Faulkner County, Arkansas: Realigner county. In 2024, voted R+32%. Democratic peak: D+71 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+32MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 127,7172024 5-year
- Median household income
- $67,2892024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 78.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 11.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+71 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+32 in 2012MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Saline County, AR · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Faulkner CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Faulkner County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 17,752 | 35,357 | 54,465 | ||
| R | 18,347 | 34,421 | 54,428 | ||
| R | 14,629 | 29,346 | 45,650 | ||
| R | 13,621 | 26,722 | 41,460 | ||
| R | 14,955 | 25,362 | 41,179 | ||
| R | 14,538 | 21,514 | 36,686 | ||
| R | 11,950 | 16,055 | 29,216 | ||
| D | 12,032 | 10,178 | 24,123 | ||
| D | 13,000 | 9,491 | 25,215 | ||
| R | 7,302 | 10,678 | 18,279 | ||
| R | 7,169 | 11,595 | 19,043 | ||
| D | 8,528 | 7,544 | 17,073 | ||
| D | 11,423 | 3,904 | 15,343 | ||
| R | 4,604 | 6,746 | 11,350 | ||
| O | 3,756 | 2,791 | 10,922 | ||
| D | 6,116 | 3,259 | 9,417 | ||
| D | 3,820 | 2,426 | 6,609 | ||
| D | 3,428 | 2,399 | 5,860 | ||
| D | 3,461 | 1,995 | 5,470 | ||
| D | 2,653 | 626 | 3,597 | ||
| D | 2,332 | 897 | 3,239 | ||
| D | 2,535 | 519 | 3,066 | ||
| D | 2,521 | 511 | 3,044 | ||
| D | 2,749 | 437 | 3,243 | ||
| D | 2,659 | 992 | 3,664 | ||
| D | 1,436 | 536 | 2,132 | ||
| D | 1,971 | 1,148 | 3,251 | ||
| D | 2,031 | 817 | 2,848 | ||
| D | 1,316 | 402 | 1,990 | ||
| D | 1,771 | 740 | 2,643 | ||
| D | 1,073 | 764 | 1,907 | ||
| D | 1,191 | 682 | 1,911 | ||
| D | 2,044 | 556 | 2,614 | ||
| D | 1,499 | 1,200 | 3,020 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
12.1%
German
7.9%
Irish
6.9%
American
5.6%
Scottish
2.0%
Italian
1.3%
French
1.3%
African American
9.4%
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. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 34.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$67,289
Faulkner County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Faulkner County$67,289
Arkansas$60,773
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
14.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.8%
Working age (18–64)14.2%
Seniors (65+)16.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.1%
speak English only
Spanish3.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.7%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 44.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Faulkner County has added roughly 20,000 residents since 2010, driven largely by spillover growth from the Little Rock metro. That demographic shift has not disrupted its consistent pattern of lopsided Republican margins at the presidential level.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Faulkner County peaked at seventy-one points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2000 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of fourteen points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $67,289 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Saline County and Lonoke County.
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Faulkner County, Arkansas — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://akashic.app/county/05045/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Faulkner County, Arkansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Faulkner County, Arkansas voted Republican by 32.3 points (R+32), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 54,465 votes cast, 17,752 went Democratic and 35,357 went Republican.
What is Faulkner County, Arkansas's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Faulkner County, Arkansas as a "Realigner" county based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 23 times, Republican 10 times, and other 1 times.
When did Faulkner County, Arkansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Faulkner County, Arkansas voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Faulkner County, Arkansas?
Faulkner County, Arkansas has a population of 127,717 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Faulkner County, Arkansas?
Median household income in Faulkner County, Arkansas is $67,289 — below the national median of $80,734. The Arkansas state median is $60,773.
What is the political history of Faulkner County, Arkansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Faulkner County, Arkansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 23 went Democratic and 10 went Republican. The county's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.