,903
1960D
+27.0%
1,8039793,051
1956D
+35.6%
2,2731,0433,455
1952D
+34.6%
2,4581,1913,663
1948D
+42.5%
9522031,762
1944D
+70.2%
1,5522701,826
1940D
+81.5%
1,5921611,755
1936D
+87.6%
1,145751,221
1932D
+88.9%
1,680981,780
1928D
+39.2%
1,0214451,468
1924D
+36.5%
7083251,050
1920D
+28.7%
8874891,386
1916D
+9.2%
5704741,044
1912D
+39.4%
41989838
1908R
−19.0%
4386441,087
1904D
+5.1%
5494961,045
1900R
−22.6%
269430713
1896D
+21.1%
418258760
1892R
−30.0%
3616851,081
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
42.6%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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.
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
Baptist
33.1%
Other Christian
7.8%
Methodist
7.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.4%
Catholic & Orthodox
3.1%
Mainline Protestant
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 44.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Chicot County, hugging the Mississippi River at Arkansas's southern tip, returned a Democratic margin in 2024 even as most of the state moved sharply the other way — a pattern rooted in its majority-Black population and Delta agricultural economy.

The Democratic margin in Chicot County reached its widest at eighty-nine points in 1932. The margin in 2024 was four points — still decisive.

Chicot County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $39,045, a 40% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 9,765 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of St. Francis County and Clay County.