East Carroll Parish, Louisiana: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted D+18%. Democratic peak: D+98 in 1904.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+18MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 7,0722024 5-year
- Median household income
- $33,3412024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 28.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 62.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+98 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+6 in 1960MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Bolivar County, MS · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of East Carroll ParishPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for East Carroll 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 | +94.7% |
| 1896 | +11.3% |
| 1900 | +91.3% |
| 1904 | +98.1% |
| 1908 | +93.5% |
| 1912 | +84.0% |
| 1916 | +97.3% |
| 1920 | +93.7% |
| 1924 | +59.2% |
| 1928 | +54.1% |
| 1932 | +93.8% |
| 1936 | +79.0% |
| 1940 | +58.3% |
| 1944 | +44.3% |
| 1948 | +18.8% |
| 1952 | +9.6% |
| 1956 | +9.7% |
| 1960 | −5.5% |
| 1964 | +69.9% |
| 1968 | +31.8% |
| 1972 | −2.1% |
| 1976 | +16.5% |
| 1980 | +9.8% |
| 1984 | +2.8% |
| 1988 | +7.9% |
| 1992 | +20.5% |
| 1996 | +33.5% |
| 2000 | +18.4% |
| 2004 | +18.4% |
| 2008 | +28.5% |
| 2012 | +24.2% |
| 2016 | +26.5% |
| 2020 | +27.0% |
| 2024 | +17.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 1,338 | 931 | 2,306 | ||
| D | 1,900 | 1,080 | 3,036 | ||
| D | 1,838 | 1,059 | 2,939 | ||
| D | 2,478 | 1,508 | 4,008 | ||
| D | 2,267 | 1,254 | 3,559 | ||
| D | 1,980 | 1,357 | 3,395 | ||
| D | 1,876 | 1,280 | 3,245 | ||
| D | 2,149 | 1,008 | 3,411 | ||
| D | 1,835 | 1,142 | 3,375 | ||
| D | 1,809 | 1,536 | 3,460 | ||
| D | 2,089 | 1,974 | 4,132 | ||
| D | 2,283 | 1,867 | 4,231 | ||
| D | 2,367 | 1,681 | 4,158 | ||
| R | 1,661 | 1,736 | 3,587 | ||
| D | 1,926 | 586 | 4,218 | ||
| D | 1,486 | 263 | 1,749 | ||
| O | 364 | 448 | 1,524 | ||
| D | 545 | 415 | 1,347 | ||
| D | 918 | 757 | 1,675 | ||
| O | 323 | 116 | 1,104 | ||
| D | 925 | 357 | 1,282 | ||
| D | 1,025 | 270 | 1,295 | ||
| D | 811 | 95 | 906 | ||
| D | 751 | 24 | 775 | ||
| D | 436 | 130 | 566 | ||
| D | 277 | 71 | 348 | ||
| D | 247 | 8 | 255 | ||
| D | 219 | 3 | 222 | ||
| D | 161 | 4 | 187 | ||
| D | 194 | 6 | 201 | ||
| D | 211 | 2 | 213 | ||
| D | 176 | 8 | 184 | ||
| D | 235 | 185 | 444 | ||
| D | 1,289 | 35 | 1,324 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
5.2%
French
3.3%
German
2.8%
Irish
2.8%
Italian
2.8%
English
2.4%
African American
50.3%
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: 37.1 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
$33,341
East Carroll Parish ranks in the bottom 5% of US counties.
East Carroll Parish$33,341
Louisiana$60,756
United States$80,734
East Carroll 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
35.2%
Nearly half of children live in poverty.
Children under 1853.1%
Working age (18–64)29.2%
Seniors (65+)29.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.3%
speak English only
Spanish2.6%
Other Indo-European0.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.1%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 73.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
East Carroll Parish sits in the far northeastern corner of Louisiana's Mississippi Delta, where a majority-Black population has kept the county in the Democratic column even as surrounding rural parishes shifted decisively Republican over the past two decades.
The Democratic margin here reached ninety-eight points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved nine points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was eighteen 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 $33,341 and a 35% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bolivar County and Lee County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did East Carroll Parish, Louisiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, East Carroll Parish, Louisiana voted Democratic by 17.6 points (D+18), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 2,306 votes cast, 1,338 went Democratic and 931 went Republican.
What is East Carroll Parish, Louisiana's political typology?
Akashic places East Carroll 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 31 times, Republican 1 times, and other 2 times.
When did East Carroll Parish, Louisiana last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which East Carroll Parish, Louisiana voted Republican was 1972.
How many people live in East Carroll Parish, Louisiana?
East Carroll Parish, Louisiana has a population of 7,072 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in East Carroll Parish, Louisiana?
Median household income in East Carroll Parish, Louisiana is $33,341 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of East Carroll Parish, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in East Carroll Parish, Louisiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 31 went Democratic and 1 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.