St. Landry Parish, Louisiana: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted R+19%. Democratic peak: D+87 in 1904.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+19MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 81,6702024 5-year
- Median household income
- $44,4622024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 52.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 40.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+87 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+23 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Wilkinson County, GA · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of St. Landry ParishPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for St. Landry 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 | +10.6% |
| 1896 | +75.2% |
| 1900 | +70.0% |
| 1904 | +86.6% |
| 1908 | +70.2% |
| 1912 | +68.9% |
| 1916 | +5.8% |
| 1920 | +3.8% |
| 1924 | +58.3% |
| 1928 | +65.1% |
| 1932 | +85.4% |
| 1936 | +85.5% |
| 1940 | +83.8% |
| 1944 | +69.9% |
| 1948 | +4.5% |
| 1952 | −5.4% |
| 1956 | −7.1% |
| 1960 | +57.0% |
| 1964 | −3.9% |
| 1968 | +22.1% |
| 1972 | −23.2% |
| 1976 | +21.6% |
| 1980 | +6.7% |
| 1984 | −3.0% |
| 1988 | +9.3% |
| 1992 | +23.1% |
| 1996 | +23.6% |
| 2000 | +7.7% |
| 2004 | −0.4% |
| 2008 | −3.3% |
| 2012 | −4.3% |
| 2016 | −11.9% |
| 2020 | −14.1% |
| 2024 | −18.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 14,833 | 21,812 | 37,043 | ||
| R | 17,372 | 23,171 | 41,154 | ||
| R | 17,209 | 21,971 | 39,977 | ||
| R | 19,668 | 21,475 | 41,647 | ||
| R | 20,268 | 21,650 | 42,493 | ||
| R | 18,166 | 18,315 | 36,760 | ||
| D | 18,067 | 15,449 | 34,151 | ||
| D | 20,636 | 12,273 | 35,453 | ||
| D | 20,383 | 11,882 | 36,815 | ||
| D | 19,091 | 15,790 | 35,457 | ||
| R | 17,950 | 19,055 | 37,223 | ||
| D | 17,125 | 14,940 | 32,678 | ||
| D | 15,613 | 9,956 | 26,243 | ||
| R | 7,421 | 12,510 | 21,945 | ||
| O | 9,075 | 3,508 | 25,242 | ||
| R | 10,920 | 11,807 | 22,727 | ||
| D | 14,625 | 3,083 | 20,262 | ||
| R | 4,435 | 5,141 | 9,970 | ||
| R | 4,761 | 5,303 | 10,064 | ||
| O | 1,179 | 829 | 7,747 | ||
| D | 4,423 | 784 | 5,207 | ||
| D | 6,358 | 561 | 6,919 | ||
| D | 5,639 | 441 | 6,080 | ||
| D | 3,766 | 297 | 4,063 | ||
| D | 3,394 | 718 | 4,112 | ||
| D | 1,354 | 357 | 1,711 | ||
| D | 1,017 | 942 | 1,959 | ||
| D | 139 | 117 | 377 | ||
| D | 938 | 101 | 1,215 | ||
| D | 1,395 | 238 | 1,649 | ||
| D | 887 | 60 | 955 | ||
| D | 1,297 | 229 | 1,526 | ||
| D | 1,786 | 242 | 2,052 | ||
| D | 1,136 | 919 | 2,055 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
French
11.7%
English
4.7%
American
4.3%
German
3.6%
Irish
3.4%
Italian
1.6%
African American
32.1%
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: 37.8 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
$44,462
St. Landry Parish ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.
St. Landry Parish$44,462
Louisiana$60,756
United States$80,734
St. Landry Parish ranks in the bottom 10% 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
26.8%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1833.4%
Working age (18–64)23.9%
Seniors (65+)28.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
91.9%
speak English only
Other Indo-European5.4%
Spanish2.3%
Other languages0.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 31.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
St. Landry Parish sits in Louisiana's Acadiana region with a population that is roughly 47% Black, yet its 2024 presidential margin landed at R+18.8 — a pattern reflecting broader rural realignment that has reshaped once-competitive Cajun-country electorates.
The Democratic margin here reached eighty-seven points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved five points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was nineteen 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 $44,462 and a 27% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Wilkinson County and Pointe Coupee Parish.
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Frequently asked questions
How did St. Landry Parish, Louisiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana voted Republican by 18.8 points (R+19), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 37,043 votes cast, 14,833 went Democratic and 21,812 went Republican.
What is St. Landry Parish, Louisiana's political typology?
Akashic places St. Landry 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 21 times, Republican 11 times, and other 2 times.
When did St. Landry Parish, Louisiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which St. Landry Parish, Louisiana voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana?
St. Landry Parish, Louisiana has a population of 81,670 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana?
Median household income in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana is $44,462 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 21 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.