Lincoln County, Arkansas

2024 results by precinct

26 precincts · 3,372 votes cast

Trump · R+50

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−50.1%	813	2,502	3,372
2020	R	−43.8%	1,032	2,729	3,875
2016	R	−32.0%	1,252	2,455	3,755
2012	R	−20.8%	1,425	2,199	3,726
2008	R	−18.2%	1,710	2,513	4,406
2004	D	+5.5%	2,149	1,921	4,109
2000	D	+12.2%	1,957	1,526	3,546
1996	D	+43.9%	2,517	907	3,668
1992	D	+38.3%	2,805	1,142	4,347
1988	D	+17.1%	2,204	1,557	3,794
1984	D	+12.8%	2,406	1,860	4,272
1980	D	+33.1%	2,517	1,243	3,849
1976	D	+62.7%	3,045	699	3,744
1972	R	−35.0%	1,115	2,318	3,433
1968	D	+19.1%	1,209	488	3,781
1964	D	+27.3%	2,468	1,410	3,882
1960	D	+43.6%	1,780	626	2,646
1956	D	+35.3%	1,616	767	2,405
1952	D	+51.6%	1,871	595	2,472
1948	D	+43.4%	1,108	378	1,681
1944	D	+76.0%	1,034	141	1,175
1940	D	+79.7%	916	99	1,025
1936	D	+91.8%	913	39	952
1932	D	+92.7%	1,301	49	1,351
1928	D	+70.3%	869	151	1,021
1924	D	+53.3%	563	170	738
1920	R	−5.3%	888	988	1,885
1916	D	+30.2%	889	477	1,366
1912	D	+10.7%	390	292	920
1908	D	+39.6%	389	159	581
1904	D	+20.6%	544	352	931
1900	D	+33.5%	794	392	1,201
1896	D	+62.5%	1,026	236	1,265
1892	R	−16.0%	730	1,033	1,888
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%

Polish

3.1%

African American

22.2%

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: 40.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

0.7%

2.2%

75–84

2.9%

4.1%

65–74

4.4%

6.7%

55–64

4.9%

11.3%

45–54

4.0%

11.5%

35–44

4.4%

12.9%

25–34

5.4%

6.9%

18–24

1.5%

6.6%

5–17

5.2%

1.1%

2.8%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$51,778

Lincoln County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.

Lincoln County$51,778

Arkansas$60,773

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

15.4%

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

27.4%

Other Christian

7.4%

Methodist

2.7%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.4%

Catholic & Orthodox

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Lincoln County sits at the southeastern fringe of Arkansas's Gulf Coastal Plain, with a population under 15,000 that skews heavily rural. Its 2024 presidential margin of R+50 reflects a long-running realignment away from its historically Democratic roots.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Lincoln County peaked at ninety-three points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2008 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of eighteen points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Lincoln County's median household income of $51,778 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 Assumption Parish and Jackson County.

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