Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+28%. Democratic peak: D+96 in 1904.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+28MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 20,2172024 5-year
- Median household income
- $65,9612024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 61.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 32.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+96 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+28 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Assumption Parish, LA · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Pointe Coupee ParishPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Pointe Coupee Parish, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican 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 | +46.9% |
| 1896 | +30.1% |
| 1900 | +92.8% |
| 1904 | +96.1% |
| 1908 | +93.2% |
| 1912 | +54.7% |
| 1916 | +74.8% |
| 1920 | +48.0% |
| 1924 | +42.2% |
| 1928 | +85.8% |
| 1932 | +88.1% |
| 1936 | +84.9% |
| 1940 | +76.7% |
| 1944 | +68.2% |
| 1948 | +10.3% |
| 1952 | +8.2% |
| 1956 | +7.1% |
| 1960 | +55.4% |
| 1964 | +1.7% |
| 1968 | +30.5% |
| 1972 | −0.9% |
| 1976 | +32.8% |
| 1980 | +26.6% |
| 1984 | +10.2% |
| 1988 | +18.1% |
| 1992 | +26.0% |
| 1996 | +29.0% |
| 2000 | +10.2% |
| 2004 | +2.5% |
| 2008 | −9.5% |
| 2012 | −9.2% |
| 2016 | −17.2% |
| 2020 | −22.8% |
| 2024 | −27.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 4,132 | 7,319 | 11,570 | ||
| R | 4,683 | 7,503 | 12,371 | ||
| R | 4,764 | 6,789 | 11,761 | ||
| R | 5,436 | 6,548 | 12,147 | ||
| R | 5,516 | 6,702 | 12,435 | ||
| D | 5,712 | 5,429 | 11,271 | ||
| D | 5,813 | 4,710 | 10,832 | ||
| D | 6,835 | 3,545 | 11,332 | ||
| D | 6,512 | 3,563 | 11,322 | ||
| D | 6,308 | 4,333 | 10,930 | ||
| D | 6,732 | 5,477 | 12,287 | ||
| D | 6,395 | 3,667 | 10,263 | ||
| D | 5,147 | 2,567 | 7,876 | ||
| R | 3,133 | 3,192 | 6,853 | ||
| O | 3,139 | 850 | 7,497 | ||
| D | 2,327 | 2,247 | 4,574 | ||
| D | 2,953 | 674 | 4,112 | ||
| D | 1,542 | 1,332 | 2,958 | ||
| D | 1,385 | 1,174 | 2,559 | ||
| O | 402 | 198 | 1,979 | ||
| D | 1,436 | 271 | 1,707 | ||
| D | 1,877 | 247 | 2,124 | ||
| D | 1,419 | 116 | 1,535 | ||
| D | 1,027 | 65 | 1,092 | ||
| D | 1,330 | 102 | 1,432 | ||
| D | 369 | 146 | 528 | ||
| D | 407 | 143 | 550 | ||
| D | 301 | 37 | 353 | ||
| D | 304 | 55 | 455 | ||
| D | 653 | 23 | 676 | ||
| D | 505 | 10 | 515 | ||
| D | 586 | 22 | 608 | ||
| D | 773 | 410 | 1,207 | ||
| D | 893 | 323 | 1,216 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
French
19.2%
American
10.3%
Italian
8.3%
German
6.2%
English
4.0%
Irish
3.6%
Scottish
0.6%
African American
26.1%
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: 43.9 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
$65,961
Pointe Coupee Parish ranks near the middle of US counties.
Pointe Coupee Parish$65,961
Louisiana$60,756
United States$80,734
Pointe Coupee Parish ranks near the middle 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
16.5%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1822.6%
Working age (18–64)14.7%
Seniors (65+)15.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.7%
speak English only
Spanish1.8%
Other Indo-European1.4%
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 43.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Pointe Coupee Parish sits along the west bank of the Mississippi north of Baton Rouge, where a once-competitive Democratic stronghold has moved toward Republican margins exceeding 27 points in recent presidential cycles.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at twenty-eight points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved five points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-eight points.
A median household income of $65,961, a 17% poverty rate, and a 61% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Assumption Parish and Lincoln County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana voted Republican by 27.5 points (R+28), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 11,570 votes cast, 4,132 went Democratic and 7,319 went Republican.
What is Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana's political typology?
Akashic places Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana in the "Evangelical Deep South" typology — Deeply Republican, heavily Baptist counties of the Deep South. 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 26 times, Republican 6 times, and other 2 times.
When did Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana voted Democratic was 2004.
How many people live in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana?
Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana has a population of 20,217 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana?
Median household income in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana is $65,961 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 26 went Democratic and 6 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.