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State

Arkansas

Office (updates table and map)

President margin by year

Place winner margin

1892–2024 · D minus R

Full record · 1892 → 2024

2024StatewideR+30.6

75 counties by 2024 margin · County presidential returns

County results75 areas · 2024 President vote · select an area for its full record

PulaskiD+22.1Dem 92,038Rep 57,977Other 3,909Total 153,924JeffersonD+20.1Dem 12,802Rep 8,468Other 338Total 21,608PhillipsD+13.3Dem 2,754Rep 2,098Other 86Total 4,938ChicotD+4.0Dem 1,796Rep 1,658Other 36Total 3,490LeeD+3.5Dem 1,270Rep 1,181Other 69Total 2,520CrittendenD+2.3Dem 7,362Rep 7,028Other 291Total 14,681St. FrancisD+0.7Dem 2,953Rep 2,909Other 117Total 5,979DeshaR+4.8Dem 1,638Rep 1,805Other 62Total 3,505WashingtonR+6.7Dem 43,779Rep 50,243Other 3,136Total 97,158MonroeR+15.7Dem 1,002Rep 1,385Other 46Total 2,433OuachitaR+19.1Dem 3,412Rep 5,056Other 158Total 8,626ClarkR+20.5Dem 2,959Rep 4,526Other 172Total 7,657BentonR+27.0Dem 45,231Rep 79,907Other 3,457Total 128,595DallasR+29.4Dem 798Rep 1,482Other 44Total 2,324MississippiR+31.6Dem 3,574Rep 6,963Other 180Total 10,717CarrollR+31.7Dem 3,812Rep 7,470Other 256Total 11,538FaulknerR+32.3Dem 17,752Rep 35,357Other 1,356Total 54,465WoodruffR+32.5Dem 760Rep 1,513Other 45Total 2,318UnionR+33.5Dem 5,019Rep 10,196Other 233Total 15,448DrewR+33.8Dem 2,050Rep 4,203Other 112Total 6,365GarlandR+36.3Dem 13,015Rep 28,359Other 953Total 42,327ColumbiaR+36.5Dem 2,466Rep 5,367Other 107Total 7,940CraigheadR+37.4Dem 11,210Rep 25,152Other 880Total 37,242SebastianR+37.5Dem 13,652Rep 30,719Other 1,081Total 45,452LafayetteR+38.3Dem 698Rep 1,589Other 38Total 2,325BradleyR+39.0Dem 961Rep 2,213Other 35Total 3,209NevadaR+39.7Dem 849Rep 2,002Other 56Total 2,907HempsteadR+39.7Dem 1,776Rep 4,193Other 120Total 6,089SalineR+40.1Dem 16,609Rep 39,736Other 1,264Total 57,609ConwayR+40.3Dem 2,449Rep 5,893Other 199Total 8,541ArkansasR+44.1Dem 1,503Rep 3,951Other 93Total 5,547HowardR+46.7Dem 1,158Rep 3,246Other 69Total 4,473CrossR+47.6Dem 1,642Rep 4,753Other 139Total 6,534AshleyR+48.0Dem 1,774Rep 5,145Other 111Total 7,030JacksonR+48.7Dem 1,183Rep 3,509Other 83Total 4,775LincolnR+50.1Dem 813Rep 2,502Other 57Total 3,372MillerR+51.1Dem 3,769Rep 11,842Other 192Total 15,803JohnsonR+51.4Dem 2,107Rep 6,766Other 186Total 9,059Hot SpringR+52.2Dem 2,818Rep 9,226Other 239Total 12,283PopeR+52.2Dem 5,487Rep 18,118Other 586Total 24,191LonokeR+53.7Dem 6,790Rep 23,225Other 605Total 30,620Little RiverR+54.3Dem 1,084Rep 3,744Other 71Total 4,899BaxterR+56.8Dem 4,341Rep 16,253Other 360Total 20,954PerryR+57.5Dem 923Rep 3,559Other 102Total 4,584CrawfordR+58.2Dem 4,753Rep 18,615Other 466Total 23,834MadisonR+58.6Dem 1,491Rep 5,885Other 125Total 7,501IndependenceR+59.5Dem 2,689Rep 11,023Other 299Total 14,011Van BurenR+60.2Dem 1,437Rep 6,023Other 161Total 7,621MarionR+60.2Dem 1,501Rep 6,230Other 120Total 7,851YellR+60.7Dem 1,213Rep 5,147Other 117Total 6,477GreeneR+61.2Dem 2,935Rep 12,617Other 268Total 15,820WhiteR+61.2Dem 5,641Rep 24,514Other 682Total 30,837ClayR+61.6Dem 907Rep 3,968Other 92Total 4,967StoneR+61.7Dem 1,089Rep 4,808Other 133Total 6,030SevierR+61.7Dem 862Rep 3,772Other 80Total 4,714CalhounR+61.9Dem 379Rep 1,674Other 39Total 2,092FultonR+62.1Dem 906Rep 4,040Other 97Total 5,043LoganR+62.2Dem 1,464Rep 6,567Other 174Total 8,205FranklinR+62.4Dem 1,232Rep 5,582Other 157Total 6,971SharpR+62.7Dem 1,316Rep 5,978Other 143Total 7,437MontgomeryR+63.2Dem 645Rep 2,987Other 75Total 3,707PoinsettR+63.5Dem 1,235Rep 5,731Other 113Total 7,079RandolphR+63.7Dem 1,138Rep 5,367Other 131Total 6,636LawrenceR+64.0Dem 965Rep 4,608Other 119Total 5,692NewtonR+64.2Dem 644Rep 3,063Other 63Total 3,770BooneR+64.9Dem 2,854Rep 13,968Other 290Total 17,112PrairieR+65.8Dem 524Rep 2,628Other 48Total 3,200IzardR+65.9Dem 949Rep 4,854Other 122Total 5,925ClevelandR+67.6Dem 524Rep 2,804Other 46Total 3,374CleburneR+67.9Dem 1,941Rep 10,595Other 203Total 12,739GrantR+68.9Dem 1,192Rep 6,755Other 131Total 8,078PolkR+70.5Dem 1,145Rep 6,987Other 156Total 8,288SearcyR+72.2Dem 511Rep 3,305Other 53Total 3,869PikeR+73.1Dem 560Rep 3,746Other 52Total 4,358ScottR+73.5Dem 425Rep 2,913Other 46Total 3,384

People and households

Who lives here

Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.

Race · ethnicity · ancestry

Communities and origins

English12.3%9.5%

German9.2%12.5%

Irish8.9%9.4%

American7.5%5.3%

Scottish1.8%1.3%

Italian1.4%4.8%

French1.3%1.6%

Scotch-Irish0.6%—

African American†13.5%9.9%

African0.9%0.5%

Mexican6.3%11.3%

Salvadoran0.9%0.7%

Guatemalan0.4%0.5%

Puerto Rican0.3%1.8%

Honduran0.2%0.3%

Asian Indian0.4%1.4%

Vietnamese0.2%0.6%

Filipino0.2%0.9%

Marshallese0.3%—

Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.

Age and life stage

Measure	Arkansas	United States
Median age	38.8	39.1
Age 18–24	9.4%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	17.5%	17.2%

Household economy

Measure	Arkansas	United States
Median household income	$60,773	$84,427
Poverty rate	16.0%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	26.0%	35.6%

Housing and tenure

Measure	Arkansas	United States
Owner-occupied homes	66.4%	65.2%
Renter-occupied homes	33.6%	34.8%
Median home value	$188,000	$332,700
Median gross rent (monthly)	$947	$1,413
Renters paying 30%+ of income	44.8%	51.1%
Vacant housing units	13.5%	10.1%

Getting to work

Measure	Arkansas	United States
Mean commute	22.5 min	26.4 min
Commutes 60 minutes or more	5.6%	8.6%
Drives alone to work	78.9%	68.8%
Takes public transit	0.3%	3.2%
Works from home	8.8%	15.1%

Languages at home

Measure	Arkansas	United States
Speaks a non-English language at home	8.3%	22.3%
Spanish	6.2%	13.6%

Religious landscape

Measure	Arkansas	United States
Catholic	5.2%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	38.2%	16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted	42.5%	51.5%
Mainline Protestant	5.5%	5.2%
Black Protestant	6.2%	2.2%

Origins and service

Measure	Arkansas	United States
Foreign-born residents	5.4%	14.1%
Naturalized citizens	1.9%	7.4%
Not U.S. citizens	3.6%	6.8%
Veterans (18+)	7.4%	6.2%
Income inequality (Gini)	0.479	0.483

American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations · American Community Survey 2024 — housing and tenure (B25003, B25002, B25077, B25064, B25070), commuting (B08013, B08303, B08301), origins and service (B05002, B21001, B19083).

President results by year

2024 turnout 52.7% of 2,245,940 citizens 18+

HarrisDemocratic33.6%396,905TrumpRepublican64.2%759,241KennedyOther1.1%13,255

R+30.6

Lead: 362,336
Total: 1,182,676
vs nation: R+29.2
Turnout: 52.7%

BidenDemocratic34.8%423,932TrumpRepublican62.4%760,647JorgensenLibertarian1.1%13,133

R+27.6

Lead: 336,715
Total: 1,219,069
vs nation: R+32.1
Turnout: 54.9%

ClintonDemocratic34.7%380,494TrumpRepublican62.5%684,872JohnsonLibertarian2.7%29,829

R+27.8

Lead: 304,378
Total: 1,095,195
vs nation: R+29.9
Turnout: 50.3%

ObamaDemocratic36.9%394,409RomneyRepublican60.6%647,744JohnsonLibertarian1.5%16,276

R+23.7

Lead: 253,335
Total: 1,069,468
vs nation: R+27.5
Turnout: —

ObamaDemocratic38.9%422,310MccainRepublican58.7%638,017NaderIndependent1.2%12,882

R+19.9

Lead: 215,707
Total: 1,086,617
vs nation: R+27.1
Turnout: —

KerryDemocratic44.5%469,953BushRepublican54.3%572,898NaderPopulist0.6%6,171

R+9.8

Lead: 102,945
Total: 1,054,945
vs nation: R+7.3
Turnout: —

GoreDemocratic45.9%422,768BushRepublican51.3%472,940NaderGreen1.5%13,421

R+5.4

Lead: 50,172
Total: 921,781
vs nation: R+6.0
Turnout: —

ClintonDemocratic53.7%475,171DoleRepublican36.8%325,416PerotReform Party7.9%69,884

D+16.9

Lead: 149,755
Total: 884,262
vs nation: D+8.4
Turnout: —

In 1992 Arkansas gave its governor, Bill Clinton, 53.2 percent of its vote — the only state where either party cleared a majority in a three-way race that drew 19 percent nationally to Ross Perot. It was the peak of a home-state advantage that ran deep: Clinton carried Arkansas by 17.7 points that year and by 16.9 again in 1996, both times well ahead of his national margin. For a Southern Democrat at the top of the ticket, Arkansas was the surest ground in the country.

It did not hold. The year Clinton left the White House, Arkansas voted Republican for president, and it has every cycle since — George W. Bush by 5.4 points in 2000, then a steady climb to Donald Trump’s 30.6 in 2024, a 48-point swing in the margin in a single generation. Every one of the state’s seven statewide constitutional offices, both U.S. Senate seats, and all four U.S. House seats are now held by Republicans.

Underneath the politics, Arkansas is poor and heavily Protestant. Median household income was $60,773 in the 2024 ACS, 47th of the fifty states, and 26 percent of adults hold a bachelor’s degree, 48th. It ranks fourth in Evangelical adherents, at 38.2 percent, and its Black residents, 14.7 percent of the state, are concentrated in the Delta. In the northwest, Springdale holds the largest Marshallese community in the United States — Pacific Islanders drawn to poultry work since the 1980s.

current representation

Current officeholders

RSarah Huckabee SandersGovernor

RLeslie RutledgeLt. Governor

RTim GriffinAttorney General

RCole JesterSecretary of State

RJohn ThurstonTreasurer

RDennis MilliganAuditor

RTommy LandCommissioner of State Lands

RJohn BoozmanU.S. Senate+0.43

RTom CottonU.S. Senate+0.58

U.S. House4 seats · R 4

RAR-01Rick Crawford

RAR-02French Hill

RAR-03Steve Womack

RAR-04Bruce Westerman

Statewide officers curated as of 2026-06-27 (Arkansas Secretary of State / Ballotpedia); U.S. delegation from Voteview HSall_members.csv.

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