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1876–2024
Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
Tangipahoa Parish·Louisiana

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

A rural parish where presidential margins have widened each cycle since 2008

18762024·38 elections
Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana · Angie Garrett from Ridgely, USA · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+37
in 2024
Archetype
Old Confederacy
since the recent cycles
Population
136,738
2024 ACS
Most similar
Schley County
GA · similarity 1.00
74 precincts · 55,104 votes cast
Trump · R+37
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−37.4%
16,88637,50055,104
2020R
−32.8%
18,88737,80657,661
2016R
−32.6%
16,87833,95952,416
2012R
−27.7%
17,72231,59050,099
2008R
−30.9%
16,43831,43448,602
2004R
−25.7%
15,34526,18142,135
2000R
−12.3%
15,84320,42137,155
1996D
+8.2%
18,61715,51737,591
1992D
+3.1%
15,19414,12834,245
1988R
−10.2%
13,52716,66930,688
1984R
−20.8%
12,79919,58032,579
1980D
+0.3%
15,27215,18731,342
1976D
+21.3%
14,4329,24224,311
1972R
−34.6%
5,22711,60718,457
1968D
+9.9%
4,9832,90720,978
1964D
+15.6%
9,7327,10916,841
1960D
+23.4%
6,6483,28514,351
1956R
−8.6%
4,8315,78811,185
1952D
+6.2%
5,8505,16611,016
1948D
+12.1%
2,1841,2877,408
1944D
+47.5%
4,4191,5725,991
1940D
+64.2%
5,9001,2847,187
1936D
+54.2%
4,6241,3746,000
1932D
+81.2%
4,4044554,862
1928D
+33.4%
2,8341,4154,249
1924D
+54.5%
1,6264792,105
1920D
+54.7%
1,5014401,941
1916D
+78.0%
1,3261591,497
1912D
+77.0%
1,061401,326
1908D
+63.3%
1,1162401,384
1904D
+56.3%
623170805
1900D
+60.8%
9382291,167
1896D
+55.7%
1,4293951,856
1892D
+71.2%
786132918
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
23.4%
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
Baptist
15.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
13.9%
Other Christian
13.5%
Methodist
4.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.8%
Mainline Protestant
0.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 47.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Tangipahoa Parish stretches from the Mississippi border to Lake Pontchartrain's north shore, blending small agricultural communities with commuter towns tied to Hammond's Southeastern Louisiana University economy.

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

The political shift has tracked, in Tangipahoa Parish, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 61% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $56,760, and a 19% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Schley County and St. Charles Parish.