West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+12%. Democratic peak: D+96 in 1904.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+12MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 27,9742024 5-year
- Median household income
- $87,2992024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 52.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 41.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+96 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+16 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- East Feliciana Parish, LA · similarity 0.94
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of West Baton Rouge ParishPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for West Baton Rouge 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 | +73.5% |
| 1896 | −7.7% |
| 1900 | +65.9% |
| 1904 | +95.8% |
| 1908 | +91.3% |
| 1912 | +74.0% |
| 1916 | +77.4% |
| 1920 | +33.6% |
| 1924 | +30.6% |
| 1928 | +77.3% |
| 1932 | +72.1% |
| 1936 | +83.0% |
| 1940 | +78.7% |
| 1944 | +84.6% |
| 1948 | +35.6% |
| 1952 | +29.0% |
| 1956 | +7.5% |
| 1960 | +61.3% |
| 1964 | −1.5% |
| 1968 | +25.6% |
| 1972 | −15.7% |
| 1976 | +32.2% |
| 1980 | +24.6% |
| 1984 | +5.0% |
| 1988 | +8.1% |
| 1992 | +16.1% |
| 1996 | +24.9% |
| 2000 | +1.3% |
| 2004 | −8.2% |
| 2008 | −13.6% |
| 2012 | −9.6% |
| 2016 | −12.1% |
| 2020 | −10.5% |
| 2024 | −11.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 6,008 | 7,627 | 13,836 | ||
| R | 6,200 | 7,684 | 14,097 | ||
| R | 5,383 | 6,927 | 12,712 | ||
| R | 5,692 | 6,922 | 12,774 | ||
| R | 5,043 | 6,654 | 11,866 | ||
| R | 4,932 | 5,822 | 10,835 | ||
| D | 5,058 | 4,924 | 10,169 | ||
| D | 5,697 | 3,254 | 9,798 | ||
| D | 5,131 | 3,522 | 9,976 | ||
| D | 4,686 | 3,972 | 8,801 | ||
| D | 4,631 | 4,189 | 8,883 | ||
| D | 4,739 | 2,828 | 7,753 | ||
| D | 3,809 | 1,913 | 5,884 | ||
| R | 1,849 | 2,626 | 4,942 | ||
| O | 2,016 | 669 | 5,254 | ||
| R | 1,835 | 1,892 | 3,727 | ||
| D | 2,315 | 390 | 3,141 | ||
| D | 1,208 | 1,035 | 2,314 | ||
| D | 1,280 | 704 | 1,984 | ||
| D | 557 | 141 | 1,167 | ||
| D | 1,045 | 87 | 1,132 | ||
| D | 1,185 | 141 | 1,326 | ||
| D | 868 | 80 | 949 | ||
| D | 593 | 96 | 689 | ||
| D | 608 | 78 | 686 | ||
| D | 191 | 92 | 324 | ||
| D | 352 | 175 | 527 | ||
| D | 237 | 28 | 270 | ||
| D | 170 | 19 | 204 | ||
| D | 198 | 9 | 207 | ||
| D | 233 | 5 | 238 | ||
| D | 185 | 38 | 223 | ||
| R | 237 | 279 | 542 | ||
| D | 1,487 | 227 | 1,714 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
French
13.3%
American
9.7%
Italian
5.2%
English
5.0%
German
3.7%
Irish
3.1%
Scottish
1.0%
African American
32.8%
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: 36.6 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
$87,299
West Baton Rouge Parish ranks in the top 10% of US counties.
West Baton Rouge Parish$87,299
Louisiana$60,756
United States$80,734
West Baton Rouge Parish ranks in the top 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
12.9%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1817.8%
Working age (18–64)10.9%
Seniors (65+)16.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.5%
speak English only
Spanish3.1%
Other Indo-European1.3%
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 54.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
West Baton Rouge Parish sits across the Mississippi from Louisiana's capital, with a petrochemical corridor that anchors its economy and a population just over 21,000 that has leaned Republican by double digits in recent presidential cycles.
The Republican margin here reached sixteen points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twelve points.
A population of 27,974, a 53% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $87,299 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of East Feliciana Parish and Lafayette County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana voted Republican by 11.7 points (R+12), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 13,836 votes cast, 6,008 went Democratic and 7,627 went Republican.
What is West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana's political typology?
Akashic places West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana in the "Stable Rural Right" typology — Mountain, Plains, and rural Republican counties already near their ceiling, with little further room to swing. 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 24 times, Republican 9 times, and other 1 times.
When did West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana?
West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana has a population of 27,974 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana?
Median household income in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana is $87,299 — above the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 24 went Democratic and 9 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.