Tensas Parish, Louisiana: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted R+4%. Democratic peak: D+95 in 1908.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+4MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 3,9352024 5-year
- Median household income
- $36,6152024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 41.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 54.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+95 in 1900MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+22 in 1960MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Washington County, GA · similarity 0.95
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Tensas ParishPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Tensas 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 | +83.4% |
| 1896 | +64.6% |
| 1900 | +95.4% |
| 1904 | +94.3% |
| 1908 | +95.4% |
| 1912 | +91.3% |
| 1916 | +94.3% |
| 1920 | +88.4% |
| 1924 | +88.3% |
| 1928 | +57.0% |
| 1932 | +91.1% |
| 1936 | +94.5% |
| 1940 | +81.9% |
| 1944 | +59.9% |
| 1948 | +16.0% |
| 1952 | −1.1% |
| 1956 | −3.4% |
| 1960 | −21.8% |
| 1964 | +79.2% |
| 1968 | +13.0% |
| 1972 | −4.7% |
| 1976 | +14.4% |
| 1980 | +10.6% |
| 1984 | −9.0% |
| 1988 | −2.7% |
| 1992 | +15.7% |
| 1996 | +28.5% |
| 2000 | +8.3% |
| 2004 | +0.5% |
| 2008 | +9.2% |
| 2012 | +11.9% |
| 2016 | +5.9% |
| 2020 | +5.2% |
| 2024 | −4.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,002 | 1,093 | 2,128 | ||
| D | 1,329 | 1,197 | 2,554 | ||
| D | 1,332 | 1,182 | 2,548 | ||
| D | 1,564 | 1,230 | 2,812 | ||
| D | 1,646 | 1,367 | 3,040 | ||
| D | 1,469 | 1,453 | 2,963 | ||
| D | 1,580 | 1,330 | 3,010 | ||
| D | 1,882 | 1,000 | 3,099 | ||
| D | 1,666 | 1,153 | 3,266 | ||
| R | 1,556 | 1,645 | 3,290 | ||
| R | 1,628 | 1,956 | 3,655 | ||
| D | 2,046 | 1,645 | 3,785 | ||
| D | 2,081 | 1,553 | 3,677 | ||
| R | 1,568 | 1,729 | 3,426 | ||
| O | 845 | 503 | 2,638 | ||
| D | 1,655 | 192 | 1,847 | ||
| R | 247 | 510 | 1,208 | ||
| R | 324 | 359 | 1,026 | ||
| R | 688 | 703 | 1,391 | ||
| O | 239 | 72 | 1,045 | ||
| D | 638 | 160 | 798 | ||
| D | 957 | 95 | 1,052 | ||
| D | 812 | 23 | 835 | ||
| D | 635 | 29 | 665 | ||
| D | 350 | 96 | 446 | ||
| D | 338 | 21 | 359 | ||
| D | 243 | 15 | 258 | ||
| D | 204 | 5 | 211 | ||
| D | 220 | 1 | 240 | ||
| D | 300 | 7 | 307 | ||
| D | 203 | 6 | 209 | ||
| D | 212 | 5 | 217 | ||
| D | 1,108 | 236 | 1,349 | ||
| D | 2,351 | 213 | 2,564 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
8.8%
Irish
7.2%
American
7.2%
German
3.3%
Scottish
1.6%
French
1.5%
Italian
0.7%
African American
43.2%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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: 47.5 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
$36,615
Tensas Parish ranks in the bottom 5% of US counties.
Tensas Parish$36,615
Louisiana$60,756
United States$80,734
Tensas 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
34.4%
Nearly half of children live in poverty.
Children under 1854.8%
Working age (18–64)30.9%
Seniors (65+)15.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.7%
speak English only
Spanish0.6%
Other Indo-European0.4%
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 59.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Tensas Parish, one of Louisiana's least populous counties, sits in the Mississippi Delta and carries a majority-Black population that has historically anchored Democratic margins — making its recent R+4.3 shift a notable demographic signal.
The Democratic margin here reached ninety-five points in 1908. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved nine points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was four 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 $36,615 and a 34% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Washington County and Crittenden County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Tensas Parish, Louisiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Tensas Parish, Louisiana voted Republican by 4.3 points (R+4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,128 votes cast, 1,002 went Democratic and 1,093 went Republican.
What is Tensas Parish, Louisiana's political typology?
Akashic places Tensas 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 25 times, Republican 7 times, and other 2 times.
When did Tensas Parish, Louisiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Tensas Parish, Louisiana voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Tensas Parish, Louisiana?
Tensas Parish, Louisiana has a population of 3,935 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Tensas Parish, Louisiana?
Median household income in Tensas Parish, Louisiana is $36,615 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Tensas Parish, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Tensas Parish, Louisiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 25 went Democratic and 7 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.