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1876–2024
Iberia Parish, Louisiana
Iberia Parish·Louisiana

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

Oil-patch parish where the Teche corridor shapes both economy and culture

18762024·38 elections
Iberia Parish, Louisiana · Carol M. Highsmith · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+34
in 2024
Archetype
Old Confederacy
since the recent cycles
Population
68,599
2024 ACS
Most similar
Winn Parish
LA · similarity 1.00
55 precincts · 29,331 votes cast
Trump · R+34
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−34.1%
9,50419,51129,331
2020R
−31.3%
11,02721,25132,713
2016R
−31.4%
10,69820,90332,454
2012R
−26.2%
12,13220,89233,397
2008R
−23.0%
12,49220,12733,168
2004R
−21.7%
12,42619,42032,273
2000R
−18.2%
11,76217,23630,020
1996D
+10.3%
15,08712,01429,965
1992D
+3.7%
13,04011,90530,530
1988R
−11.5%
12,16615,43828,331
1984R
−26.5%
10,17017,72728,526
1980R
−18.3%
9,68114,27325,028
1976R
−2.0%
9,98410,39220,753
1972R
−37.2%
5,14311,81217,940
1968D
+0.3%
5,5105,44819,029
1964D
+0.3%
8,1968,14116,337
1960D
+36.7%
9,2353,55115,470
1956R
−30.0%
3,5446,73310,615
1952R
−16.8%
4,0405,6699,709
1948R
−30.8%
1,0152,9106,157
1944D
+52.5%
3,6611,1414,802
1940D
+41.1%
4,0911,7065,797
1936D
+35.5%
2,5951,2343,829
1932D
+50.3%
2,4127983,210
1928D
+72.2%
2,5614132,974
1924D
+4.3%
7406791,419
1920R
−48.9%
4381,2751,713
1916D
+37.4%
8021341,786
1912D
+34.3%
6662221,296
1908D
+41.0%
8203281,200
1904D
+55.0%
734205962
1900D
+21.3%
1,0306681,698
1896D
+40.9%
9393911,341
1892D
+95.6%
57613589
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%
Polish
0.6%
African American
25.0%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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
51.7%
Other Christian
10.0%
Baptist
7.7%
Methodist
1.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.3%
Mainline Protestant
0.7%
Non-Christian
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 26.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Iberia Parish anchors Louisiana's Acadiana region, where a Cajun cultural identity and petroleum-industry employment have long reinforced a conservative tilt—the 2024 presidential margin of R+34 reflects a alignment that has deepened steadily over two decades.

The shift began with civil rights. 2000 marked the realignment in Iberia Parish, by a eighteen points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at forty-nine points in 1920. The 2024 margin was thirty-four points.

The political shift has tracked, in Iberia Parish, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 57% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $56,961, and a 23% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Winn Parish and Catahoula Parish.