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State House District 11·Arkansas

Arkansas 11th State House District voted Democratic for a century; it now votes Republican by 25 points.

One of Arkansas's most reliably Republican legislative seats

18762024·38 elections
AR
Latest
R+25
in 2024
Archetype
Old Confederacy
since the recent cycles
Population
11,966
2024 ACS

Arkansas 11th State House District, Arkansas: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+25%. Democratic peak: D+65 in 1896.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+25MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
Population
11,9662024 5-year
Median household income
$91,1992024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
60.6%2024 5-year
Black
1.9%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
18.5%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+65 in 1896MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+54 in 1972MIT Election Lab
2 counties · 0 D · 2 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−25.1%
1,8083,0685,013
R
−24.3%
1,7032,8444,692
R
−32.9%
1,1492,3523,654
R
−37.8%
9352,1233,140
R
−34.0%
9631,9903,017
R
−35.1%
8651,8182,715
R
−30.5%
7131,3672,143
R
−12.4%
7069331,828
R
−10.3%
6628441,759
R
−42.0%
3929721,381
R
−51.0%
3129781,307
R
−31.4%
3857651,210
R
−4.2%
473515991
R
−54.0%
178600781
R
−24.0%
174337678
D
+0.8%
248244493
R
−35.3%
154325484
R
−26.2%
155266424
R
−36.5%
149321471
D
+6.1%
133117264
R
−6.5%
116132248
D
+12.2%
10078181
D
+20.7%
10267169
D
+48.8%
15752215
R
−15.9%
94130227
D
+14.4%
9367181
D
+17.9%
11378195
D
+40.1%
12453177
D
+46.4%
9222151
D
+31.3%
12262192
D
+21.7%
7949138
D
+44.0%
11845166
D
+64.5%
14130172
D
+30.4%
10352168
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No data
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
11.7%
English
11.6%
Irish
8.6%
American
4.7%
Italian
2.1%
Scottish
2.1%
French
1.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
84.0%
speak English only
Spanish11.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.8%
Other Indo-European1.4%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
15.6%
Baptist
14.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
11.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.1%
Methodist
2.6%
Mainline Protestant
2.3%
Non-Christian
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

With a 2024 presidential margin of R+39, this district of roughly 30,000 residents sits firmly in the state's deep-red rural tier, where Republican candidates have faced little sustained electoral competition at any level.

The shift began with civil rights. 1968 marked the realignment in Arkansas 11th State House District, by a twenty-four points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at fifty-four points in 1972. The 2024 margin was twenty-five points.

The political shift has tracked, in Arkansas 11th State House District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 61% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $91,199, and a 8% poverty rate describe the demographic context.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State House District 11, Arkansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, State House District 11, Arkansas voted Republican by 25.1 points (R+25), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,013 votes cast, 1,808 went Democratic and 3,068 went Republican.
What is State House District 11, Arkansas's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State House District 11, Arkansas as a "Old Confederacy" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 14 times, Republican 20 times, and other 0 times.
When did State House District 11, Arkansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State House District 11, Arkansas voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in State House District 11, Arkansas?
State House District 11, Arkansas has a population of 11,966 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State House District 11, Arkansas?
Median household income in State House District 11, Arkansas is $91,199 — above the national median of $80,734. The Arkansas state median is $60,773.
What is the political history of State House District 11, Arkansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State House District 11, Arkansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 20 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.