Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

2024 results by precinct

66 precincts · 26,429 votes cast

Trump · R+64

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−63.8%	4,637	21,510	26,429
2020	R	−61.9%	5,009	21,930	27,324
2016	R	−59.3%	4,857	20,063	25,632
2012	R	−52.8%	5,720	18,910	24,987
2008	R	−47.5%	6,266	18,069	24,833
2004	R	−24.4%	9,085	15,069	24,552
2000	R	−17.0%	8,704	12,495	22,235
1996	D	+21.9%	12,609	7,653	22,661
1992	D	+22.4%	12,324	7,062	23,444
1988	D	+13.5%	12,180	9,224	21,966
1984	R	−16.5%	9,033	12,721	22,378
1980	R	−3.4%	9,743	10,481	21,409
1976	D	+28.6%	11,246	6,133	17,850
1972	R	−37.5%	3,876	8,909	13,420
1968	D	+3.5%	3,806	3,278	15,208
1964	R	−29.7%	4,984	9,204	14,188
1960	D	+62.3%	11,257	2,170	14,595
1956	D	+7.9%	4,564	3,877	8,695
1952	D	+15.3%	5,261	3,868	9,129
1948	D	+9.5%	1,806	1,212	6,261
1944	D	+74.8%	4,684	676	5,360
1940	D	+30.9%	4,969	2,621	7,590
1936	D	+78.4%	4,141	496	4,652
1932	D	+83.3%	2,945	269	3,214
1928	D	+70.2%	2,580	451	3,031
1924	D	+17.9%	598	416	1,014
1920	R	−44.2%	549	1,420	1,970
1916	D	+56.1%	1,340	78	2,250
1912	D	+45.7%	531	124	890
1908	D	+51.9%	547	156	753
1904	D	+74.5%	792	111	914
1900	D	+25.5%	625	371	996
1896	D	+55.8%	702	196	907
1892	D	+17.5%	316	222	538
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

10.3%

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 39.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

1.1%

2.2%

75–84

2.8%

4.7%

65–74

5.3%

6.4%

55–64

6.9%

6.1%

45–54

6.0%

6.1%

35–44

6.5%

5.5%

25–34

6.5%

4.3%

18–24

3.9%

9.4%

5–17

9.5%

3.3%

3.0%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$55,707

Vermilion Parish ranks near the middle of US counties.

Vermilion Parish$55,707

Louisiana$60,756

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

20.2%

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

Catholic & Orthodox

39.9%

Other Christian

4.4%

Baptist

2.2%

Methodist

0.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.7%

Mainline Protestant

0.7%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 51.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Vermilion Parish, anchored by the coastal prairies and crawfish-farming communities along the Vermilion Bay shoreline, recorded an R+63.8 presidential margin in 2024—among the steepest in a state already tilted heavily toward Republican candidates.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Vermilion Parish peaked at eighty-three 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 seventeen points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Vermilion Parish's median household income of $55,707 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jefferson Davis Parish and Calcasieu Parish.

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Vermilion Parish changed its political identity.