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1876–2024
Assumption Parish, Louisiana
Assumption Parish·Louisiana

Assumption Parish changed direction in the last decade.

A bayou parish where oil-field culture shapes a decades-long rightward shift

18762024·38 elections
Assumption Parish, Louisiana · Z28scrambler · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+36
in 2024
Archetype
Recent convert
since the recent cycles
Population
20,484
2024 ACS
Most similar
Lincoln County
AR · similarity 0.99
26 precincts · 10,367 votes cast
Trump · R+36
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−35.6%
3,2736,96310,367
2020R
−30.6%
3,8337,27111,235
2016R
−25.5%
3,9316,71410,904
2012R
−12.1%
4,7546,08310,992
2008R
−11.2%
4,7565,98110,960
2004D
+5.8%
5,5854,96610,735
2000D
+8.3%
5,2224,38810,053
1996D
+36.4%
6,4162,69810,212
1992D
+25.9%
5,6392,92810,453
1988D
+15.9%
5,6104,0179,995
1984R
−7.5%
4,6605,43310,363
1980D
+7.5%
4,6794,0019,073
1976D
+16.7%
4,4013,1177,711
1972R
−26.5%
2,0653,7516,365
1968D
+13.9%
2,0851,2226,205
1964R
−18.3%
2,1123,0565,168
1960D
+53.5%
3,0197664,211
1956R
−13.8%
1,2821,7083,096
1952D
+15.3%
1,6471,2102,857
1948R
−5.8%
3624691,834
1944D
+53.8%
1,4194261,845
1940D
+41.8%
1,7597222,481
1936R
−21.9%
7121,1111,823
1932D
+59.9%
1,5383861,924
1928D
+51.1%
9483071,255
1924R
−32.7%
305601906
1920R
−56.4%
202725927
1916D
+24.7%
4892211,083
1912D
+36.8%
423149744
1908D
+44.1%
511198710
1904D
+57.4%
592160752
1900D
+7.1%
5845071,091
1896R
−49.9%
3441,0701,454
1892D
+27.0%
1,2767332,009
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
22.2%
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
Catholic & Orthodox
53.3%
Baptist
3.9%
Other Christian
2.1%
Methodist
1.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 38.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Assumption Parish sits along Bayou Lafourche in south-central Louisiana, where the energy industry and Cajun heritage define a working-class electorate that has moved steadily toward Republican margins since the early 2000s.

The 2008 election was the turning point, when the Republican candidate carried the county by eleven points. The 2024 margin was thirty-six points, in line with the county's new direction.

The demographics suggest why. A population of 20,484, a 65% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $51,423 situate the county in the broader realignment patterns of recent cycles. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lincoln County and Pointe Coupee Parish.