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1876–2024
Concordia Parish, Louisiana
Concordia Parish·Louisiana

Concordia Parish was solidly one party for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.

A Mississippi River parish where margins have shifted sharply rightward over two decades

18762024·38 elections
Concordia Parish, Louisiana · Billy Hathorn · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+29
in 2024
Archetype
Populist
since the recent cycles
Population
18,174
2024 ACS
Most similar
Webster Parish
LA · similarity 0.99
18 precincts · 7,755 votes cast
Trump · R+29
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−29.3%
2,6984,9747,755
2020R
−26.9%
3,1775,5508,828
2016R
−24.9%
3,2725,4778,872
2012R
−17.2%
3,8335,4509,380
2008R
−20.0%
3,7665,6689,527
2004R
−22.1%
3,4465,4278,980
2000R
−12.4%
3,5694,6278,499
1996D
+16.4%
4,5653,1348,715
1992D
+11.6%
4,2833,2239,148
1988R
−18.0%
3,4615,0378,761
1984R
−29.4%
3,3326,1779,692
1980R
−10.7%
3,9564,9339,102
1976D
+0.5%
3,8923,8497,912
1972R
−33.9%
2,1424,5217,023
1968D
+13.5%
1,9839747,499
1964D
+66.5%
4,0228094,831
1960R
−7.2%
7681,0093,331
1956R
−6.7%
6998412,116
1952D
+6.0%
1,2521,1102,362
1948D
+14.7%
329981,567
1944D
+65.8%
9742011,175
1940D
+81.6%
1,1731191,292
1936D
+90.3%
1,152581,211
1932D
+96.1%
999201,019
1928D
+63.3%
591133724
1924D
+74.8%
31946365
1920D
+93.9%
38012392
1916D
+91.7%
26410277
1912D
+88.4%
2056225
1908D
+93.7%
2884303
1904D
+94.1%
2092220
1900D
+91.0%
36217379
1896D
+85.8%
1,085801,172
1892D
+98.2%
3,593333,626
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
0.6%
African American
31.3%
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.
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
Baptist
32.0%
Other Christian
10.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.6%
Methodist
1.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
1.5%
Mainline Protestant
0.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 51.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Concordia Parish sits along the Mississippi in central Louisiana, with a population just above 20,000 that has trended toward lopsided Republican presidential margins since the early 2000s, reflecting broader rural realignment across the Deep South.

The Democratic margin in Concordia Parish peaked at ninety-eight points in 1892. By 2000 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was twenty-nine points, the most Republican-leaning result in the county's modern history.

The economic context is the key. Concordia Parish's median household income of $39,943 sits well below state and national norms, and 32% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Webster Parish and Columbia County.