East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

2024 results by precinct

220 precincts · 190,643 votes cast

Harris · D+11

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+11.1%	103,820	82,720	190,643
2020	D	+13.0%	115,577	88,420	208,182
2016	D	+9.2%	102,828	84,660	196,491
2012	D	+5.2%	102,656	92,292	198,171
2008	D	+2.2%	99,652	95,390	197,349
2004	R	−9.6%	82,298	99,943	183,642
2000	R	−7.5%	76,516	89,128	168,989
1996	D	+3.3%	83,493	77,811	170,647
1992	R	−7.5%	68,622	81,072	166,691
1988	R	−18.6%	59,270	86,791	147,584
1984	R	−25.5%	56,673	95,704	153,268
1980	R	−10.2%	57,442	71,063	133,168
1976	R	−1.6%	49,956	51,655	103,807
1972	R	−36.0%	23,617	52,648	80,542
1968	D	+0.1%	21,770	21,661	78,681
1964	D	+17.1%	36,964	26,152	63,116
1960	D	+15.2%	26,326	17,749	56,435
1956	R	−16.4%	17,072	24,018	42,331
1952	D	+8.0%	23,105	19,693	42,798
1948	D	+18.5%	8,560	4,585	21,464
1944	D	+66.0%	14,757	3,025	17,782
1940	D	+76.6%	13,303	1,762	15,065
1936	D	+80.5%	9,911	1,069	10,980
1932	D	+71.5%	6,363	1,045	7,441
1928	D	+20.9%	4,575	2,995	7,570
1924	D	+63.4%	2,764	611	3,394
1920	D	+68.2%	2,336	442	2,778
1916	D	+82.1%	1,482	130	1,647
1912	D	+81.8%	1,067	45	1,249
1908	D	+84.3%	1,090	83	1,194
1904	D	+90.7%	994	48	1,043
1900	D	+69.8%	837	149	986
1896	D	+39.6%	1,412	595	2,065
1892	D	+36.4%	1,372	640	2,012
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

0.8%

African American

35.0%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

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: 34.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

0.9%

1.8%

75–84

2.6%

4.2%

65–74

5.2%

5.1%

55–64

5.9%

4.9%

45–54

5.4%

6.0%

35–44

6.4%

6.7%

25–34

6.9%

7.0%

18–24

7.7%

8.3%

5–17

8.1%

3.2%

3.1%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$63,071

East Baton Rouge Parish ranks near the middle of US counties.

East Baton Rouge Parish$63,071

Louisiana$60,756

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

19.6%

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

Other Christian

19.6%

Catholic & Orthodox

18.9%

Baptist

14.4%

Methodist

4.3%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.3%

Non-Christian

2.0%

Mainline Protestant

1.9%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 36.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to Baton Rouge and a majority-Black electorate, East Baton Rouge Parish has voted Democratic in presidential races by growing margins, anchored by state-government employment and two major university communities.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached ninety-one points in 1904; the Republican margin reached thirty-six points in 1972. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

East Baton Rouge Parish's demographics — a population of 452,938, a 42% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $63,071 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jefferson County and Somerset County.

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East Baton Rouge Parish delivered a near-tie in 2024.