Woodruff County, Arkansas

2024 results by precinct

20 precincts · 2,318 votes cast

Trump · R+32

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−32.5%	760	1,513	2,318
2020	R	−27.7%	856	1,543	2,476
2016	R	−9.1%	1,118	1,347	2,510
2012	D	+4.2%	1,340	1,227	2,685
2008	D	+7.5%	1,412	1,206	2,761
2004	D	+31.4%	1,972	1,021	3,026
2000	D	+30.2%	1,699	898	2,651
1996	D	+50.7%	2,044	598	2,852
1992	D	+54.7%	2,589	676	3,495
1988	D	+27.3%	1,924	1,097	3,034
1984	D	+10.1%	2,055	1,675	3,759
1980	D	+33.2%	2,452	1,204	3,756
1976	D	+56.3%	3,040	848	3,893
1972	R	−25.0%	1,183	1,989	3,222
1968	D	+17.8%	1,270	625	3,629
1964	D	+25.5%	2,307	1,366	3,693
1960	D	+37.3%	1,613	667	2,535
1956	D	+23.9%	1,630	992	2,675
1952	D	+42.2%	2,017	818	2,839
1948	D	+43.8%	1,008	207	1,829
1944	D	+66.1%	1,377	279	1,662
1940	D	+73.4%	1,280	193	1,481
1936	D	+70.2%	1,473	253	1,739
1932	D	+85.5%	1,864	135	2,022
1928	D	+44.0%	1,163	452	1,617
1924	D	+48.5%	762	254	1,047
1920	D	+5.2%	1,049	943	2,032
1916	D	+36.2%	935	438	1,373
1912	D	+25.3%	903	473	1,699
1908	D	+15.8%	1,046	752	1,862
1904	D	+19.0%	861	578	1,488
1900	D	+28.5%	990	549	1,546
1896	D	+40.7%	1,478	620	2,107
1892	D	+25.0%	1,407	827	2,319
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

1.7%

African American

19.9%

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: 45.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.2%

85+

1.8%

3.4%

75–84

4.7%

7.2%

65–74

7.5%

6.8%

55–64

6.6%

6.2%

45–54

6.1%

6.0%

35–44

6.6%

4.3%

25–34

3.4%

3.6%

18–24

4.0%

10.6%

5–17

6.2%

3.2%

1.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$48,158

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

Woodruff County$48,158

Arkansas$60,773

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

24.1%

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

26.5%

Methodist

8.1%

Other Christian

4.8%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.6%

Non-Christian

0.5%

Catholic & Orthodox

0.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Woodruff County sits in Arkansas's Mississippi Delta lowlands, where a shrinking, majority-rural population has shifted toward Republican margins exceeding 30 points in recent presidential cycles, reflecting broader realignment across the region's agricultural communities.

The 2016 election was the turning point, when the Republican candidate carried the county by nine points. The 2024 margin was thirty-two points, in line with the county's new direction.

The demographics suggest why. A population of 6,026, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $48,158 situate the county in the broader realignment patterns of recent cycles. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Quitman County and Monroe County.

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Woodruff County changed direction in the last decade.