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1876–2024
Winn Parish, Louisiana
Winn Parish·Louisiana

Winn Parish changed its political identity.

A piney-hills parish where statewide margins rarely tell the full story

18762024·38 elections
Winn Parish, Louisiana · Billy Hathorn · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+54
in 2024
Archetype
Realigner
since the recent cycles
Population
13,467
2024 ACS
Most similar
Iberia Parish
LA · similarity 1.00
26 precincts · 5,781 votes cast
Trump · R+54
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−54.4%
1,2924,4375,781
2020R
−49.4%
1,5434,6196,225
2016R
−46.5%
1,6444,6086,372
2012R
−40.1%
1,9194,5416,534
2008R
−38.2%
2,0474,6326,772
2004R
−35.5%
2,0564,3666,507
2000R
−29.3%
2,1674,0286,361
1996D
+13.1%
3,7792,8037,463
1992D
+8.0%
3,5372,9327,549
1988R
−20.8%
2,6994,1657,057
1984R
−29.8%
2,6334,9347,727
1980R
−7.1%
3,4113,9447,547
1976D
+4.8%
3,5433,2096,889
1972R
−45.6%
1,4904,2356,016
1968D
+2.9%
1,2301,0506,295
1964D
+57.1%
4,3661,1935,559
1960R
−17.8%
1,1081,8394,096
1956R
−14.6%
1,2251,7363,503
1952D
+7.1%
2,2061,9154,121
1948D
+20.7%
9403332,930
1944D
+22.9%
1,4038812,284
1940D
+74.0%
2,5523822,934
1936D
+80.8%
2,3932542,647
1932D
+95.1%
2,172362,246
1928D
+37.1%
1,1615331,694
1924D
+73.8%
797120917
1920D
+45.5%
9632911,477
1916D
+89.1%
86850918
1912D
+55.2%
600261,039
1908D
+42.2%
527153886
1904D
+33.9%
277128439
1900D
+11.2%
293234527
1896D
+87.7%
68242730
1892R
−57.7%
211787998
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
0.7%
African American
21.3%
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.
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
61.2%
Other Christian
6.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
4.3%
Methodist
4.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.2%
Mainline Protestant
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 22.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Winn Parish, birthplace of Huey Long, sits in Louisiana's rural north-central hills and has shifted decisively toward Republican presidential candidates over the past two decades, recording a 54-point margin in 2024.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Winn Parish peaked at ninety-five 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-nine points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Winn Parish's median household income of $48,871 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 Iberia Parish and Jackson Parish.