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1876–2024
Batesville, AR·Arkansas

Batesville, AR has voted Republican in seven straight presidential elections — R+59 in 2024.

A small Ozark hub where poultry industry jobs shape the workforce

1876 — 2024·38 elections
AR
LatestR+59in 2024
TypologyEvangelical Deep Southcluster typology
Population38,1752024 ACS

Batesville, AR, Arkansas: Evangelical Deep South metro. In 2024, voted R+59%. Democratic peak: D+73 in 1932.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+59MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
Population
38,1752024 5-year
Median household income
$56,6092024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
83.6%2024 5-year
Black
1.8%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
8.9%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+73 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+59 in 2024MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Batesville, AR
TrumpR+59
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How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican78.7%11,023
Kamala HarrisDemocratic19.2%2,689
OtherAll other candidates2.1%299
D+60
R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1876 to 2024. Most recent: −59.5% in 2024.flipped R · 2000−59.5%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892+30.7%
1896+56.9%
1900+31.1%
1904+17.1%
1908+21.9%
1912+37.0%
1916+44.6%
1920+17.3%
1924+38.1%
1928+13.5%
1932+73.1%
1936+50.7%
1940+41.9%
1944+19.7%
1948+41.9%
1952−0.3%
1956−0.4%
1960−2.9%
1964+28.5%
1968−6.3%
1972−31.7%
1976+42.4%
1980+5.5%
1984−25.3%
1988−18.9%
1992+22.2%
1996+19.1%
2000−8.6%
2004−15.3%
2008−37.1%
2012−43.9%
2016−53.6%
2020−58.2%
2024−59.5%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−59.5%
2,68911,02314,011
R
−58.2%
2,80611,25014,512
R
−53.6%
2,8819,93613,169
R
−43.9%
3,2818,72812,397
R
−37.1%
3,6888,25512,299
R
−15.3%
5,4437,43013,011
R
−8.6%
5,1466,14511,594
D
+19.1%
6,2404,02111,628
D
+22.2%
7,0834,23212,840
R
−18.9%
4,5236,63711,208
R
−25.3%
4,4157,42811,911
D
+5.5%
5,6835,07611,125
D
+42.4%
7,1162,8789,998
R
−31.7%
2,6305,0767,721
R
−6.3%
2,2892,7827,841
D
+28.5%
4,4552,4706,960
R
−2.9%
2,4872,6395,289
R
−0.4%
2,3162,3334,683
R
−0.3%
2,4852,4995,003
D
+41.9%
2,3408553,541
D
+19.7%
1,7791,1922,980
D
+41.9%
2,2769283,220
D
+50.7%
2,1016852,792
D
+73.1%
2,4273712,811
D
+13.5%
1,5111,1502,668
D
+38.1%
1,3135342,042
D
+17.3%
1,5461,0772,710
D
+44.6%
1,9877622,749
D
+37.0%
1,2254122,200
D
+21.9%
1,5299482,654
D
+17.1%
1,0527361,847
D
+31.1%
1,5267822,390
D
+56.9%
2,0895672,676
D
+30.7%
1,7928683,005
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Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
18.3%
German
11.4%
Irish
10.1%
American
8.5%
Scottish
2.4%
French
1.5%
Italian
1.2%
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.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 38.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
1.5%
2.5%
75–84
2.8%
4.9%
65–74
5.4%
6.1%
55–64
6.6%
6.1%
45–54
5.8%
6.3%
35–44
6.3%
5.4%
25–34
5.8%
5.0%
18–24
4.6%
9.1%
5–17
9.3%
3.5%
<5
2.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$56,609
Batesville, AR ranks near the middle of US counties.
Batesville, AR$56,609
Arkansas$60,773
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
20.4%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1829.7%
Working age (18–64)17.6%
Seniors (65+)14.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.1%
speak English only
Spanish5.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.6%
Other Indo-European0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
32.3%
Other Christian
26.6%
Methodist
6.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.3%
Catholic & Orthodox
2.0%
Mainline Protestant
1.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 27.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Batesville anchors Independence County along the White River, where food-manufacturing employment and a regional university create a workforce mix that tracks closer to rural Arkansas trends than to any urban pattern.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of seventy-three points in 1932 and a Republican high of fifty-nine points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty-nine points.

A population of 38,175, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $56,609 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Batesville, AR, Arkansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Batesville, AR, Arkansas voted Republican by 59.5 points (R+59), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 14,011 votes cast, 2,689 went Democratic and 11,023 went Republican.
What is Batesville, AR, Arkansas's political typology?
Akashic places Batesville, AR, Arkansas in the "Evangelical Deep South" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 20 times, Republican 14 times, and other 0 times.
When did Batesville, AR, Arkansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Batesville, AR, Arkansas voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Batesville, AR, Arkansas?
Batesville, AR, Arkansas has a population of 38,175 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Batesville, AR, Arkansas?
Median household income in Batesville, AR, Arkansas is $56,609 — below the national median of $80,734. The Arkansas state median is $60,773.
What is the political history of Batesville, AR, Arkansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Batesville, AR, Arkansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.