Pike County, Arkansas

2024 results by precinct

11 precincts · 4,358 votes cast

Trump · R+73

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−73.1%	560	3,746	4,358
2020	R	−67.7%	644	3,519	4,246
2016	R	−63.1%	685	3,150	3,908
2012	R	−52.7%	851	2,847	3,788
2008	R	−41.3%	1,089	2,727	3,966
2004	R	−20.9%	1,310	2,013	3,367
2000	R	−16.9%	1,604	2,275	3,971
1996	D	+22.5%	2,362	1,401	4,263
1992	D	+14.0%	2,168	1,577	4,232
1988	R	−11.2%	1,681	2,105	3,797
1984	R	−29.7%	1,443	2,665	4,118
1980	D	+4.3%	2,094	1,916	4,097
1976	D	+39.1%	2,822	1,234	4,066
1972	R	−48.3%	798	2,316	3,143
1968	R	−13.6%	656	1,104	3,295
1964	D	+10.4%	1,531	1,241	2,787
1960	R	−0.8%	997	1,013	2,102
1956	D	+4.2%	985	905	1,903
1952	D	+21.7%	1,163	742	1,938
1948	D	+54.8%	997	256	1,351
1944	D	+36.5%	877	405	1,292
1940	D	+39.0%	974	424	1,409
1936	D	+55.6%	994	283	1,278
1932	D	+78.6%	1,480	176	1,659
1928	D	+5.5%	779	698	1,483
1924	D	+29.9%	732	378	1,184
1920	R	−4.0%	849	921	1,817
1916	D	+32.1%	1,178	605	1,783
1912	D	+24.2%	603	331	1,124
1908	R	−2.7%	568	601	1,203
1904	R	−8.4%	432	517	1,010
1900	D	+15.6%	566	413	979
1896	D	+57.7%	864	231	1,098
1892	D	+34.7%	656	231	1,226
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

0.5%

African American

2.6%

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. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 41.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.2%

2.9%

75–84

3.7%

5.9%

65–74

6.5%

6.6%

55–64

6.8%

6.6%

45–54

5.8%

5.6%

35–44

6.2%

5.7%

25–34

5.5%

4.0%

18–24

4.1%

8.1%

5–17

8.9%

2.7%

2.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$49,269

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

Pike County$49,269

Arkansas$60,773

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

20.7%

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

26.6%

Other Christian

20.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

4.8%

Methodist

3.6%

Catholic & Orthodox

1.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 43.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Pike County recorded an R+73.1 presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the most heavily one-sided rural counties in the state. Its sparse population and timber-economy roots reflect broader trends across the Ouachita uplands.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Pike County peaked at seventy-nine 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 seventeen points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Pike County's median household income of $49,269 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Stone County and Montgomery County.

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