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1876–2024
Pine Bluff, AR·Arkansas

Pine Bluff, AR has voted Republican for as long as anyone now living can remember.

Southeast Arkansas hub where majority-Black electorate shapes Jefferson County outcomes

1876 — 2024·38 elections
AR
Latest
D+8
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
72,255
2024 ACS

Pine Bluff, AR, Arkansas: Republican loyalist metro. In 2024, voted D+8%. Democratic peak: D+89 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+8MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Republican loyalistAkashic typology
Population
72,2552024 5-year
Median household income
$51,4772024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
41.9%2024 5-year
Black
52.0%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
2.6%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+89 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+26 in 1972MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
2 counties · 1 D · 1 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+8.2%
13,32611,27224,982
D
+11.3%
15,63212,38828,758
D
+16.7%
16,49511,71228,562
D
+21.1%
18,31511,83330,649
D
+18.9%
19,37613,10633,194
D
+26.2%
21,12512,22733,989
D
+28.6%
19,13010,44330,382
D
+46.0%
21,4427,32030,701
D
+42.9%
23,7128,65235,070
D
+12.5%
18,06813,98232,633
D
+8.8%
19,46016,28736,074
D
+22.1%
19,14811,82133,104
D
+45.8%
23,3218,68032,001
R
−25.6%
11,08018,72529,831
O
+16.4%
9,5325,17226,508
D
+11.9%
13,99310,99425,134
D
+26.7%
9,6585,12916,950
D
+10.0%
7,5756,16614,150
D
+19.7%
9,5486,40215,980
D
+48.9%
5,7651,2559,220
D
+49.0%
5,0551,7286,786
D
+76.2%
4,8186455,477
D
+88.5%
4,5022694,781
D
+85.5%
6,6885117,224
D
+17.7%
3,3012,3065,617
D
+42.2%
2,5638813,990
D
+38.5%
3,4791,5235,082
D
+48.2%
3,3011,1534,454
D
+35.2%
2,3448544,228
D
+12.4%
2,3561,8124,379
D
+13.7%
2,2241,6544,152
D
+11.9%
2,2391,7634,015
D
+38.5%
2,9221,2814,266
D
+30.1%
2,8191,4454,572
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
8.4%
Irish
4.5%
American
4.1%
German
3.6%
Scottish
0.9%
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.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 40.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.5%
85+
1.3%
2.6%
75–84
2.9%
5.2%
65–74
6.3%
6.5%
55–64
6.9%
6.0%
45–54
5.9%
6.2%
35–44
5.9%
6.8%
25–34
5.8%
5.1%
18–24
4.7%
8.0%
5–17
7.8%
3.0%
<5
2.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$51,477
Pine Bluff, AR ranks near the middle of US counties.
Pine Bluff, AR$51,477
Arkansas$60,773
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
18.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1823.5%
Working age (18–64)17.2%
Seniors (65+)12.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.1%
speak English only
Spanish1.8%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
42.4%
Other Christian
12.8%
Methodist
7.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.5%
Mainline Protestant
1.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
0.4%
Non-Christian
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 31.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Pine Bluff anchors a majority-Black metro whose voting patterns consistently diverge from the surrounding rural Delta counties, making Jefferson County a persistent Democratic enclave in an otherwise reliably Republican state.

The Republican margin in Pine Bluff, AR reached its widest at twenty-six points in 1972. The margin in 2024 was eight points, in line with the metro's deep historical pattern.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $51,477, a 42% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 72,255 together describe a metro whose political habits are deeply settled.

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Pine Bluff, AR, Arkansas — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/38220/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Pine Bluff, AR, Arkansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Pine Bluff, AR, Arkansas voted Democratic by 8.2 points (D+8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 24,982 votes cast, 13,326 went Democratic and 11,272 went Republican.
What is Pine Bluff, AR, Arkansas's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Pine Bluff, AR, Arkansas as a "Republican loyalist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 32 times, Republican 1 times, and other 1 times.
When did Pine Bluff, AR, Arkansas last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Pine Bluff, AR, Arkansas voted Republican was 1972.
How many people live in Pine Bluff, AR, Arkansas?
Pine Bluff, AR, Arkansas has a population of 72,255 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pine Bluff, AR, Arkansas?
Median household income in Pine Bluff, AR, Arkansas is $51,477 — below the national median of $80,734. The Arkansas state median is $60,773.
What is the political history of Pine Bluff, AR, Arkansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Pine Bluff, AR, Arkansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 32 went Democratic and 1 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Republican loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.