De Soto Parish, Louisiana: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted R+35%. Democratic peak: D+97 in 1916.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+35MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 27,0262024 5-year
- Median household income
- $48,5782024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 59.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 34.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+97 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+35 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- East Feliciana Parish, LA · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of De Soto ParishPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for De Soto Parish, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
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Harris +50Trump +50
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 | +69.0% |
| 1896 | +84.3% |
| 1900 | +96.4% |
| 1904 | +96.7% |
| 1908 | +91.9% |
| 1912 | +87.5% |
| 1916 | +97.0% |
| 1920 | +91.2% |
| 1924 | +80.6% |
| 1928 | +47.3% |
| 1932 | +93.0% |
| 1936 | +92.3% |
| 1940 | +86.3% |
| 1944 | +55.1% |
| 1948 | +12.5% |
| 1952 | −15.7% |
| 1956 | −21.3% |
| 1960 | −9.5% |
| 1964 | +51.8% |
| 1968 | +28.3% |
| 1972 | −19.9% |
| 1976 | +12.3% |
| 1980 | +14.6% |
| 1984 | −12.5% |
| 1988 | +3.3% |
| 1992 | +18.4% |
| 1996 | +25.6% |
| 2000 | −2.1% |
| 2004 | −10.5% |
| 2008 | −13.4% |
| 2012 | −13.8% |
| 2016 | −21.5% |
| 2020 | −24.8% |
| 2024 | −35.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 4,426 | 9,359 | 13,913 | ||
| R | 5,457 | 9,112 | 14,736 | ||
| R | 5,165 | 8,068 | 13,500 | ||
| R | 5,553 | 7,353 | 13,051 | ||
| R | 5,242 | 6,883 | 12,257 | ||
| R | 5,026 | 6,211 | 11,336 | ||
| R | 5,036 | 5,260 | 10,596 | ||
| D | 6,221 | 3,526 | 10,520 | ||
| D | 5,671 | 3,643 | 11,021 | ||
| D | 5,366 | 5,022 | 10,516 | ||
| R | 4,642 | 5,989 | 10,739 | ||
| D | 5,861 | 4,349 | 10,327 | ||
| D | 4,630 | 3,601 | 8,348 | ||
| R | 2,596 | 4,017 | 7,153 | ||
| O | 3,400 | 974 | 8,564 | ||
| D | 3,954 | 1,254 | 5,208 | ||
| O | 1,183 | 1,603 | 4,439 | ||
| R | 1,206 | 2,011 | 3,771 | ||
| R | 1,678 | 2,303 | 3,981 | ||
| O | 617 | 270 | 2,778 | ||
| D | 1,858 | 538 | 2,396 | ||
| D | 2,872 | 211 | 3,083 | ||
| D | 2,337 | 93 | 2,430 | ||
| D | 2,416 | 87 | 2,505 | ||
| D | 1,445 | 517 | 1,964 | ||
| D | 1,146 | 118 | 1,275 | ||
| D | 1,219 | 56 | 1,275 | ||
| D | 1,104 | 17 | 1,121 | ||
| D | 815 | 11 | 919 | ||
| D | 881 | 17 | 940 | ||
| D | 908 | 9 | 930 | ||
| D | 923 | 17 | 940 | ||
| D | 1,940 | 153 | 2,119 | ||
| D | 1,598 | 293 | 1,891 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
10.1%
American
9.4%
Irish
7.2%
German
4.2%
French
2.4%
Italian
2.0%
Scottish
0.9%
African American
27.8%
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: 40.0 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
$48,578
De Soto Parish ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
De Soto Parish$48,578
Louisiana$60,756
United States$80,734
De Soto Parish ranks in the bottom 25% 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
21.5%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1828.4%
Working age (18–64)18.8%
Seniors (65+)24.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.0%
speak English only
Spanish1.5%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 43.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
De Soto Parish sits in Louisiana's Ark-La-Tex corner, where an economy rooted in timber, oil, and agriculture correlates with some of the state's most lopsided presidential margins — Republicans carried it by roughly 35 points in 2024.
The Democratic margin here reached ninety-seven points in 1916. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved eleven points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was thirty-five 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 $48,578 and a 22% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of East Feliciana Parish and West Feliciana Parish.
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Frequently asked questions
How did De Soto Parish, Louisiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, De Soto Parish, Louisiana voted Republican by 35.5 points (R+35), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 13,913 votes cast, 4,426 went Democratic and 9,359 went Republican.
What is De Soto Parish, Louisiana's political typology?
Akashic places De Soto 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 20 times, Republican 11 times, and other 3 times.
When did De Soto Parish, Louisiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which De Soto Parish, Louisiana voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in De Soto Parish, Louisiana?
De Soto Parish, Louisiana has a population of 27,026 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in De Soto Parish, Louisiana?
Median household income in De Soto Parish, Louisiana is $48,578 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of De Soto Parish, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in De Soto Parish, Louisiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 11 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.