St. Martin Parish, Louisiana

2024 results by precinct

43 precincts · 25,006 votes cast

Trump · R+41

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−40.7%	7,284	17,466	25,006
2020	R	−36.1%	8,439	18,203	27,038
2016	R	−33.4%	8,266	16,873	25,750
2012	R	−24.5%	9,422	15,653	25,433
2008	R	−20.7%	9,419	14,443	24,252
2004	R	−7.8%	10,321	12,095	22,824
2000	R	−0.5%	9,853	9,961	20,778
1996	D	+29.9%	12,492	6,296	20,736
1992	D	+26.2%	11,252	5,909	20,426
1988	D	+14.4%	10,148	7,541	18,129
1984	R	−6.0%	8,589	9,698	18,591
1980	D	+7.0%	7,760	6,701	15,040
1976	D	+31.2%	7,992	4,112	12,433
1972	R	−30.7%	3,202	6,337	10,221
1968	D	+17.5%	3,321	1,625	9,705
1964	R	−25.2%	2,793	4,675	7,468
1960	D	+65.8%	5,506	858	7,063
1956	D	+12.0%	2,069	1,615	3,780
1952	D	+12.8%	2,012	1,554	3,566
1948	R	−10.0%	307	688	3,824
1944	D	+87.9%	2,384	153	2,537
1940	D	+68.8%	3,252	602	3,854
1936	D	+92.7%	2,638	100	2,738
1932	D	+86.0%	1,420	107	1,527
1928	D	+77.3%	1,892	242	2,134
1924	D	+44.7%	461	172	646
1920	R	−13.6%	319	419	738
1916	D	+66.8%	971	36	1,399
1912	D	+52.7%	375	68	582
1908	D	+86.4%	651	39	708
1904	D	+92.8%	613	23	636
1900	D	+65.3%	538	113	651
1896	D	+79.1%	679	76	762
1892	D	+94.8%	491	13	504
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

22.9%

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: 40.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.4%

85+

0.9%

2.4%

75–84

2.8%

5.1%

65–74

5.5%

6.7%

55–64

7.1%

5.7%

45–54

6.3%

6.9%

35–44

6.3%

5.5%

25–34

6.4%

4.0%

18–24

3.8%

9.1%

5–17

8.8%

3.1%

3.0%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$55,960

St. Martin Parish ranks near the middle of US counties.

St. Martin Parish$55,960

Louisiana$60,756

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

15.3%

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

Catholic & Orthodox

51.6%

Other Christian

2.3%

Baptist

1.8%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.7%

Non-Christian

0.6%

Methodist

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 42.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

St. Martin Parish's French Acadian heritage runs deep, anchoring a culturally distinct community along the Atchafalaya Basin whose presidential margins have widened steadily over the past two decades, reaching R+40.7 in 2024.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in St. Martin Parish peaked at ninety-five points in 1892; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2000 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of one points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. St. Martin Parish's median household income of $55,960 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Morris County and Hot Spring County.

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For one hundred four years, St. Martin Parish voted Democratic. Then it stopped.