Washington County, Arkansas

2024 results by precinct

219 precincts · 97,158 votes cast

Trump · R+7

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−6.7%	43,779	50,243	97,158
2020	R	−3.9%	43,824	47,504	94,266
2016	R	−10.4%	33,366	41,476	78,202
2012	R	−16.3%	28,236	39,688	70,460
2008	R	−13.1%	29,021	37,963	68,380
2004	R	−12.7%	27,597	35,726	64,103
2000	R	−13.2%	21,425	28,231	51,459
1996	D	+2.1%	20,419	19,476	43,967
1992	D	+3.6%	22,029	20,292	47,880
1988	R	−30.1%	12,557	23,601	36,658
1984	R	−37.3%	11,319	24,993	36,698
1980	R	−24.0%	12,276	20,788	35,421
1976	D	+5.0%	15,610	14,132	29,834
1972	R	−42.2%	7,108	17,523	24,701
1968	R	−20.6%	6,131	10,640	21,863
1964	D	+19.4%	10,166	6,856	17,070
1960	R	−30.0%	5,391	10,088	15,679
1956	R	−22.4%	4,857	7,683	12,623
1952	R	−27.4%	4,923	8,650	13,611
1948	D	+9.0%	3,493	2,859	7,074
1944	D	+0.1%	3,089	3,084	6,201
1940	D	+22.2%	2,873	1,819	4,750
1936	D	+36.1%	3,378	1,579	4,977
1932	D	+52.6%	4,971	1,502	6,596
1928	R	−13.2%	2,395	3,132	5,567
1924	D	+20.0%	2,281	1,466	4,083
1920	D	+10.6%	2,637	2,118	4,879
1916	D	+28.5%	2,922	1,625	4,547
1912	D	+42.0%	1,881	565	3,137
1908	D	+22.2%	2,748	1,704	4,709
1904	D	+17.2%	1,978	1,369	3,536
1900	D	+31.7%	2,658	1,347	4,132
1896	D	+45.2%	3,208	1,197	4,445
1892	D	+12.7%	2,457	1,871	4,612
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

2.4%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

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: 32.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

0.6%

1.6%

75–84

2.2%

3.5%

65–74

3.9%

4.9%

55–64

5.0%

5.7%

45–54

5.4%

6.8%

35–44

6.6%

7.6%

25–34

7.2%

7.5%

18–24

7.3%

8.9%

5–17

8.3%

3.2%

3.0%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$70,639

Washington County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Washington County$70,639

Arkansas$60,773

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

14.6%

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

23.1%

Catholic & Orthodox

14.5%

Other Christian

12.0%

Methodist

4.9%

Mainline Protestant

2.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.5%

Non-Christian

1.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 40.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Washington County's large university-town population keeps its presidential margins closer than most of Arkansas, swinging between single-digit Republican advantages and occasional Democratic competitiveness over the past two decades.

The shift began with civil rights. 2000 marked the realignment in Washington County, by a thirteen points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at forty-two points in 1972. The 2024 margin was seven points.

The political shift has tracked, in Washington County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 63% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $70,639, and a 15% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Madison County and Hamilton County.

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Washington County voted Democratic for a century. The shift began with civil rights.