West Carroll Parish, Louisiana: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+74%. Democratic peak: D+100 in 1896.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+74MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 9,4642024 5-year
- Median household income
- $49,1342024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 80.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 14.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+74 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Appling County, GA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of West Carroll ParishPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for West Carroll 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 | +99.5% |
| 1896 | +99.7% |
| 1900 | +97.7% |
| 1904 | +86.2% |
| 1908 | +72.4% |
| 1912 | +62.9% |
| 1916 | +90.8% |
| 1920 | +51.5% |
| 1924 | +65.4% |
| 1928 | +51.7% |
| 1932 | +95.9% |
| 1936 | +72.2% |
| 1940 | +67.6% |
| 1944 | +41.0% |
| 1948 | +33.5% |
| 1952 | +18.7% |
| 1956 | +8.3% |
| 1960 | +1.7% |
| 1964 | +76.8% |
| 1968 | −4.2% |
| 1972 | −62.5% |
| 1976 | +3.7% |
| 1980 | −23.0% |
| 1984 | −43.9% |
| 1988 | −30.6% |
| 1992 | −0.3% |
| 1996 | −10.8% |
| 2000 | −40.7% |
| 2004 | −49.9% |
| 2008 | −63.5% |
| 2012 | −61.0% |
| 2016 | −68.4% |
| 2020 | −71.4% |
| 2024 | −74.0% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 578 | 3,986 | 4,603 | ||
| R | 710 | 4,317 | 5,052 | ||
| R | 715 | 3,970 | 4,759 | ||
| R | 853 | 3,628 | 4,548 | ||
| R | 878 | 4,045 | 4,987 | ||
| R | 1,231 | 3,740 | 5,033 | ||
| R | 1,319 | 3,220 | 4,675 | ||
| R | 1,853 | 2,366 | 4,764 | ||
| R | 2,068 | 2,082 | 5,120 | ||
| R | 1,607 | 3,077 | 4,797 | ||
| R | 1,474 | 3,874 | 5,469 | ||
| R | 2,118 | 3,430 | 5,712 | ||
| D | 2,595 | 2,407 | 5,112 | ||
| R | 571 | 2,997 | 3,880 | ||
| O | 395 | 585 | 4,554 | ||
| D | 3,017 | 395 | 3,412 | ||
| O | 784 | 742 | 2,423 | ||
| O | 875 | 658 | 2,622 | ||
| D | 2,040 | 1,398 | 3,438 | ||
| O | 921 | 151 | 2,297 | ||
| D | 1,390 | 581 | 1,971 | ||
| D | 1,876 | 362 | 2,238 | ||
| D | 1,440 | 232 | 1,672 | ||
| D | 1,471 | 31 | 1,502 | ||
| D | 673 | 214 | 887 | ||
| D | 342 | 68 | 419 | ||
| D | 346 | 104 | 470 | ||
| D | 311 | 14 | 327 | ||
| D | 159 | 1 | 251 | ||
| D | 189 | 11 | 246 | ||
| D | 124 | 5 | 138 | ||
| D | 173 | 2 | 175 | ||
| D | 637 | 1 | 638 | ||
| D | 408 | 1 | 409 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
11.1%
English
10.9%
American
8.5%
German
4.0%
Scottish
2.2%
French
1.7%
Italian
0.7%
African American
11.8%
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: 42.1 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
$49,134
West Carroll Parish ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
West Carroll Parish$49,134
Louisiana$60,756
United States$80,734
West Carroll Parish ranks in the bottom 25% 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
16.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1822.8%
Working age (18–64)13.8%
Seniors (65+)18.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.7%
speak English only
Spanish3.6%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 9.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
West Carroll, a small rural parish in Louisiana's northeastern corner, recorded a 74-point Republican presidential margin in 2024 — among the widest gaps of any parish in the state, reflecting the deep partisan shift that has reshaped rural north Louisiana over the past two decades.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at seventy-four points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy-four points.
A median household income of $49,134, a 16% poverty rate, and a 80% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Appling County and Bleckley County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did West Carroll Parish, Louisiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana voted Republican by 74.0 points (R+74), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,603 votes cast, 578 went Democratic and 3,986 went Republican.
What is West Carroll Parish, Louisiana's political typology?
Akashic places West Carroll 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 17 times, Republican 13 times, and other 4 times.
When did West Carroll Parish, Louisiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which West Carroll Parish, Louisiana voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in West Carroll Parish, Louisiana?
West Carroll Parish, Louisiana has a population of 9,464 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in West Carroll Parish, Louisiana?
Median household income in West Carroll Parish, Louisiana is $49,134 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of West Carroll Parish, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in West Carroll Parish, Louisiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.