Tensas Parish, Louisiana
Precinct data
Results by precinct
15 precincts · 2,126 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -000015000015 | 283 | 34 | 10 | 327 | 86.5% | 10.4% | D+76.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -000012000012 | 222 | 41 | 10 | 273 | 81.3% | 15.0% | D+66.3 |
| Precinct -000011000011 | 17 | 211 | 1 | 229 | 7.4% | 92.1% | R+84.7 |
| Precinct -000010000010 | 49 | 170 | 0 | 219 | 22.4% | 77.6% | R+55.3 |
| Precinct -000017000017 | 32 | 180 | 6 | 218 | 14.7% | 82.6% | R+67.9 |
| Precinct -000004000004 | 93 | 89 | 0 | 182 | 51.1% | 48.9% | D+2.2 |
| Precinct -000001000001 | 27 | 144 | 0 | 171 | 15.8% | 84.2% | R+68.4 |
| Precinct -000005000005 | 99 | 14 | 1 | 114 | 86.8% | 12.3% | D+74.6 |
| Precinct -00011A00011A | 46 | 50 | 0 | 96 | 47.9% | 52.1% | R+4.2 |
| Precinct -000009000009 | 32 | 58 | 1 | 91 | 35.2% | 63.7% | R+28.6 |
| Precinct -000007000007 | 19 | 67 | 0 | 86 | 22.1% | 77.9% | R+55.8 |
| Precinct -00005A00005A | 46 | 14 | 0 | 60 | 76.7% | 23.3% | D+53.3 |
| Precinct -11B11B | 15 | 10 | 1 | 26 | 57.7% | 38.5% | D+19.2 |
| Precinct -00004A00004A | 8 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 42.1% | 52.6% | R+10.5 |
| Precinct -4B4B | 13 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 86.7% | 13.3% | D+73.3 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 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% |
U.S. Senate
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | R | 41.8%690 | 56.4%931 | 1,652 |
| 2020 | R | 44.3%1,065 | 51.7%1,242 | 2,404 |
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Tensas Parish, LA registers Democratic but votes Republican — a 36-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
3,373 registered voters · 2024
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−73 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −1,173 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $44,683 in average income, against $55,194 for residents who stayed — 19% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | −151 |
| 2012 | −121 |
| 2013 | −60 |
| 2014 | −89 |
| 2015 | −89 |
| 2016 | −117 |
| 2017 | −70 |
| 2018 | −110 |
| 2019 | −128 |
| 2021 | −36 |
| 2022 | −159 |
| 2023 | +17 |
| 2024 | +13 |
| 2025 | −73 |
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.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 95.4 points in 1908 and a Republican high of 79.2 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 9.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 4.3 points.
A population of 3,935, a 41% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $36,615 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Conecuh County and Jefferson Davis County.
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Tensas Parish, Louisiana. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/22107/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.