Catahoula Parish, Louisiana

2024 results by precinct

28 precincts · 4,348 votes cast

Trump · R+51

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−50.6%	1,060	3,258	4,348
2020	R	−46.8%	1,269	3,541	4,858
2016	R	−44.4%	1,322	3,479	4,856
2012	R	−31.9%	1,408	2,744	4,193
2008	R	−35.0%	1,659	3,486	5,225
2004	R	−31.2%	1,673	3,219	4,954
2000	R	−25.1%	1,718	2,912	4,765
1996	D	+17.8%	2,692	1,770	5,166
1992	D	+10.9%	2,570	1,976	5,471
1988	R	−19.1%	1,916	2,862	4,950
1984	R	−36.9%	1,649	3,640	5,391
1980	R	−9.5%	2,414	2,942	5,531
1976	D	+9.7%	2,547	2,086	4,767
1972	R	−50.7%	823	2,683	3,668
1968	D	+0.3%	769	755	4,201
1964	D	+62.0%	2,387	560	2,947
1960	R	−19.4%	558	971	2,132
1956	R	−7.7%	707	845	1,802
1952	D	+20.4%	1,336	884	2,220
1948	D	+25.8%	515	86	1,666
1944	D	+61.2%	1,208	291	1,499
1940	D	+83.7%	1,512	134	1,646
1936	D	+86.6%	1,363	98	1,461
1932	D	+95.8%	1,340	29	1,369
1928	D	+35.1%	710	341	1,051
1924	D	+47.3%	218	78	296
1920	D	+49.2%	517	176	693
1916	D	+91.5%	459	20	480
1912	D	+71.0%	275	11	372
1908	D	+66.3%	660	88	863
1904	D	+60.2%	514	124	648
1900	D	+57.0%	526	144	670
1896	D	+83.0%	811	74	888
1892	D	+42.2%	1,081	439	1,520
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

27.4%

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: 39.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.0%

85+

0.9%

2.4%

75–84

2.6%

5.5%

65–74

6.3%

6.9%

55–64

6.8%

6.5%

45–54

4.6%

7.2%

35–44

6.2%

8.2%

25–34

5.5%

3.9%

18–24

3.3%

8.4%

5–17

8.7%

2.4%

2.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$50,275

Catahoula Parish ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.

Catahoula Parish$50,275

Louisiana$60,756

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

24.3%

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

53.7%

Other Christian

12.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

9.5%

Methodist

2.0%

Mainline Protestant

0.5%

Catholic & Orthodox

0.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 21.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Catahoula Parish sits along the Ouachita River basin with a population under 11,000, and its presidential margins have grown steadily more one-sided over the past two decades as rural realignment reshaped north-central Louisiana.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Catahoula Parish peaked at ninety-six points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2000 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of twenty-five points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Catahoula Parish's median household income of $50,275 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 24% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Winn Parish and Iberia Parish.

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