† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupBastropLouisianaUnited States
African American†77.5%29.3%9.9%
African0.3%0.8%0.5%
American2.7%7.4%5.3%
Irish2.5%6.6%9.4%
English2.0%7.3%9.5%
German0.8%6.9%12.5%
French0.7%9.6%1.6%
Italian0.5%4.3%4.8%
Scottish0.3%1.0%1.3%
Scotch-Irish0.2%——
Salvadoran0.9%—0.7%
Mexican0.7%2.1%11.3%
Cuban0.4%0.3%0.7%
Guatemalan0.4%0.2%0.5%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Bastrop
Louisiana
United States
Median age
31.3
38
39.1
Age 18–24
11.3%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.6%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Bastrop
Louisiana
United States
Median household income
$32,605
$60,756
$84,427
Poverty rate
40.1%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
6.0%
27.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Bastrop
Louisiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.8%
8.5%
22.3%
Spanish
2.3%
4.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Bastrop
Louisiana
United States
Catholic
—
26.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
25.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
36.8%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Bastrop, Louisiana
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+30.8%
2008
+35.7%
2012
+45.8%
2016
+44.1%
2020
+44.3%
2024
+36.9%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
67.7%Harris2,017
30.8%Trump918
1.4%
D+36.9
R+7.4
D+38.4
2,978
D
71.3%Biden2,382
27.1%Trump904
1.6%
D+44.3
D+0.2
D+39.8
3,339
D
71.1%Clinton2,533
27.0%Trump963
1.9%
D+44.1
R+1.8
D+42.0
3,562
D
72.4%Obama2,945
26.5%Romney1,080
1.1%
D+45.8
D+10.2
D+42.0
4,069
D
67.0%Obama2,934
31.3%McCain1,372
1.6%
D+35.7
D+4.9
D+28.4
4,378
D
64.8%Kerry2,685
33.9%Bush1,407
1.3%
D+30.8
—
D+33.3
4,146
Bastrop has shed roughly a third of its population since 1980, leaving a majority-Black city in one of Louisiana's most economically distressed corners, where turnout patterns track closely with statewide rural Democratic baselines.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 45.8 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 7.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 36.9 points.
A population of 9,232, a 17% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $32,605 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Indianola and Tallulah.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Bastrop, Louisiana voted Democratic by 36.9 points (D+36.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 2,978 votes cast, 2,017 went Democratic and 918 went Republican.
How many people live in Bastrop, Louisiana?
Bastrop, Louisiana has a population of 9,232 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bastrop, Louisiana?
Median household income in Bastrop, Louisiana is $32,605 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Bastrop, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Bastrop, Louisiana from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
