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1876–2024
West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
West Feliciana Parish·Louisiana

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

A rural parish where Antebellum architecture meets a modern prison economy

18762024·38 elections
West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana · Elisa.rolle · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+32
in 2024
Archetype
Old Confederacy
since the recent cycles
Population
15,327
2024 ACS
Most similar
Marion County
GA · similarity 0.99
26 precincts · 6,008 votes cast
Trump · R+32
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−31.9%
2,0043,9236,008
2020R
−25.0%
2,2983,8636,268
2016R
−19.7%
2,2483,3905,799
2012R
−14.1%
2,4413,2575,777
2008R
−13.1%
2,4153,1505,620
2004R
−13.8%
2,2142,9325,218
2000R
−6.7%
2,1872,5124,860
1996D
+17.8%
2,4161,6164,506
1992D
+18.9%
2,3281,5014,374
1988D
+7.1%
2,1461,8544,089
1984D
+4.5%
2,2962,0974,426
1980D
+29.7%
2,3411,2373,722
1976D
+30.8%
1,8909902,926
1972D
+3.3%
1,0791,0012,376
1968D
+37.7%
1,3032962,672
1964D
+60.2%
8972231,120
1960D
+8.4%
271196891
1956R
−18.6%
296442784
1952R
−28.6%
279503782
1948R
−0.2%
101102582
1944D
+41.1%
426178604
1940D
+66.6%
633127760
1936D
+76.3%
56476640
1932D
+83.8%
55749606
1928D
+64.8%
42190511
1924D
+91.7%
34715362
1920D
+82.6%
35634390
1916D
+92.3%
2618274
1912D
+88.5%
2813314
1908D
+88.2%
35022372
1904D
+92.2%
31913332
1900D
+88.8%
32019339
1896D
+89.1%
91944982
1892D
+100.0%
1,59301,593
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
34.5%
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
9.5%
Methodist
7.9%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.9%
Mainline Protestant
2.2%
Other Christian
1.0%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 69.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

West Feliciana's workforce is anchored by the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, shaping local employment and demographics in ways that set it apart from neighboring rural parishes along the Mississippi bluffs.

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

The political shift has tracked, in West Feliciana Parish, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 51% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $77,452, and a 12% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Marion County and De Soto Parish.