St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana: Old Confederacy county. In 2024, voted R+29%. Democratic peak: D+98 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+29MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
- Population
- 44,4192024 5-year
- Median household income
- $58,6512024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 58.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 23.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 13.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+98 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+61 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Bossier Parish, LA · similarity 0.98
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of St. Bernard ParishPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for St. Bernard Parish, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 5,967 | 11,033 | 17,292 | ||
| R | 6,151 | 11,179 | 17,650 | ||
| R | 4,960 | 10,237 | 15,815 | ||
| R | 5,059 | 8,501 | 13,955 | ||
| R | 3,491 | 9,643 | 13,541 | ||
| R | 9,956 | 19,597 | 29,838 | ||
| R | 11,682 | 16,255 | 28,621 | ||
| D | 14,312 | 13,549 | 30,892 | ||
| R | 12,305 | 16,131 | 32,938 | ||
| R | 11,406 | 19,609 | 31,736 | ||
| R | 8,076 | 24,428 | 32,657 | ||
| R | 11,367 | 19,410 | 32,065 | ||
| D | 12,969 | 12,707 | 26,508 | ||
| R | 3,189 | 15,198 | 19,563 | ||
| O | 2,485 | 3,486 | 19,027 | ||
| D | 8,055 | 6,175 | 14,230 | ||
| O | 4,660 | 1,431 | 10,949 | ||
| R | 3,283 | 3,648 | 7,217 | ||
| R | 2,117 | 2,267 | 4,384 | ||
| O | 91 | 107 | 2,445 | ||
| D | 2,044 | 80 | 2,124 | ||
| D | 1,715 | 110 | 1,825 | ||
| D | 2,269 | 25 | 2,294 | ||
| D | 1,525 | 106 | 1,631 | ||
| D | 2,359 | 77 | 2,436 | ||
| D | 526 | 13 | 539 | ||
| D | 358 | 56 | 414 | ||
| D | 363 | 23 | 391 | ||
| D | 221 | 17 | 250 | ||
| D | 356 | 18 | 374 | ||
| D | 424 | 34 | 458 | ||
| D | 398 | 46 | 444 | ||
| D | 569 | 66 | 636 | ||
| D | 449 | 196 | 645 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
French
11.9%
Italian
11.0%
German
9.6%
Irish
6.9%
English
5.1%
American
4.3%
African American
19.0%
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. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 36.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$58,651
St. Bernard Parish ranks near the middle of US counties.
St. Bernard Parish$58,651
Louisiana$60,756
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
23.0%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1830.1%
Working age (18–64)20.5%
Seniors (65+)20.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
90.0%
speak English only
Spanish6.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.4%
Other Indo-European1.2%
Other languages0.9%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
St. Bernard Parish, just downriver from New Orleans, was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and lost roughly half its population; the rebuilt community has since shifted toward Republican margins exceeding 29 points in 2024.
The shift began with civil rights. 2000 marked the realignment in St. Bernard Parish, by a sixteen points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at sixty-one points in 1972. The 2024 margin was twenty-nine points.
The political shift has tracked, in St. Bernard Parish, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 58% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $58,651, and a 23% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bossier Parish and Plaquemines Parish.
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Frequently asked questions
How did St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana voted Republican by 29.3 points (R+29), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 17,292 votes cast, 5,967 went Democratic and 11,033 went Republican.
What is St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana's political archetype?
Akashic classifies St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana as a "Old Confederacy" county based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 17 times, Republican 14 times, and other 3 times.
When did St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana?
St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana has a population of 44,419 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana?
Median household income in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana is $58,651 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The county's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.