Perry County, Arkansas

2024 results by precinct

17 precincts · 4,584 votes cast

Trump · R+58

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−57.5%	923	3,559	4,584
2020	R	−53.3%	1,012	3,479	4,627
2016	R	−47.0%	1,049	3,008	4,170
2012	R	−35.4%	1,187	2,581	3,938
2008	R	−32.5%	1,352	2,743	4,279
2004	R	−11.6%	1,921	2,435	4,431
2000	R	−11.6%	1,648	2,114	4,007
1996	D	+21.0%	1,873	1,143	3,482
1992	D	+21.2%	1,906	1,162	3,504
1988	R	−5.0%	1,470	1,627	3,128
1984	R	−18.5%	1,404	2,047	3,480
1980	D	+4.6%	1,606	1,459	3,186
1976	D	+47.0%	2,310	832	3,142
1972	R	−28.1%	810	1,445	2,262
1968	R	−4.6%	634	740	2,290
1964	D	+11.4%	1,320	1,048	2,387
1960	D	+20.8%	789	501	1,385
1956	D	+11.3%	719	572	1,304
1952	D	+22.9%	802	502	1,310
1948	D	+48.6%	731	201	1,091
1944	D	+42.7%	710	285	995
1940	D	+58.3%	783	206	990
1936	D	+56.6%	899	249	1,148
1932	D	+83.0%	1,347	123	1,474
1928	D	+14.6%	636	474	1,113
1924	D	+15.9%	386	260	790
1920	D	+10.7%	738	592	1,367
1916	D	+37.9%	975	439	1,414
1912	D	+37.2%	522	163	965
1908	D	+14.5%	608	445	1,123
1904	D	+14.1%	477	356	860
1900	D	+21.8%	459	293	762
1896	D	+51.2%	678	217	901
1892	D	+20.5%	480	302	868
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

2.5%

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: 43.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.2%

85+

1.1%

2.8%

75–84

3.4%

5.9%

65–74

6.7%

7.2%

55–64

7.5%

6.7%

45–54

6.0%

6.3%

35–44

6.4%

5.1%

25–34

5.3%

3.6%

18–24

3.0%

9.0%

5–17

8.3%

2.3%

2.2%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$55,764

Perry County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Perry County$55,764

Arkansas$60,773

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

14.2%

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

31.3%

Catholic & Orthodox

5.6%

Methodist

5.5%

Other Christian

2.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 52.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Perry County's 2024 presidential margin of R+57.5 places it among the most one-sided rural counties in the state, reflecting a broader shift in the Arkansas Ozark foothills toward overwhelming Republican preference over the past two decades.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Perry County peaked at eighty-three 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 twelve points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Perry County's median household income of $55,764 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cleveland County and Evangeline Parish.

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