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New Orleans-Metairie, LA·Louisiana

New Orleans-Metairie, LA delivered D+17 in 2024.

A majority-minority metro where turnout gaps shape every close race

1876 — 2024·38 elections
LA
Latest
D+17
in 2024
Archetype
Bellwether
since the recent cycles
Population
981,662
2024 ACS

New Orleans-Metairie, LA, Louisiana: Bellwether metro. In 2024, voted D+17%. Democratic peak: D+88 in 1932.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+17MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
BellwetherAkashic typology
Population
981,6622024 5-year
Median household income
$63,0592024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
43.3%2024 5-year
Black
37.9%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
13.1%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+88 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+33 in 1972MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
7 counties · 2 D · 5 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+16.9%
242,117170,667421,873
D
+19.2%
271,788182,929462,755
D
+16.7%
243,611171,473432,859
D
+14.5%
234,898174,277417,201
D
+6.9%
217,009188,659412,166
D
+9.9%
264,451216,523485,319
D
+13.1%
249,334190,181449,852
D
+22.3%
272,583168,611465,253
D
+9.6%
238,731192,888478,496
R
−3.2%
208,335222,346437,132
R
−16.0%
192,417266,301461,281
R
−4.6%
195,164214,631423,967
D
+1.9%
179,073172,089359,807
R
−32.9%
94,186197,322313,220
O
+6.4%
105,57585,053320,899
D
+1.1%
137,045134,056271,101
D
+25.5%
137,96068,954271,136
R
−17.3%
90,133129,690228,692
D
+3.2%
118,712111,392230,104
O
+10.5%
49,29433,377151,579
D
+65.2%
109,13423,021132,162
D
+71.9%
114,16318,646132,837
D
+83.0%
126,36611,695138,083
D
+87.6%
100,0696,519106,800
D
+62.6%
68,23315,69583,928
D
+62.0%
41,8458,89753,122
D
+30.0%
35,41319,06654,495
D
+82.6%
33,9072,98337,459
D
+75.8%
28,3361,29935,652
D
+76.5%
28,4383,64132,395
D
+82.4%
19,1801,61221,313
D
+60.4%
21,5765,32426,900
D
+29.5%
21,45611,49133,832
D
+38.5%
23,30810,34333,651
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
French
9.0%
German
8.2%
Irish
6.6%
Italian
6.6%
English
5.6%
American
3.7%
Scottish
0.8%
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: 39.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.7%
85+
1.2%
2.1%
75–84
2.8%
5.0%
65–74
5.7%
6.2%
55–64
6.8%
5.7%
45–54
6.0%
6.8%
35–44
7.3%
6.6%
25–34
7.3%
4.0%
18–24
4.2%
8.1%
5–17
7.7%
3.0%
<5
2.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$63,059
New Orleans-Metairie, LA ranks near the middle of US counties.
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$63,059
Louisiana$60,756
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
18.6%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1826.2%
Working age (18–64)16.6%
Seniors (65+)16.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
85.2%
speak English only
Spanish9.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.3%
Other Indo-European2.2%
Other languages1.0%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
38.6%
Baptist
8.8%
Other Christian
7.6%
Non-Christian
2.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.2%
Methodist
1.7%
Mainline Protestant
1.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 36.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

New Orleans-Metairie blends a heavily Black, Democratic-leaning core city with whiter, more Republican suburban Jefferson Parish, making intra-metro demographic splits a persistent driver of electoral outcomes across all levels of the ballot.

The Democratic margin in New Orleans-Metairie, LA has rarely exceeded eighty-eight points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded thirty-three points. 2024 delivered the metro to the Democratic candidate by seventeen points.

Its demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most metros. A 43% non-Hispanic-white share, a 19% poverty rate, and a median household income of $63,059 — all within the broad national range.

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All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
New Orleans-Metairie, LA, Louisiana — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/35380/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did New Orleans-Metairie, LA, Louisiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, New Orleans-Metairie, LA, Louisiana voted Democratic by 16.9 points (D+17), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 421,873 votes cast, 242,117 went Democratic and 170,667 went Republican.
What is New Orleans-Metairie, LA, Louisiana's political archetype?
Akashic classifies New Orleans-Metairie, LA, Louisiana as a "Bellwether" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 27 times, Republican 5 times, and other 2 times.
When did New Orleans-Metairie, LA, Louisiana last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which New Orleans-Metairie, LA, Louisiana voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in New Orleans-Metairie, LA, Louisiana?
New Orleans-Metairie, LA, Louisiana has a population of 981,662 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in New Orleans-Metairie, LA, Louisiana?
Median household income in New Orleans-Metairie, LA, Louisiana is $63,059 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of New Orleans-Metairie, LA, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in New Orleans-Metairie, LA, Louisiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 27 went Democratic and 5 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Bellwether" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.