Pope County, Arkansas

2024 results by precinct

55 precincts · 24,191 votes cast

Trump · R+52

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−52.2%	5,487	18,118	24,191
2020	R	−50.4%	5,772	18,081	24,432
2016	R	−51.5%	5,000	16,256	21,874
2012	R	−47.2%	5,126	14,763	20,439
2008	R	−43.3%	6,002	15,568	22,079
2004	R	−31.2%	7,100	13,614	20,902
2000	R	−24.8%	6,669	11,244	18,422
1996	D	+1.0%	8,433	8,243	18,840
1992	R	−2.0%	7,704	8,056	17,862
1988	R	−34.0%	4,941	10,084	15,123
1984	R	−35.2%	5,082	10,667	15,855
1980	R	−6.0%	6,364	7,217	14,230
1976	D	+31.5%	8,355	4,348	12,732
1972	R	−35.3%	3,302	6,917	10,244
1968	R	−8.6%	2,578	3,319	8,666
1964	D	+29.8%	4,972	2,651	7,780
1960	D	+3.3%	2,760	2,573	5,589
1956	D	+9.6%	2,753	2,267	5,045
1952	D	+15.4%	3,036	2,226	5,266
1948	D	+47.4%	2,525	764	3,716
1944	D	+43.4%	2,048	805	2,861
1940	D	+65.7%	3,765	770	4,561
1936	D	+76.9%	2,678	348	3,030
1932	D	+78.1%	2,391	280	2,702
1928	D	+27.2%	2,735	1,559	4,317
1924	D	+48.8%	1,581	479	2,256
1920	D	+29.4%	2,082	1,120	3,271
1916	D	+46.6%	2,148	783	2,931
1912	D	+46.6%	1,517	334	2,541
1908	D	+33.2%	1,664	811	2,570
1904	D	+24.7%	1,424	850	2,320
1900	D	+38.1%	1,871	835	2,722
1896	D	+50.1%	2,315	762	3,097
1892	D	+42.3%	1,840	679	2,745
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

1.8%

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: 37.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.2%

2.4%

75–84

2.8%

4.4%

65–74

5.0%

6.1%

55–64

6.2%

5.7%

45–54

5.5%

6.1%

35–44

6.2%

6.5%

25–34

6.6%

6.0%

18–24

5.5%

8.8%

5–17

8.4%

3.0%

2.8%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$57,344

Pope County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Pope County$57,344

Arkansas$60,773

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

16.9%

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

18.3%

Other Christian

15.3%

Pentecostal & Holiness

6.3%

Methodist

5.3%

Catholic & Orthodox

2.5%

Mainline Protestant

2.4%

Non-Christian

0.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Pope County's 2024 presidential margin of R+52.2 reflects a broad rural and small-city electorate centered on Russellville that has moved decisively toward Republican candidates over the past two decades.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Pope County peaked at seventy-eight 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 twenty-five points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Pope County's median household income of $57,344 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Crawford County and Fannin County.

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