Van Buren County, Arkansas

2024 results by precinct

21 precincts · 7,621 votes cast

Trump · R+60

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−60.2%	1,437	6,023	7,621
2020	R	−56.9%	1,593	6,034	7,807
2016	R	−53.9%	1,549	5,382	7,113
2012	R	−39.4%	1,832	4,365	6,430
2008	R	−31.7%	2,151	4,276	6,703
2004	R	−9.2%	3,310	3,988	7,374
2000	R	−4.1%	3,202	3,485	6,984
1996	D	+17.3%	3,521	2,345	6,801
1992	D	+16.4%	3,819	2,612	7,361
1988	R	−15.4%	2,607	3,562	6,209
1984	R	−23.0%	2,529	4,060	6,659
1980	R	−1.9%	2,968	3,090	6,292
1976	D	+42.3%	4,004	1,624	5,628
1972	R	−24.3%	1,594	2,622	4,235
1968	R	−4.8%	1,149	1,325	3,698
1964	D	+23.4%	2,054	1,270	3,352
1960	D	+6.6%	1,158	1,009	2,267
1956	D	+1.3%	1,331	1,296	2,642
1952	D	+0.9%	1,559	1,530	3,102
1948	D	+34.2%	1,324	617	2,070
1944	D	+24.9%	1,090	655	1,747
1940	D	+45.3%	1,068	402	1,470
1936	D	+44.7%	1,422	541	1,969
1932	D	+55.2%	1,456	413	1,890
1928	D	+21.5%	1,539	994	2,537
1924	D	+33.7%	922	435	1,444
1920	R	−49.8%	440	1,388	1,902
1916	D	+26.3%	1,272	743	2,015
1912	D	+33.0%	674	254	1,274
1908	D	+8.3%	797	667	1,574
1904	D	+3.1%	578	542	1,174
1900	D	+14.2%	599	445	1,088
1896	D	+37.9%	846	374	1,246
1892	D	+23.3%	673	419	1,092
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%

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: 49.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.8%

4.2%

75–84

4.9%

7.5%

65–74

7.8%

55–64

8.3%

6.4%

45–54

5.7%

35–44

5.5%

4.2%

25–34

4.1%

3.1%

18–24

3.0%

8.7%

5–17

6.3%

2.1%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$50,354

Van Buren County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.

Van Buren County$50,354

Arkansas$60,773

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

19.1%

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

24.9%

Other Christian

18.0%

Methodist

4.1%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.7%

Catholic & Orthodox

2.3%

Mainline Protestant

1.0%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 47.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Van Buren County, nestled in the Arkansas River Valley foothills, recorded an R+60.2 margin in 2024, reflecting the rural, predominantly white demographic shift that has reshaped the Ozark-border counties over the past two decades.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Van Buren County peaked at fifty-five 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 four points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Van Buren County's median household income of $50,354 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 Sharp County and Obion County.

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