Ouachita County, Arkansas: Old Confederacy county. In 2024, voted R+19%. Democratic peak: D+83 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+19MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
- Population
- 22,0852024 5-year
- Median household income
- $49,2682024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 54.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 40.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+83 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+25 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Mitchell County, GA · similarity 0.96
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Ouachita CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Ouachita 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 | 3,412 | 5,056 | 8,626 | ||
| R | 3,995 | 5,294 | 9,629 | ||
| R | 4,321 | 5,351 | 9,769 | ||
| R | 4,633 | 5,521 | 10,315 | ||
| R | 4,346 | 5,427 | 9,960 | ||
| R | 5,188 | 5,345 | 10,650 | ||
| D | 5,464 | 4,739 | 10,395 | ||
| D | 6,635 | 3,136 | 10,609 | ||
| D | 7,411 | 3,711 | 12,415 | ||
| R | 5,229 | 6,297 | 12,043 | ||
| R | 5,858 | 6,700 | 13,089 | ||
| D | 7,152 | 4,329 | 12,208 | ||
| D | 8,946 | 2,753 | 11,699 | ||
| R | 3,931 | 6,620 | 10,562 | ||
| O | 4,603 | 2,209 | 11,843 | ||
| D | 7,056 | 3,572 | 10,698 | ||
| D | 5,169 | 2,439 | 8,192 | ||
| D | 5,188 | 2,819 | 8,129 | ||
| D | 5,936 | 2,171 | 8,136 | ||
| D | 3,315 | 476 | 4,818 | ||
| D | 3,154 | 473 | 3,628 | ||
| D | 2,951 | 284 | 3,240 | ||
| D | 2,808 | 262 | 3,070 | ||
| D | 3,118 | 432 | 3,557 | ||
| D | 1,582 | 1,051 | 2,633 | ||
| D | 1,318 | 952 | 2,312 | ||
| D | 1,307 | 1,141 | 2,474 | ||
| D | 1,405 | 970 | 2,375 | ||
| D | 913 | 793 | 1,875 | ||
| R | 1,166 | 1,505 | 2,699 | ||
| D | 1,083 | 974 | 2,077 | ||
| R | 1,120 | 1,143 | 2,278 | ||
| D | 1,366 | 1,029 | 2,406 | ||
| D | 1,305 | 630 | 2,146 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
7.3%
Irish
6.6%
American
4.3%
German
3.9%
Scottish
1.4%
Italian
1.1%
French
1.0%
African American
32.6%
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. 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: 43.8 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
$49,268
Ouachita County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Ouachita County$49,268
Arkansas$60,773
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
18.9%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1828.7%
Working age (18–64)15.5%
Seniors (65+)21.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.1%
speak English only
Spanish1.7%
Other Indo-European0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 0.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Ouachita County, anchored by Camden, has shifted from a competitive swing area to a reliably Republican-leaning county over the past two decades, reflecting broader realignment patterns across southern Arkansas's rural, majority-Black Delta-adjacent communities.
The shift began with civil rights. 2004 marked the realignment in Ouachita County, by a one points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at twenty-five points in 1972. The 2024 margin was nineteen points.
The political shift has tracked, in Ouachita County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 55% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $49,268, and a 19% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Mitchell County and Bienville Parish.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Ouachita County, Arkansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Ouachita County, Arkansas voted Republican by 19.1 points (R+19), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 8,626 votes cast, 3,412 went Democratic and 5,056 went Republican.
What is Ouachita County, Arkansas's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Ouachita County, Arkansas as a "Old Confederacy" county based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 22 times, Republican 11 times, and other 1 times.
When did Ouachita County, Arkansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Ouachita County, Arkansas voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in Ouachita County, Arkansas?
Ouachita County, Arkansas has a population of 22,085 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ouachita County, Arkansas?
Median household income in Ouachita County, Arkansas is $49,268 — below the national median of $80,734. The Arkansas state median is $60,773.
What is the political history of Ouachita County, Arkansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Ouachita County, Arkansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 11 went Republican. The county's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.