Louisiana, Louisiana: Old Confederacy state. In 2024, voted R+22%. Democratic peak: D+86 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+22MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
- Population
- 4,611,9612024 5-year
- Median household income
- $60,7562024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 56.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 30.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+86 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+37 in 1972MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Louisiana, 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 | 766,870 | 1,208,505 | 2,006,975 | ||
| R | 856,034 | 1,255,776 | 2,148,062 | ||
| R | 780,154 | 1,178,638 | 2,029,032 | ||
| R | 809,141 | 1,152,262 | 1,994,065 | ||
| R | 782,989 | 1,148,275 | 1,960,761 | ||
| R | 820,299 | 1,102,169 | 1,943,106 | ||
| R | 792,344 | 927,871 | 1,765,656 | ||
| D | 927,837 | 712,586 | 1,783,959 | ||
| D | 815,971 | 733,386 | 1,790,017 | ||
| R | 717,460 | 883,702 | 1,628,202 | ||
| R | 651,586 | 1,037,299 | 1,706,822 | ||
| R | 708,453 | 792,853 | 1,548,591 | ||
| D | 661,365 | 587,446 | 1,278,439 | ||
| R | 298,142 | 686,852 | 1,051,491 | ||
| O | 309,615 | 257,535 | 1,097,450 | ||
| D | 509,225 | 387,068 | 896,293 | ||
| D | 407,339 | 230,980 | 807,891 | ||
| R | 243,977 | 329,047 | 617,544 | ||
| D | 345,027 | 306,925 | 651,952 | ||
| O | 136,344 | 72,657 | 416,336 | ||
| D | 281,564 | 67,750 | 349,383 | ||
| D | 319,751 | 52,446 | 372,305 | ||
| D | 292,894 | 36,791 | 329,778 | ||
| D | 249,418 | 18,853 | 268,804 | ||
| D | 164,655 | 51,160 | 215,833 | ||
| D | 93,218 | 24,670 | 121,941 | ||
| D | 87,519 | 38,539 | 126,397 | ||
| D | 80,629 | 6,510 | 93,966 | ||
| D | 60,872 | 3,833 | 79,249 | ||
| D | 63,568 | 8,958 | 75,122 | ||
| D | 47,747 | 5,205 | 53,947 | ||
| D | 53,668 | 14,234 | 67,902 | ||
| D | 77,172 | 22,037 | 101,043 | ||
| D | 87,926 | 26,963 | 114,889 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
French
9.6%
American
7.4%
English
7.3%
German
6.9%
Irish
6.6%
Italian
4.3%
Scottish
1.0%
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: 38.0 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
$60,756
Louisiana ranks near the middle of US counties.
Louisiana$60,756
Louisiana$60,756
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
19.0%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1825.6%
Working age (18–64)17.1%
Seniors (65+)15.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
91.5%
speak English only
Spanish4.7%
Other Indo-European2.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.1%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 36.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Louisiana sits in the Gulf South. For nearly a century after Reconstruction, the state voted Democratic — not because of New Deal politics, but because of the long memory of the Civil War. The Democratic party of the Solid South was the party of segregation, and in Louisiana as throughout the former Confederacy, Republican identification was politically untenable until the second half of the twentieth century.
The shift began with civil rights. 2000 marked the realignment in Louisiana, by a eight points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at thirty-seven points in 1972. The 2024 margin was twenty-two points.
The political shift has tracked, in Louisiana, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 57% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $60,756, and a 19% poverty rate describe the demographic context.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Louisiana, Louisiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Louisiana, Louisiana voted Republican by 22.0 points (R+22), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,006,975 votes cast, 766,870 went Democratic and 1,208,505 went Republican.
What is Louisiana, Louisiana's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Louisiana, Louisiana as a "Old Confederacy" state based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the state has voted Democratic 20 times, Republican 12 times, and other 2 times.
When did Louisiana, Louisiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Louisiana, Louisiana voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Louisiana, Louisiana?
Louisiana, Louisiana has a population of 4,611,961 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Louisiana, Louisiana?
Median household income in Louisiana, Louisiana is $60,756 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Louisiana, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Louisiana, Louisiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 12 went Republican. The state's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.