Nevada County, Arkansas

2024 results by precinct

19 precincts · 2,907 votes cast

Trump · R+40

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−39.7%	849	2,002	2,907
2020	R	−31.5%	1,076	2,133	3,358
2016	R	−26.4%	1,157	2,000	3,192
2012	R	−20.2%	1,314	1,996	3,384
2008	R	−16.2%	1,474	2,062	3,635
2004	R	−1.7%	1,694	1,752	3,477
2000	D	+1.9%	1,867	1,796	3,738
1996	D	+35.7%	2,279	976	3,650
1992	D	+26.0%	2,242	1,217	3,948
1988	D	+0.5%	1,732	1,714	3,459
1984	R	−13.7%	1,783	2,352	4,152
1980	D	+21.0%	2,631	1,697	4,440
1976	D	+45.4%	3,101	1,163	4,269
1972	R	−36.1%	1,179	2,513	3,692
1968	D	+11.9%	1,308	840	3,921
1964	D	+21.6%	2,190	1,406	3,625
1960	D	+24.3%	1,605	937	2,751
1956	D	+28.3%	1,871	1,039	2,943
1952	D	+31.0%	1,972	1,037	3,014
1948	D	+52.9%	1,140	202	1,772
1944	D	+53.0%	1,353	415	1,771
1940	D	+72.1%	1,399	224	1,630
1936	D	+71.7%	1,252	204	1,461
1932	D	+84.3%	2,358	197	2,564
1928	D	+13.5%	1,242	946	2,192
1924	D	+25.8%	719	386	1,291
1920	R	−2.8%	1,220	1,292	2,551
1916	D	+35.4%	1,376	657	2,033
1912	D	+22.1%	607	322	1,290
1908	D	+5.4%	890	784	1,964
1904	D	+1.9%	585	556	1,524
1900	R	−0.8%	732	744	1,569
1896	D	+55.8%	1,669	469	2,149
1892	D	+18.8%	1,132	645	2,586
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

25.3%

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: 44.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.0%

85+

2.9%

2.8%

75–84

3.0%

5.7%

65–74

6.2%

6.9%

55–64

7.4%

6.2%

45–54

7.7%

6.4%

35–44

5.2%

2.8%

25–34

3.8%

5.9%

18–24

3.8%

9.6%

5–17

7.2%

2.9%

2.5%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$53,886

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

Nevada County$53,886

Arkansas$60,773

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

20.3%

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

31.1%

Methodist

19.8%

Other Christian

8.5%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.8%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 36.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Nevada County sits in southwestern Arkansas's timber country, where a declining population and an aging rural demographic have pushed presidential margins steadily rightward, reaching nearly 40 points in 2024.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Nevada County peaked at eighty-four 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 two points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Nevada County's median household income of $53,886 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lafayette County and Bradley County.

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