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1876–2024
West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
West Baton Rouge Parish·Louisiana

West Baton Rouge Parish voted Democratic for a century. The shift began with civil rights.

A small river parish where petrochemical industry shapes the electorate

18762024·38 elections
West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana · Z28scrambler · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+12
in 2024
Archetype
Old Confederacy
since the recent cycles
Population
27,974
2024 ACS
Most similar
East Feliciana Parish
LA · similarity 0.94
30 precincts · 13,836 votes cast
Trump · R+12
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−11.7%
6,0087,62713,836
2020R
−10.5%
6,2007,68414,097
2016R
−12.1%
5,3836,92712,712
2012R
−9.6%
5,6926,92212,774
2008R
−13.6%
5,0436,65411,866
2004R
−8.2%
4,9325,82210,835
2000D
+1.3%
5,0584,92410,169
1996D
+24.9%
5,6973,2549,798
1992D
+16.1%
5,1313,5229,976
1988D
+8.1%
4,6863,9728,801
1984D
+5.0%
4,6314,1898,883
1980D
+24.6%
4,7392,8287,753
1976D
+32.2%
3,8091,9135,884
1972R
−15.7%
1,8492,6264,942
1968D
+25.6%
2,0166695,254
1964R
−1.5%
1,8351,8923,727
1960D
+61.3%
2,3153903,141
1956D
+7.5%
1,2081,0352,314
1952D
+29.0%
1,2807041,984
1948D
+35.6%
5571411,167
1944D
+84.6%
1,045871,132
1940D
+78.7%
1,1851411,326
1936D
+83.0%
86880949
1932D
+72.1%
59396689
1928D
+77.3%
60878686
1924D
+30.6%
19192324
1920D
+33.6%
352175527
1916D
+77.4%
23728270
1912D
+74.0%
17019204
1908D
+91.3%
1989207
1904D
+95.8%
2335238
1900D
+65.9%
18538223
1896R
−7.7%
237279542
1892D
+73.5%
1,4872271,714
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
32.8%
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
25.4%
Baptist
13.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.7%
Other Christian
1.7%
Methodist
1.4%
Mainline Protestant
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 54.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

West Baton Rouge Parish sits across the Mississippi from Louisiana's capital, with a petrochemical corridor that anchors its economy and a population just over 21,000 that has leaned Republican by double digits in recent presidential cycles.

The shift began with civil rights. 2004 marked the realignment in West Baton Rouge Parish, by a eight points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at sixteen points in 1972. The 2024 margin was twelve points.

The political shift has tracked, in West Baton Rouge Parish, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 53% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $87,299, and a 13% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of East Feliciana Parish and Lafayette County.