† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupCovingtonLouisianaUnited States
German15.1%6.9%12.5%
French14.3%9.6%1.6%
Irish13.3%6.6%9.4%
English11.0%7.3%9.5%
Italian10.5%4.3%4.8%
American9.8%7.4%5.3%
Scottish1.6%1.0%1.3%
French Canadian1.5%1.6%—
African American†15.8%29.3%9.9%
African0.3%0.8%0.5%
Haitian0.3%—0.3%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian0.3%——
Mexican1.4%2.1%11.3%
Honduran1.3%1.6%0.3%
Spanish0.8%0.7%—
Spaniard0.6%0.2%—
Puerto Rican0.4%0.4%1.8%
Guatemalan0.2%0.2%0.5%
Aztec0.3%——
Samoan0.2%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Covington
Louisiana
United States
Median age
39
38
39.1
Age 18–24
7.8%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.6%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Covington
Louisiana
United States
Median household income
$75,851
$60,756
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.7%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
39.4%
27.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Covington
Louisiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.5%
8.5%
22.3%
Spanish
6.0%
4.7%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.2%
1.5%
0.7%
Religious landscape
Measure
Covington
Louisiana
United States
Catholic
—
26.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
25.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
36.8%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Covington, Louisiana
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−38.0%
2008
−41.5%
2012
−38.9%
2016
−35.4%
2020
−26.5%
2024
−26.3%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
35.8%Harris2,246
62.1%Trump3,893
2.0%
R+26.3
D+0.2
R+24.8
6,267
R
35.3%Biden1,562
61.7%Trump2,734
3.0%
R+26.5
D+8.9
R+30.9
4,429
R
29.3%Clinton1,392
64.6%Trump3,074
6.1%
R+35.4
D+3.5
R+37.5
4,756
R
29.5%Obama1,319
68.4%Romney3,058
2.2%
R+38.9
D+2.6
R+42.7
4,474
R
27.8%Obama1,303
69.3%McCain3,243
2.9%
R+41.5
R+3.4
R+48.7
4,680
R
30.1%Kerry1,303
68.1%Bush2,951
1.9%
R+38.0
—
R+35.6
4,335
Covington sits on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain and has absorbed steady outmigration from greater New Orleans, shifting St. Tammany Parish's electorate toward a reliably Republican suburban profile over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 41.5 points in 2008. The 2024 margin was 26.3 points.
A population of 11,658, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,851 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Slidell and Mandeville.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Covington, Louisiana voted Republican by 26.3 points (R+26.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 6,267 votes cast, 2,246 went Democratic and 3,893 went Republican.
How many people live in Covington, Louisiana?
Covington, Louisiana has a population of 11,658 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Covington, Louisiana?
Median household income in Covington, Louisiana is $75,851 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Covington, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Covington, Louisiana from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
