St. Helena Parish, Louisiana

2024 results by precinct

11 precincts · 5,745 votes cast

Harris · D+1

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+0.8%	2,848	2,804	5,745
2020	D	+10.3%	3,346	2,714	6,158
2016	D	+14.4%	3,353	2,497	5,964
2012	D	+19.6%	3,780	2,529	6,394
2008	D	+16.9%	3,567	2,522	6,184
2004	D	+17.0%	3,173	2,235	5,508
2000	D	+20.8%	3,059	1,965	5,254
1996	D	+39.9%	3,692	1,455	5,608
1992	D	+33.8%	3,416	1,515	5,618
1988	D	+19.5%	3,013	2,006	5,153
1984	D	+10.9%	2,956	2,366	5,435
1980	D	+34.0%	3,183	1,531	4,852
1976	D	+41.6%	2,622	1,046	3,788
1972	R	−18.1%	943	1,446	2,781
1968	D	+33.6%	1,351	219	3,370
1964	D	+30.3%	1,319	706	2,025
1960	D	+21.1%	678	296	1,809
1956	D	+26.8%	997	545	1,689
1952	D	+20.9%	895	586	1,481
1948	D	+34.4%	469	59	1,191
1944	D	+72.7%	683	108	791
1940	D	+85.3%	1,007	80	1,087
1936	D	+84.3%	1,199	102	1,301
1932	D	+94.7%	962	26	988
1928	D	+61.5%	609	145	754
1924	D	+82.3%	185	18	203
1920	D	+82.1%	366	36	402
1916	D	+92.8%	319	9	334
1912	D	+83.4%	214	13	241
1908	D	+78.2%	281	34	316
1904	D	+77.0%	234	30	265
1900	—	No data	0	0	0
1896	D	+78.6%	522	59	589
1892	D	+59.8%	306	77	383
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%

African American

40.6%

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: 43.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.4%

85+

0.7%

3.4%

75–84

4.5%

5.9%

65–74

6.5%

6.8%

55–64

7.1%

5.8%

45–54

6.1%

7.1%

35–44

6.6%

2.6%

25–34

8.3%

5.8%

18–24

2.0%

6.2%

5–17

8.8%

3.0%

2.4%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$41,934

St. Helena Parish ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.

St. Helena Parish$41,934

Louisiana$60,756

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

32.4%

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

24.5%

Methodist

23.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

4.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 47.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

St. Helena Parish, a sparsely populated piney-woods community northeast of Baton Rouge, defied Louisiana's broader Republican tilt in 2024, producing a margin under a single percentage point — a rarity in a state that otherwise moved decisively.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached ninety-five points in 1932; the Republican margin reached eighteen points in 1972. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

St. Helena Parish's demographics — a population of 10,858, a 45% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $41,934 — 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 Lee County and Clay County.

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St. Helena Parish delivered a near-tie in 2024.