† 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
GroupGonzalesLouisianaUnited States
African American†44.3%29.3%9.9%
African2.3%0.8%0.5%
French9.9%9.6%1.6%
German6.3%6.9%12.5%
English5.8%7.3%9.5%
American4.8%7.4%5.3%
Irish4.6%6.6%9.4%
Italian4.4%4.3%4.8%
French Canadian1.5%1.6%—
Scotch-Irish0.7%——
Mexican4.7%2.1%11.3%
Spanish1.8%0.7%—
Honduran1.3%1.6%0.3%
Salvadoran1.0%—0.7%
Puerto Rican0.7%0.4%1.8%
Cuban0.6%0.3%0.7%
Colombian0.4%—0.4%
Dominican0.3%0.2%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
Gonzales
Louisiana
United States
Median age
38.9
38
39.1
Age 18–24
8.5%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.2%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Gonzales
Louisiana
United States
Median household income
$75,451
$60,756
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.0%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
28.1%
27.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Gonzales
Louisiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
13.7%
8.5%
22.3%
Spanish
12.1%
4.7%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.2%
1.5%
0.7%
Religious landscape
Measure
Gonzales
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.
Gonzales, Louisiana
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+11.8%
2008
+2.4%
2012
+15.4%
2016
+19.7%
2020
+19.6%
2024
+16.2%
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
57.3%Harris3,097
41.1%Trump2,222
1.7%
D+16.2
R+3.5
D+17.6
5,409
D
59.0%Biden3,177
39.4%Trump2,120
1.6%
D+19.6
R+0.1
D+15.2
5,385
D
57.9%Clinton2,581
38.2%Trump1,701
3.9%
D+19.7
D+4.4
D+17.7
4,456
D
56.8%Obama2,523
41.5%Romney1,841
1.7%
D+15.4
D+12.9
D+11.5
4,439
D
50.4%Obama2,022
47.9%McCain1,924
1.7%
D+2.4
R+9.3
R+4.8
4,014
D
55.2%Kerry1,926
43.4%Bush1,515
1.4%
D+11.8
—
D+14.2
3,490
Gonzales sits along the Mississippi between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, and its rapid suburban expansion over the past two decades has shifted its electorate toward a younger, working-class demographic that tracks closely with statewide Republican margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 19.7 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.2 points.
A population of 13,108, a 42% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,451 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Laplace and Timberlane.
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, Gonzales, Louisiana voted Democratic by 16.2 points (D+16.2), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 5,409 votes cast, 3,097 went Democratic and 2,222 went Republican.
How many people live in Gonzales, Louisiana?
Gonzales, Louisiana has a population of 13,108 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Gonzales, Louisiana?
Median household income in Gonzales, Louisiana is $75,451 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Gonzales, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Gonzales, Louisiana from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
