Yell County, Arkansas

2024 results by precinct

28 precincts · 6,477 votes cast

Trump · R+61

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−60.7%	1,213	5,147	6,477
2020	R	−58.5%	1,284	5,226	6,741
2016	R	−50.1%	1,480	4,608	6,245
2012	R	−38.8%	1,722	4,042	5,974
2008	R	−29.9%	2,003	3,808	6,036
2004	R	−11.5%	2,913	3,678	6,659
2000	R	−2.5%	3,062	3,223	6,479
1996	D	+24.7%	3,749	2,111	6,644
1992	D	+21.7%	4,165	2,506	7,643
1988	R	−12.2%	2,763	3,535	6,331
1984	R	−20.2%	2,679	4,051	6,802
1980	D	+7.2%	3,702	3,187	7,137
1976	D	+49.9%	5,785	1,932	7,717
1972	R	−33.0%	1,669	3,310	4,979
1968	R	−5.8%	1,513	1,819	5,281
1964	D	+38.0%	3,407	1,527	4,948
1960	D	+20.5%	2,008	1,303	3,433
1956	D	+18.5%	2,008	1,381	3,393
1952	D	+20.4%	1,884	1,243	3,144
1948	D	+60.2%	1,866	408	2,421
1944	D	+54.1%	1,642	489	2,132
1940	D	+81.6%	2,236	224	2,467
1936	D	+76.4%	2,382	318	2,700
1932	D	+75.9%	2,010	272	2,290
1928	D	+44.3%	2,086	802	2,901
1924	D	+56.2%	1,314	334	1,744
1920	D	+29.0%	1,925	1,042	3,046
1916	D	+45.8%	2,099	781	2,880
1912	D	+38.0%	1,401	436	2,538
1908	D	+23.5%	1,743	1,040	2,997
1904	D	+8.1%	1,079	913	2,060
1900	D	+32.0%	1,554	798	2,366
1896	D	+47.0%	2,261	812	3,085
1892	D	+46.3%	1,761	600	2,510
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

1.2%

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: 39.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

1.4%

2.0%

75–84

3.1%

5.1%

65–74

5.2%

7.4%

55–64

6.9%

5.9%

45–54

6.0%

6.5%

35–44

6.0%

6.3%

25–34

5.5%

3.9%

18–24

3.8%

9.0%

5–17

8.8%

3.4%

2.9%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$55,934

Yell County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Yell County$55,934

Arkansas$60,773

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

15.6%

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

23.3%

Other Christian

8.5%

Methodist

5.1%

Catholic & Orthodox

3.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.6%

Mainline Protestant

0.8%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Yell County, anchored by the Arkansas River Valley, recorded a 60-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, reflecting the deep-red realignment that has reshaped rural Arkansas over the past two decades.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Yell County peaked at eighty-two points in 1940; 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 two points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Yell County's median household income of $55,934 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Van Buren County and Johnson County.

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