Stone County, Arkansas

2024 results by precinct

18 precincts · 6,030 votes cast

Trump · R+62

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−61.7%	1,089	4,808	6,030
2020	R	−57.9%	1,180	4,616	5,938
2016	R	−54.7%	1,203	4,113	5,316
2012	R	−45.2%	1,356	3,776	5,354
2008	R	−36.4%	1,598	3,534	5,324
2004	R	−16.8%	2,255	3,188	5,549
2000	R	−11.9%	2,043	2,623	4,860
1996	D	+15.8%	2,227	1,526	4,441
1992	D	+18.9%	2,622	1,672	5,039
1988	R	−11.6%	1,728	2,186	3,962
1984	R	−16.6%	1,654	2,325	4,045
1980	D	+4.4%	1,968	1,793	3,975
1976	D	+45.5%	2,718	1,014	3,747
1972	R	−34.9%	958	1,989	2,952
1968	R	−10.8%	698	987	2,664
1964	D	+18.5%	1,374	942	2,340
1960	R	−3.2%	897	959	1,943
1956	D	+7.4%	756	651	1,411
1952	R	−10.0%	573	700	1,274
1948	D	+28.2%	1,186	644	1,919
1944	D	+3.7%	592	549	1,154
1940	D	+22.5%	644	406	1,057
1936	D	+35.4%	521	248	772
1932	D	+60.4%	1,100	261	1,390
1928	D	+11.3%	628	499	1,144
1924	D	+27.1%	386	210	650
1920	D	+15.9%	516	367	935
1916	D	+39.2%	682	298	980
1912	D	+36.6%	337	113	612
1908	D	+28.6%	496	267	801
1904	D	+8.1%	277	233	540
1900	D	+37.9%	520	231	763
1896	D	+61.3%	728	172	907
1892	D	+49.9%	449	150	599
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%

Irish

1.0%

English

0.5%

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

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: 49.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.0%

85+

2.3%

4.7%

75–84

4.5%

7.8%

65–74

8.1%

7.4%

55–64

7.7%

5.4%

45–54

5.7%

5.4%

35–44

4.7%

4.6%

25–34

4.7%

3.5%

18–24

3.1%

7.6%

5–17

7.3%

2.6%

2.2%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$40,943

Stone County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.

Stone County$40,943

Arkansas$60,773

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

19.3%

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

32.8%

Other Christian

10.0%

Methodist

3.5%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.1%

Mainline Protestant

1.2%

Catholic & Orthodox

0.8%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Stone County's R+61.7 margin in 2024 places it among the most Republican-leaning counties in the state. Its sparse Ozark hill-country population of roughly 11,500 has shifted steadily toward single-party dominance over the past two decades.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Stone County peaked at sixty-one points in 1896; 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. Stone County's median household income of $40,943 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Pike County and Miller County.

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