Rapides Parish, Louisiana

2024 results by precinct

102 precincts · 53,395 votes cast

Trump · R+37

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−36.8%	16,537	36,171	53,395
2020	R	−32.1%	19,475	38,347	58,865
2016	R	−32.5%	18,322	36,816	56,844
2012	R	−29.6%	20,045	37,193	58,019
2008	R	−28.7%	20,127	36,611	57,521
2004	R	−28.8%	18,904	34,492	54,069
2000	R	−20.3%	18,898	28,831	49,024
1996	D	+2.9%	23,004	21,548	49,931
1992	R	−3.7%	20,873	22,783	51,882
1988	R	−24.6%	17,928	29,977	48,891
1984	R	−33.5%	16,121	32,879	49,963
1980	R	−13.3%	19,436	25,576	46,302
1976	D	+7.9%	20,851	17,766	39,264
1972	R	−43.4%	8,422	22,306	32,011
1968	R	−4.0%	8,793	10,199	35,231
1964	D	+28.9%	18,122	9,992	28,114
1960	D	+6.3%	9,651	8,155	23,782
1956	R	−18.6%	5,961	9,105	16,911
1952	D	+16.4%	13,576	9,749	23,325
1948	D	+23.1%	4,730	1,707	13,060
1944	D	+68.4%	9,132	1,712	10,844
1940	D	+82.6%	9,100	869	9,969
1936	D	+72.9%	8,017	1,257	9,274
1932	D	+83.5%	7,578	680	8,258
1928	D	+28.4%	4,470	2,494	6,964
1924	D	+34.6%	2,159	1,022	3,290
1920	D	+72.3%	2,765	445	3,211
1916	D	+87.5%	2,184	134	2,342
1912	D	+77.0%	1,334	46	1,672
1908	D	+76.1%	1,302	159	1,502
1904	D	+76.3%	827	107	944
1900	D	+63.3%	1,420	319	1,739
1896	D	+88.4%	2,600	142	2,779
1892	D	+76.1%	3,446	467	3,913
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

24.6%

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: 37.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.1%

2.1%

75–84

2.9%

4.6%

65–74

5.6%

6.1%

55–64

6.8%

5.4%

45–54

5.9%

6.2%

35–44

6.5%

6.3%

25–34

6.4%

4.2%

18–24

4.0%

9.6%

5–17

9.0%

3.3%

3.1%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$54,967

Rapides Parish ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.

Rapides Parish$54,967

Louisiana$60,756

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

19.9%

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

Baptist

34.9%

Other Christian

15.4%

Catholic & Orthodox

13.9%

Methodist

4.0%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.8%

Mainline Protestant

0.9%

Non-Christian

0.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 26.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Rapides Parish, home to Alexandria and the sprawling Fort Johnson installation, has shifted toward lopsided Republican margins over the past decade even as its economy remains tied to federal defense spending and a large regional hospital corridor.

The shift began with civil rights. 2000 marked the realignment in Rapides Parish, by a twenty points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at forty-three points in 1972. The 2024 margin was thirty-seven points.

The political shift has tracked, in Rapides Parish, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 61% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $54,967, and a 20% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Tattnall County and Upson County.

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Rapides Parish voted Democratic for a century. The shift began with civil rights.