Concordia Parish, Louisiana: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted R+29%. Democratic peak: D+98 in 1892.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+29MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 18,1742024 5-year
- Median household income
- $39,9432024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 55.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 39.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+98 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+34 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Webster Parish, LA · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Concordia ParishPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Concordia Parish, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +98.2% |
| 1896 | +85.8% |
| 1900 | +91.0% |
| 1904 | +94.1% |
| 1908 | +93.7% |
| 1912 | +88.4% |
| 1916 | +91.7% |
| 1920 | +93.9% |
| 1924 | +74.8% |
| 1928 | +63.3% |
| 1932 | +96.1% |
| 1936 | +90.3% |
| 1940 | +81.6% |
| 1944 | +65.8% |
| 1948 | +14.7% |
| 1952 | +6.0% |
| 1956 | −6.7% |
| 1960 | −7.2% |
| 1964 | +66.5% |
| 1968 | +13.5% |
| 1972 | −33.9% |
| 1976 | +0.5% |
| 1980 | −10.7% |
| 1984 | −29.4% |
| 1988 | −18.0% |
| 1992 | +11.6% |
| 1996 | +16.4% |
| 2000 | −12.4% |
| 2004 | −22.1% |
| 2008 | −20.0% |
| 2012 | −17.2% |
| 2016 | −24.9% |
| 2020 | −26.9% |
| 2024 | −29.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,698 | 4,974 | 7,755 | ||
| R | 3,177 | 5,550 | 8,828 | ||
| R | 3,272 | 5,477 | 8,872 | ||
| R | 3,833 | 5,450 | 9,380 | ||
| R | 3,766 | 5,668 | 9,527 | ||
| R | 3,446 | 5,427 | 8,980 | ||
| R | 3,569 | 4,627 | 8,499 | ||
| D | 4,565 | 3,134 | 8,715 | ||
| D | 4,283 | 3,223 | 9,148 | ||
| R | 3,461 | 5,037 | 8,761 | ||
| R | 3,332 | 6,177 | 9,692 | ||
| R | 3,956 | 4,933 | 9,102 | ||
| D | 3,892 | 3,849 | 7,912 | ||
| R | 2,142 | 4,521 | 7,023 | ||
| O | 1,983 | 974 | 7,499 | ||
| D | 4,022 | 809 | 4,831 | ||
| O | 768 | 1,009 | 3,331 | ||
| R | 699 | 841 | 2,116 | ||
| D | 1,252 | 1,110 | 2,362 | ||
| O | 329 | 98 | 1,567 | ||
| D | 974 | 201 | 1,175 | ||
| D | 1,173 | 119 | 1,292 | ||
| D | 1,152 | 58 | 1,211 | ||
| D | 999 | 20 | 1,019 | ||
| D | 591 | 133 | 724 | ||
| D | 319 | 46 | 365 | ||
| D | 380 | 12 | 392 | ||
| D | 264 | 10 | 277 | ||
| D | 205 | 6 | 225 | ||
| D | 288 | 4 | 303 | ||
| D | 209 | 2 | 220 | ||
| D | 362 | 17 | 379 | ||
| D | 1,085 | 80 | 1,172 | ||
| D | 3,593 | 33 | 3,626 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
7.5%
Irish
6.8%
American
6.3%
French
3.7%
German
3.0%
Italian
1.5%
Scottish
0.7%
African American
31.3%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
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: 38.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$39,943
Concordia Parish ranks in the bottom 5% of US counties.
Concordia Parish$39,943
Louisiana$60,756
United States$80,734
Concordia Parish ranks in the bottom 5% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
31.8%
Nearly half of children live in poverty.
Children under 1843.4%
Working age (18–64)28.1%
Seniors (65+)27.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.5%
speak English only
Spanish2.5%
Other Indo-European0.9%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 51.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Concordia Parish sits along the Mississippi in central Louisiana, with a population just above 20,000 that has trended toward lopsided Republican presidential margins since the early 2000s, reflecting broader rural realignment across the Deep South.
The Democratic margin here reached ninety-eight points in 1892. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-nine points. The recent movement, modest against a deep Democratic baseline, mirrors a broader rightward drift across the Black Belt.
The economic context is part of the story: a median household income of $39,943 and a 32% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Webster Parish and Columbia County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Concordia Parish, Louisiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Concordia Parish, Louisiana voted Republican by 29.3 points (R+29), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 7,755 votes cast, 2,698 went Democratic and 4,974 went Republican.
What is Concordia Parish, Louisiana's political typology?
Akashic places Concordia Parish, Louisiana in the "Black Belt" typology — Black-majority counties of the rural South — long the most Democratic ground in the region, now trending Republican at the margins. 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 county has voted Democratic 19 times, Republican 12 times, and other 3 times.
When did Concordia Parish, Louisiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Concordia Parish, Louisiana voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Concordia Parish, Louisiana?
Concordia Parish, Louisiana has a population of 18,174 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Concordia Parish, Louisiana?
Median household income in Concordia Parish, Louisiana is $39,943 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Concordia Parish, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Concordia Parish, Louisiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 12 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.