Webster Parish, Louisiana: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted R+36%. Democratic peak: D+99 in 1916.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+36MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 35,8202024 5-year
- Median household income
- $41,1822024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 62.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 33.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+99 in 1916MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+48 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Concordia Parish, LA · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Webster ParishPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Webster 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 | +66.7% |
| 1896 | +77.3% |
| 1900 | +97.1% |
| 1904 | +94.2% |
| 1908 | +82.5% |
| 1912 | +82.9% |
| 1916 | +98.7% |
| 1920 | +80.0% |
| 1924 | +84.9% |
| 1928 | +60.1% |
| 1932 | +95.3% |
| 1936 | +80.4% |
| 1940 | +83.8% |
| 1944 | +60.5% |
| 1948 | +27.9% |
| 1952 | +13.8% |
| 1956 | −13.8% |
| 1960 | −24.3% |
| 1964 | +64.7% |
| 1968 | +2.7% |
| 1972 | −48.3% |
| 1976 | −1.8% |
| 1980 | −1.7% |
| 1984 | −29.7% |
| 1988 | −15.6% |
| 1992 | +9.5% |
| 1996 | +20.2% |
| 2000 | −13.0% |
| 2004 | −23.0% |
| 2008 | −26.3% |
| 2012 | −25.0% |
| 2016 | −29.1% |
| 2020 | −31.1% |
| 2024 | −36.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 5,053 | 10,965 | 16,205 | ||
| R | 6,172 | 11,830 | 18,216 | ||
| R | 6,260 | 11,542 | 18,145 | ||
| R | 6,802 | 11,400 | 18,416 | ||
| R | 6,610 | 11,417 | 18,270 | ||
| R | 6,833 | 11,070 | 18,449 | ||
| R | 7,197 | 9,420 | 17,090 | ||
| D | 9,688 | 6,153 | 17,517 | ||
| D | 8,380 | 6,640 | 18,264 | ||
| R | 7,434 | 10,204 | 17,805 | ||
| R | 6,509 | 12,055 | 18,677 | ||
| R | 8,568 | 8,865 | 17,647 | ||
| R | 7,286 | 7,550 | 15,017 | ||
| R | 2,859 | 8,829 | 12,349 | ||
| O | 2,871 | 2,496 | 14,013 | ||
| D | 8,177 | 1,755 | 9,932 | ||
| O | 1,273 | 3,139 | 7,667 | ||
| R | 2,352 | 3,280 | 6,733 | ||
| D | 4,544 | 3,442 | 7,986 | ||
| O | 1,933 | 455 | 5,291 | ||
| D | 3,655 | 899 | 4,554 | ||
| D | 3,777 | 332 | 4,113 | ||
| D | 2,799 | 301 | 3,106 | ||
| D | 3,020 | 73 | 3,093 | ||
| D | 1,430 | 356 | 1,786 | ||
| D | 929 | 52 | 1,033 | ||
| D | 1,009 | 112 | 1,121 | ||
| D | 1,040 | 6 | 1,048 | ||
| D | 696 | 9 | 829 | ||
| D | 853 | 32 | 995 | ||
| D | 698 | 21 | 719 | ||
| D | 604 | 9 | 613 | ||
| D | 774 | 97 | 876 | ||
| D | 1,441 | 288 | 1,729 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
26.4%
English
8.5%
Irish
7.1%
German
5.8%
Scottish
1.7%
French
1.4%
Italian
0.6%
African American
26.9%
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: 41.1 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
$41,182
Webster Parish ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.
Webster Parish$41,182
Louisiana$60,756
United States$80,734
Webster 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
23.1%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1829.3%
Working age (18–64)22.0%
Seniors (65+)15.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.2%
speak English only
Spanish1.1%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%
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 33.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Webster Parish sits in Louisiana's piney hills region, where a predominantly rural, working-class population has shifted decisively toward Republican margins exceeding 36 points in recent presidential cycles.
The Democratic margin here reached ninety-nine points in 1916. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved five points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was thirty-six 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 $41,182 and a 23% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Concordia Parish and Catahoula Parish.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Webster Parish, Louisiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Webster Parish, Louisiana voted Republican by 36.5 points (R+36), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 16,205 votes cast, 5,053 went Democratic and 10,965 went Republican.
What is Webster Parish, Louisiana's political typology?
Akashic places Webster 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 18 times, Republican 13 times, and other 3 times.
When did Webster Parish, Louisiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Webster Parish, Louisiana voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Webster Parish, Louisiana?
Webster Parish, Louisiana has a population of 35,820 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Webster Parish, Louisiana?
Median household income in Webster Parish, Louisiana is $41,182 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Webster Parish, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Webster Parish, Louisiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.