Hot Spring County, Arkansas

2024 results by precinct

32 precincts · 12,283 votes cast

Trump · R+52

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−52.2%	2,818	9,226	12,283
2020	R	−48.7%	3,082	9,202	12,557
2016	R	−43.5%	3,149	8,172	11,560
2012	R	−29.0%	3,830	7,097	11,260
2008	R	−24.4%	4,288	7,209	11,955
2004	R	−0.5%	5,901	5,960	12,065
2000	D	+4.4%	5,527	5,042	10,981
1996	D	+30.9%	6,002	2,864	10,155
1992	D	+30.8%	6,308	3,036	10,616
1988	D	+9.7%	5,090	4,181	9,405
1984	D	+1.8%	5,836	5,629	11,546
1980	D	+30.8%	6,897	3,561	10,817
1976	D	+56.2%	7,809	2,187	9,996
1972	R	−30.1%	2,872	5,378	8,333
1968	D	+4.4%	2,137	1,780	8,056
1964	D	+21.7%	4,543	2,911	7,522
1960	D	+29.4%	3,454	1,732	5,854
1956	D	+9.3%	3,525	2,923	6,502
1952	D	+30.6%	3,474	1,842	5,331
1948	D	+49.8%	1,932	555	2,764
1944	D	+31.6%	1,646	853	2,510
1940	D	+56.3%	1,730	482	2,217
1936	D	+55.9%	1,581	444	2,033
1932	D	+82.1%	2,542	237	2,806
1928	R	−6.0%	999	1,126	2,130
1924	D	+29.9%	793	392	1,340
1920	D	+7.5%	1,061	910	2,024
1916	D	+37.8%	1,429	645	2,074
1912	D	+34.9%	668	248	1,205
1908	D	+9.4%	833	686	1,566
1904	D	+5.8%	605	537	1,175
1900	D	+28.4%	763	423	1,198
1896	D	+63.2%	1,331	292	1,644
1892	D	+51.9%	1,025	277	1,441
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

8.9%

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 43.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.3%

85+

1.0%

3.0%

75–84

3.4%

5.6%

65–74

6.6%

7.1%

55–64

6.2%

7.7%

45–54

5.9%

6.5%

35–44

6.0%

7.6%

25–34

5.3%

4.6%

18–24

3.2%

7.3%

5–17

7.5%

2.5%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$55,405

Hot Spring County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.

Hot Spring County$55,405

Arkansas$60,773

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

15.1%

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

Baptist

33.1%

Other Christian

8.1%

Methodist

4.6%

Pentecostal & Holiness

4.1%

Catholic & Orthodox

0.4%

Mainline Protestant

0.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Hot Spring County's 2024 presidential margin of R+52.2 reflects a broader consolidation of rural Arkansas toward one party, a trend that has accelerated consistently since the early 2000s.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Hot Spring County peaked at eighty-two points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2004 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of zero points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Hot Spring County's median household income of $55,405 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Little River County and Conway County.

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For one hundred eight years, Hot Spring County voted Democratic. Then it stopped.