West Carroll Parish, Louisiana

2024 results by precinct

23 precincts · 4,603 votes cast

Trump · R+74

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−74.0%	578	3,986	4,603
2020	R	−71.4%	710	4,317	5,052
2016	R	−68.4%	715	3,970	4,759
2012	R	−61.0%	853	3,628	4,548
2008	R	−63.5%	878	4,045	4,987
2004	R	−49.9%	1,231	3,740	5,033
2000	R	−40.7%	1,319	3,220	4,675
1996	R	−10.8%	1,853	2,366	4,764
1992	R	−0.3%	2,068	2,082	5,120
1988	R	−30.6%	1,607	3,077	4,797
1984	R	−43.9%	1,474	3,874	5,469
1980	R	−23.0%	2,118	3,430	5,712
1976	D	+3.7%	2,595	2,407	5,112
1972	R	−62.5%	571	2,997	3,880
1968	R	−4.2%	395	585	4,554
1964	D	+76.8%	3,017	395	3,412
1960	D	+1.7%	784	742	2,423
1956	D	+8.3%	875	658	2,622
1952	D	+18.7%	2,040	1,398	3,438
1948	D	+33.5%	921	151	2,297
1944	D	+41.0%	1,390	581	1,971
1940	D	+67.6%	1,876	362	2,238
1936	D	+72.2%	1,440	232	1,672
1932	D	+95.9%	1,471	31	1,502
1928	D	+51.7%	673	214	887
1924	D	+65.4%	342	68	419
1920	D	+51.5%	346	104	470
1916	D	+90.8%	311	14	327
1912	D	+62.9%	159	1	251
1908	D	+72.4%	189	11	246
1904	D	+86.2%	124	5	138
1900	D	+97.7%	173	2	175
1896	D	+99.7%	637	1	638
1892	D	+99.5%	408	1	409
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

11.8%

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: 42.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.2%

85+

1.5%

2.2%

75–84

3.8%

5.8%

65–74

6.9%

6.5%

55–64

7.4%

5.8%

45–54

5.6%

6.6%

35–44

6.9%

4.9%

25–34

5.2%

4.2%

18–24

3.0%

8.6%

5–17

8.7%

2.9%

2.4%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$49,134

West Carroll Parish ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.

West Carroll Parish$49,134

Louisiana$60,756

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

16.2%

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

68.6%

Pentecostal & Holiness

12.7%

Other Christian

3.5%

Methodist

3.4%

Catholic & Orthodox

1.9%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 9.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

West Carroll, a small rural parish in Louisiana's northeastern corner, recorded a 74-point Republican presidential margin in 2024 — among the widest gaps of any parish in the state, reflecting the deep partisan shift that has reshaped rural north Louisiana over the past two decades.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in West Carroll Parish peaked at 100 points in 1896; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1980 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of twenty-three points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. West Carroll Parish's median household income of $49,134 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Appling County and Bleckley County.

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West Carroll Parish changed its political identity.