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1876–2024
Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana
Pointe Coupee Parish·Louisiana

Pointe Coupee Parish changed direction in the last decade.

A river-parish electorate that has shifted sharply rightward over two decades

18762024·38 elections
Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana · Tjean314 · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+28
in 2024
Archetype
Recent convert
since the recent cycles
Population
20,217
2024 ACS
Most similar
Assumption Parish
LA · similarity 0.99
25 precincts · 11,570 votes cast
Trump · R+28
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−27.5%
4,1327,31911,570
2020R
−22.8%
4,6837,50312,371
2016R
−17.2%
4,7646,78911,761
2012R
−9.2%
5,4366,54812,147
2008R
−9.5%
5,5166,70212,435
2004D
+2.5%
5,7125,42911,271
2000D
+10.2%
5,8134,71010,832
1996D
+29.0%
6,8353,54511,332
1992D
+26.0%
6,5123,56311,322
1988D
+18.1%
6,3084,33310,930
1984D
+10.2%
6,7325,47712,287
1980D
+26.6%
6,3953,66710,263
1976D
+32.8%
5,1472,5677,876
1972R
−0.9%
3,1333,1926,853
1968D
+30.5%
3,1398507,497
1964D
+1.7%
2,3272,2474,574
1960D
+55.4%
2,9536744,112
1956D
+7.1%
1,5421,3322,958
1952D
+8.2%
1,3851,1742,559
1948D
+10.3%
4021981,979
1944D
+68.2%
1,4362711,707
1940D
+76.7%
1,8772472,124
1936D
+84.9%
1,4191161,535
1932D
+88.1%
1,027651,092
1928D
+85.8%
1,3301021,432
1924D
+42.2%
369146528
1920D
+48.0%
407143550
1916D
+74.8%
30137353
1912D
+54.7%
30455455
1908D
+93.2%
65323676
1904D
+96.1%
50510515
1900D
+92.8%
58622608
1896D
+30.1%
7734101,207
1892D
+46.9%
8933231,216
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
26.1%
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
Catholic & Orthodox
37.6%
Baptist
10.6%
Other Christian
4.9%
Mainline Protestant
1.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.2%
Methodist
0.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 43.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Pointe Coupee Parish sits along the west bank of the Mississippi north of Baton Rouge, where a once-competitive Democratic stronghold has moved toward Republican margins exceeding 27 points in recent presidential cycles.

The 2008 election was the turning point, when the Republican candidate carried the county by ten points. The 2024 margin was twenty-eight points, in line with the county's new direction.

The demographics suggest why. A population of 20,217, a 61% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,961 situate the county in the broader realignment patterns of recent cycles. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Assumption Parish and Lincoln County.