Union Parish, Louisiana: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+57%. Democratic peak: D+98 in 1924.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+57MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 20,8212024 5-year
- Median household income
- $42,8852024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 69.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 24.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+98 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+57 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Tattnall County, GA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Union ParishPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Union Parish, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | +18.5% |
| 1896 | +88.4% |
| 1900 | +75.4% |
| 1904 | +93.9% |
| 1908 | +81.7% |
| 1912 | +86.3% |
| 1916 | +96.0% |
| 1920 | +85.1% |
| 1924 | +98.3% |
| 1928 | +43.9% |
| 1932 | +95.0% |
| 1936 | +73.5% |
| 1940 | +76.9% |
| 1944 | +37.5% |
| 1948 | +16.3% |
| 1952 | +4.1% |
| 1956 | −14.8% |
| 1960 | −24.2% |
| 1964 | +59.4% |
| 1968 | +3.3% |
| 1972 | −46.4% |
| 1976 | −6.8% |
| 1980 | −14.0% |
| 1984 | −37.7% |
| 1988 | −28.7% |
| 1992 | −4.3% |
| 1996 | −1.7% |
| 2000 | −27.5% |
| 2004 | −40.8% |
| 2008 | −41.6% |
| 2012 | −41.7% |
| 2016 | −48.5% |
| 2020 | −51.4% |
| 2024 | −57.0% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,206 | 8,176 | 10,475 | ||
| R | 2,654 | 8,407 | 11,201 | ||
| R | 2,691 | 7,972 | 10,894 | ||
| R | 3,075 | 7,561 | 10,766 | ||
| R | 3,103 | 7,619 | 10,868 | ||
| R | 3,089 | 7,457 | 10,718 | ||
| R | 3,205 | 5,772 | 9,343 | ||
| R | 4,260 | 4,418 | 9,543 | ||
| R | 4,005 | 4,434 | 10,069 | ||
| R | 3,210 | 5,900 | 9,369 | ||
| R | 2,916 | 6,585 | 9,723 | ||
| R | 3,841 | 5,130 | 9,198 | ||
| R | 3,600 | 4,139 | 7,905 | ||
| R | 1,465 | 4,322 | 6,157 | ||
| O | 1,336 | 1,113 | 6,746 | ||
| D | 4,534 | 1,155 | 5,689 | ||
| R | 1,034 | 2,017 | 4,063 | ||
| R | 878 | 1,384 | 3,418 | ||
| D | 2,055 | 1,894 | 3,949 | ||
| O | 724 | 259 | 2,856 | ||
| D | 1,765 | 803 | 2,568 | ||
| D | 2,842 | 371 | 3,213 | ||
| D | 1,778 | 272 | 2,050 | ||
| D | 2,285 | 58 | 2,343 | ||
| D | 1,085 | 422 | 1,509 | ||
| D | 875 | 7 | 883 | ||
| D | 1,221 | 98 | 1,319 | ||
| D | 1,106 | 22 | 1,129 | ||
| D | 696 | 11 | 794 | ||
| D | 634 | 53 | 711 | ||
| D | 496 | 15 | 512 | ||
| D | 750 | 105 | 855 | ||
| D | 1,586 | 86 | 1,697 | ||
| D | 1,216 | 836 | 2,052 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
20.4%
English
10.6%
Irish
5.1%
German
5.0%
French
1.8%
Scottish
0.9%
Italian
0.6%
African American
19.4%
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: 43.7 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
$42,885
Union Parish ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.
Union Parish$42,885
Louisiana$60,756
United States$80,734
Union 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
29.4%
Nearly half of children live in poverty.
Children under 1853.2%
Working age (18–64)22.4%
Seniors (65+)25.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.2%
speak English only
Spanish4.2%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 32.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
A rural north Louisiana parish where timber and agriculture define the economy, Union recorded an R+57 margin in 2024 — among the most one-sided results in the state and a signal of how thoroughly small rural parishes have shifted over the past two decades.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at fifty-seven points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved six points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty-seven points.
A median household income of $42,885, a 29% poverty rate, and a 69% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Tattnall County and Bradford County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Union Parish, Louisiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Union Parish, Louisiana voted Republican by 57.0 points (R+57), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 10,475 votes cast, 2,206 went Democratic and 8,176 went Republican.
What is Union Parish, Louisiana's political typology?
Akashic places Union 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 16 times, Republican 16 times, and other 2 times.
When did Union Parish, Louisiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Union Parish, Louisiana voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Union Parish, Louisiana?
Union Parish, Louisiana has a population of 20,821 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Union Parish, Louisiana?
Median household income in Union Parish, Louisiana is $42,885 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Union Parish, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Union Parish, Louisiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.