Acadia Parish, Louisiana

2024 results by precinct

47 precincts · 26,720 votes cast

Trump · R+64

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−64.0%	4,695	21,783	26,720
2020	R	−60.3%	5,443	22,596	28,425
2016	R	−56.7%	5,638	21,162	27,389
2012	R	−49.8%	6,560	19,931	26,835
2008	R	−45.7%	7,028	19,229	26,711
2004	R	−28.3%	8,937	16,083	25,230
2000	R	−21.2%	8,892	13,814	23,238
1996	D	+12.8%	12,300	9,246	23,927
1992	D	+13.3%	12,276	9,017	24,568
1988	D	+0.8%	11,510	11,319	23,110
1984	R	−22.9%	9,262	14,906	24,602
1980	R	−7.2%	9,948	11,533	22,100
1976	D	+25.6%	10,814	6,296	17,648
1972	R	−34.8%	4,406	9,698	15,194
1968	D	+5.4%	4,098	3,178	16,991
1964	R	−17.1%	6,706	9,463	16,169
1960	D	+58.5%	11,440	2,616	15,084
1956	D	+18.2%	6,122	4,204	10,517
1952	D	+16.9%	5,863	4,167	10,030
1948	D	+23.9%	2,382	784	6,678
1944	D	+62.5%	4,439	1,023	5,462
1940	D	+75.1%	5,058	719	5,779
1936	D	+82.2%	4,504	441	4,945
1932	D	+82.2%	3,583	351	3,934
1928	D	+54.5%	3,633	1,071	4,704
1924	D	+34.5%	1,481	691	2,288
1920	R	−3.8%	1,058	1,141	2,205
1916	D	+69.3%	1,165	202	1,389
1912	D	+71.7%	1,147	51	1,528
1908	D	+58.5%	1,017	214	1,373
1904	D	+60.7%	626	133	812
1900	D	+40.0%	577	247	824
1896	D	+63.9%	1,082	234	1,327
1892	D	+38.7%	258	114	372
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

Polish

0.5%

African American

12.8%

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. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 37.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

0.9%

1.7%

75–84

3.0%

5.0%

65–74

5.3%

6.2%

55–64

6.8%

5.5%

45–54

6.0%

6.2%

35–44

6.3%

6.1%

25–34

6.5%

4.1%

18–24

3.9%

10.3%

5–17

8.9%

3.3%

3.5%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$45,562

Acadia Parish ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.

Acadia Parish$45,562

Louisiana$60,756

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

25.0%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

45.0%

Other Christian

5.6%

Baptist

4.5%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.5%

Methodist

1.7%

Mainline Protestant

0.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 40.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Acadia Parish, anchored by Crowley in the Cajun Prairie, delivered a 64-point Republican presidential margin in 2024—among the widest in a state already dominated by rural conservative realignment.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Acadia Parish peaked at eighty-two points in 1936; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2000 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of twenty-one points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Acadia Parish's median household income of $45,562 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 25% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sabine County and Cameron Parish.

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