---
title: "Latinos in the 2014 Election: Arkansas"
description: "This profile provides key demographic information on Latino eligible voters[1. Eligible voters are defined as U.S. citizens ages 18 and older. Eligible voters are not the same as registered voters. To cast a vote, in all states except North Dakota, an eligible voter must first register to vote.] and other major groups of eligible voters […]"
date: "2014-10-16"
authors:
  - name: "Anna Brown"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/fact-sheet/latinos-in-the-2014-election-arkansas/"
---

# Latinos in the 2014 Election: Arkansas

This profile provides key demographic information on Latino eligible voters[1. Eligible voters are defined as U.S. citizens ages 18 and older. Eligible voters are not the same as registered voters. To cast a vote, in all states except North Dakota, an eligible voter must first register to vote.] and other major groups of eligible voters in Arkansas.[2. The terms “Hispanic” and “Latino” are used interchangeably. References to other races and ethnicities are to the non-Hispanic components of those populations.] All demographic data are based on Pew Research Center tabulations of the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2012 American Community Survey.[3. This statistical profile of eligible voters is based on the Census Bureau's 2012 [American Community Survey](http://www.census.gov/acs/www) (ACS). The ACS is the largest household survey in the United States, with a sample of about 3 million addresses. The data used for this statistical profile come from the 2012 ACS Integrated Public Use Microdata Series ([IPUMS](http://usa.ipums.org/usa/)), representing a 1% sample of the U.S. population. Like any survey, estimates from the ACS are subject to sampling error and (potentially) measurement error. More information is available on [ACS sampling strategy](http://usa.ipums.org/usa/design.shtml) and [associated error](http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Downloads/data_documentation/pums/Accuracy/2012AccuracyPUMS.pdf).]

### Hispanics in Arkansas's Eligible Voter Population

[![Population and Electorate in the United States and Arkansas, 2012](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2014/10/PH-2014-10-election-fact-sheet-AR-01.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/fact-sheets/2014-state-election-fact-sheets/latinos-in-the-2014-election-arkansas/ph-2014-10-election-fact-sheet-ar-01/)

- The Hispanic population in Arkansas ranks 32nd in the nation.
- Arkansas’s population is 7% Hispanic, ranking 29th in Hispanic statewide population share nationally.
- There are 63,000 Hispanic eligible voters in Arkansas—ranking 34th in Hispanic statewide eligible voter population nationally. California ranks first with 6.4 million.
- Some 3% of Arkansas eligible voters are Hispanic, ranking 33rd in Hispanic statewide eligible voter share nationally. New Mexico ranks first with 40%.
- About one-third (32%) of Hispanics in Arkansas are eligible to vote, ranking Arkansas 47rd nationwide in the share of the Hispanic population that is eligible to vote. By contrast, 79% of the state’s white population is eligible to vote.

### Characteristics of Eligible Voters

[![Characteristics of Eligible Voters in Arkansas and the United States, 2012](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2014/10/PH-2014-10-election-fact-sheet-AR-02.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/fact-sheets/2014-state-election-fact-sheets/latinos-in-the-2014-election-arkansas/ph-2014-10-election-fact-sheet-ar-02/)

- **Age**. About one-third of Hispanic eligible voters in Arkansas (36%) are ages 18 to 29, roughly equal to the share of all Latino eligible voters nationwide (33%) in that age range. By contrast, only 21% of all Arkansas eligible voters and 22% of all U.S. eligible voters are ages 18 to 29.
- **Citizenship and Nativity.** Among Hispanic eligible voters in Arkansas, 30% are naturalized U.S. citizens, higher than the 25% of Hispanic eligible voters in the U.S. Just 2% of all eligible voters in Arkansas and 8% in the U.S. overall are naturalized U.S. citizens.
- **Hispanic Origin. **Hispanic eligible voters in Arkansas have a different Hispanic origin profile from Hispanic eligible voters nationwide. About three-quarters (77%) of Hispanic eligible voters in Arkansas are of Mexican origin, 5% are of Puerto Rican origin, and 18% claim other Hispanic origin. Among all Hispanic eligible voters nationwide, 59% are Mexican, 14% are Puerto Rican, and 27% are of some other Hispanic origin.
- **Educational Attainment. **About three-in-ten Latino eligible voters in Arkansas (28%) have not completed high school, double the 14% of all Arkansas eligible voters who have not completed high school and higher than the 23% of Hispanic eligible voters nationwide who have not completed high school.
- **Homeownership. **About half of Hispanic eligible voters in Arkansas (53%) live in owner-occupied homes, around the same as the share of all Hispanic eligible voters nationwide (56%). Greater shares of all eligible voters in Arkansas (68%) and all eligible voters nationwide (67%) live in owner-occupied homes.

### Characteristics of Eligible Voters in Arkansas, by Race and Ethnicity

[![Characteristics of Eligible Voters in Arkansas and the United States, by Race and Ethnicity, 2012](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2014/10/PH-2014-10-election-fact-sheet-AR-03.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/fact-sheets/2014-state-election-fact-sheets/latinos-in-the-2014-election-arkansas/ph-2014-10-election-fact-sheet-ar-03/)

- **Number of Eligible Voters.** White eligible voters outnumber Hispanic eligible voters in Arkansas by about 27 to 1, and black eligible voters outnumber Hispanics by about 5 to 1.
- **Age.** Latino eligible voters are younger than white and black eligible voters in Arkansas. Some 36% of Latinos are ages 18 to 29, compared with 19% of white eligible voters and 28% of black eligible voters.
- **Educational Attainment.** Hispanic eligible voters have lower levels of education than do white and black eligible voters in Arkansas. Some 28% of Hispanic eligible voters have not obtained a high school diploma, compared with 12% of white eligible voters and 19% of black eligible voters.
- **Homeownership.** Hispanic eligible voters (53%) are more likely than black eligible voters (47%) but less likely than white eligible voters (72%) to live in owner-occupied homes in Arkansas.