Vernon Parish, Louisiana

2024 results by precinct

59 precincts · 16,149 votes cast

Trump · R+68

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−67.9%	2,513	13,474	16,149
2020	R	−64.9%	2,898	14,107	17,268
2016	R	−65.0%	2,665	13,471	16,633
2012	R	−57.5%	3,173	12,150	15,610
2008	R	−53.3%	3,534	11,946	15,769
2004	R	−45.9%	4,035	11,032	15,229
2000	R	−29.9%	4,655	8,794	13,827
1996	D	+5.3%	6,195	5,449	13,966
1992	D	+0.6%	6,005	5,912	14,767
1988	R	−19.2%	4,998	7,453	12,761
1984	R	−37.1%	4,076	9,035	13,369
1980	D	+9.9%	7,198	5,869	13,436
1976	D	+21.3%	6,202	3,970	10,465
1972	R	−60.8%	1,345	6,225	8,020
1968	R	−0.9%	1,496	1,574	8,606
1964	D	+1.8%	3,696	3,564	7,260
1960	D	+18.7%	3,145	1,991	6,160
1956	R	−4.5%	2,158	2,372	4,762
1952	D	+28.5%	3,832	2,130	5,962
1948	D	+35.9%	1,939	296	4,582
1944	D	+50.1%	3,075	1,022	4,097
1940	D	+83.4%	3,439	311	3,750
1936	D	+50.6%	2,831	928	3,764
1932	D	+95.0%	2,868	46	2,969
1928	D	+62.8%	2,191	500	2,691
1924	D	+79.5%	1,372	142	1,547
1920	D	+69.6%	1,143	205	1,348
1916	D	+55.6%	754	44	1,276
1912	D	+55.6%	754	44	1,276
1908	D	+30.3%	618	273	1,140
1904	D	+25.4%	469	275	765
1900	D	+33.3%	522	261	783
1896	D	+89.8%	697	35	737
1892	D	+2.6%	361	343	704
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

9.9%

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: 32.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.4%

85+

1.0%

2.1%

75–84

2.4%

3.9%

65–74

4.2%

4.8%

55–64

4.8%

5.0%

45–54

4.7%

6.8%

35–44

6.3%

9.2%

25–34

7.7%

6.8%

18–24

4.6%

8.7%

5–17

8.8%

4.2%

3.8%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$57,270

Vernon Parish ranks near the middle of US counties.

Vernon Parish$57,270

Louisiana$60,756

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

19.0%

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

40.2%

Other Christian

8.1%

Pentecostal & Holiness

4.5%

Methodist

1.2%

Catholic & Orthodox

1.2%

Mainline Protestant

0.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 44.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Vernon Parish runs heavily Republican in federal contests while hosting one of Louisiana's largest military installations — Fort Johnson — making it unusually dependent on Washington-directed payroll even as its electorate favors limited-government candidates by wide margins.

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

The political shift has tracked, in Vernon Parish, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 75% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $57,270, and a 19% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bowie County and Grant Parish.

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