† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
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
GroupDonaldsonvilleLouisianaUnited States
African American†77.2%29.3%9.9%
African4.0%0.8%0.5%
French3.1%9.6%1.6%
German2.0%6.9%12.5%
English1.8%7.3%9.5%
American1.5%7.4%5.3%
Irish1.4%6.6%9.4%
Italian1.4%4.3%4.8%
French Canadian0.5%1.6%—
Scotch-Irish0.2%——
Mexican1.5%2.1%11.3%
Spanish0.6%0.7%—
Honduran0.4%1.6%0.3%
Salvadoran0.3%—0.7%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.4%1.8%
Cuban0.2%0.3%0.7%
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
Donaldsonville
Louisiana
United States
Median age
29.1
38
39.1
Age 18–24
9.8%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.4%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Donaldsonville
Louisiana
United States
Median household income
$23,618
$60,756
$84,427
Poverty rate
44.8%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
14.2%
27.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Donaldsonville
Louisiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.6%
8.5%
22.3%
Spanish
4.2%
4.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Donaldsonville
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.
Donaldsonville, Louisiana
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+61.3%
2008
+55.4%
2012
+57.8%
2016
+58.0%
2020
+60.5%
2024
+49.2%
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
D
73.6%Harris2,170
24.4%Trump720
2.0%
D+49.2
R+11.4
D+50.6
2,949
D
78.9%Biden2,996
18.4%Trump699
2.6%
D+60.5
D+2.5
D+56.1
3,795
D
78.2%Clinton2,267
20.2%Trump586
1.6%
D+58.0
D+0.2
D+55.9
2,899
D
78.0%Obama2,757
20.3%Romney716
1.7%
D+57.8
D+2.4
D+53.9
3,533
D
76.9%Obama2,853
21.6%McCain800
1.5%
D+55.4
R+5.9
D+48.1
3,709
D
80.6%Kerry2,705
19.3%Bush647
0.2%
D+61.3
—
D+63.7
3,358
Donaldsonville, Louisiana's oldest incorporated city, sits at the confluence of the Mississippi and Bayou Lafourche. Its majority-Black population consistently drives turnout patterns that diverge sharply from the surrounding parish's broader electoral trends.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 61.3 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 11.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 49.2 points.
A population of 6,831, a 14% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $23,618 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fort Valley and Grambling.
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, Donaldsonville, Louisiana voted Democratic by 49.2 points (D+49.2), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 2,949 votes cast, 2,170 went Democratic and 720 went Republican.
How many people live in Donaldsonville, Louisiana?
Donaldsonville, Louisiana has a population of 6,831 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Donaldsonville, Louisiana?
Median household income in Donaldsonville, Louisiana is $23,618 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Donaldsonville, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Donaldsonville, Louisiana from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
