Morgan City, LA, Louisiana: Old Confederacy metro. In 2024, voted R+32%. Democratic peak: D+74 in 1944.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+32MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
- Population
- 47,8282024 5-year
- Median household income
- $52,5762024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 56.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 28.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+74 in 1944MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+41 in 1972MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Morgan City, LA, LAOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 7,011 | 13,671 | 20,897 | ||
| R | 8,055 | 14,811 | 23,186 | ||
| R | 8,050 | 14,359 | 22,877 | ||
| R | 9,450 | 13,885 | 23,640 | ||
| R | 9,345 | 13,183 | 22,903 | ||
| R | 9,547 | 12,877 | 22,694 | ||
| R | 9,851 | 11,325 | 21,810 | ||
| D | 12,402 | 8,018 | 22,569 | ||
| D | 10,648 | 8,792 | 23,440 | ||
| R | 10,364 | 11,540 | 22,318 | ||
| R | 9,411 | 15,275 | 24,974 | ||
| D | 10,506 | 10,378 | 21,606 | ||
| D | 9,401 | 8,919 | 18,708 | ||
| R | 4,435 | 11,117 | 16,243 | ||
| O | 5,312 | 4,586 | 16,659 | ||
| R | 5,530 | 7,327 | 12,857 | ||
| D | 6,671 | 2,992 | 10,832 | ||
| R | 2,395 | 4,097 | 6,663 | ||
| R | 4,249 | 4,417 | 8,666 | ||
| O | 918 | 824 | 3,503 | ||
| D | 3,591 | 538 | 4,129 | ||
| D | 3,686 | 739 | 4,425 | ||
| D | 1,942 | 487 | 2,429 | ||
| D | 2,072 | 473 | 2,545 | ||
| D | 1,754 | 605 | 2,359 | ||
| D | 639 | 633 | 1,300 | ||
| R | 539 | 788 | 1,327 | ||
| D | 652 | 162 | 1,419 | ||
| D | 652 | 147 | 1,058 | ||
| D | 767 | 273 | 1,070 | ||
| D | 749 | 193 | 946 | ||
| D | 818 | 606 | 1,424 | ||
| D | 591 | 580 | 1,200 | ||
| D | 1,311 | 284 | 1,595 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
French
12.9%
German
5.8%
American
5.2%
Irish
4.4%
English
4.4%
Italian
3.6%
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: 39.7 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
$52,576
Morgan City, LA ranks near the middle of US counties.
Morgan City, LA$52,576
Louisiana$60,756
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
20.8%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1827.1%
Working age (18–64)18.3%
Seniors (65+)22.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
90.0%
speak English only
Spanish7.3%
Other Indo-European1.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.1%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 38.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Morgan City anchors Louisiana's offshore oil-services industry yet posted a 24-point Democratic presidential margin in 2024, a combination that defies the broader rural Gulf Coast rightward shift and reflects the area's majority-minority composition.
The shift began with civil rights. 2000 marked the realignment in Morgan City, LA, by a seven points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at forty-one points in 1972. The 2024 margin was thirty-two points.
The political shift has tracked, in Morgan City, LA, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 57% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $52,576, and a 21% poverty rate describe the demographic context.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Morgan City, LA, Louisiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Morgan City, LA, Louisiana voted Republican by 31.9 points (R+32), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 20,897 votes cast, 7,011 went Democratic and 13,671 went Republican.
What is Morgan City, LA, Louisiana's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Morgan City, LA, Louisiana as a "Old Confederacy" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 18 times, Republican 14 times, and other 2 times.
When did Morgan City, LA, Louisiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Morgan City, LA, Louisiana voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Morgan City, LA, Louisiana?
Morgan City, LA, Louisiana has a population of 47,828 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Morgan City, LA, Louisiana?
Median household income in Morgan City, LA, Louisiana is $52,576 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Morgan City, LA, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Morgan City, LA, Louisiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.