† 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
GroupHammondLouisianaUnited States
Italian7.5%4.3%4.8%
French7.4%9.6%1.6%
English7.2%7.3%9.5%
German7.1%6.9%12.5%
Irish6.9%6.6%9.4%
American3.5%7.4%5.3%
Scottish0.8%1.0%1.3%
Scotch-Irish0.6%——
African American†43.3%29.3%9.9%
Mexican1.1%2.1%11.3%
Honduran0.7%1.6%0.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.4%1.8%
Spanish0.2%0.7%—
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
Hammond
Louisiana
United States
Median age
27.7
38
39.1
Age 18–24
24.0%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
12.9%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Hammond
Louisiana
United States
Median household income
$48,166
$60,756
$84,427
Poverty rate
28.9%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
27.7%
27.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Hammond
Louisiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.0%
8.5%
22.3%
Spanish
2.5%
4.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Hammond
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.
Hammond, Louisiana
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+11.4%
2008
+5.7%
2012
+13.8%
2016
+12.3%
2020
+15.5%
2024
+9.7%
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
54.0%Harris3,355
44.3%Trump2,750
1.7%
D+9.7
R+5.7
D+11.2
6,211
D
56.5%Biden3,749
41.1%Trump2,723
2.4%
D+15.5
D+3.2
D+11.0
6,632
D
54.1%Clinton3,551
41.8%Trump2,743
4.1%
D+12.3
R+1.4
D+10.2
6,561
D
56.1%Obama3,669
42.3%Romney2,769
1.6%
D+13.8
D+8.0
D+9.9
6,541
D
52.0%Obama3,532
46.2%McCain3,142
1.8%
D+5.7
R+5.7
R+1.5
6,795
D
54.9%Kerry3,296
43.4%Bush2,609
1.7%
D+11.4
—
D+13.9
6,007
Home to Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond's electorate skews younger than its rural parish surroundings, and student enrollment cycles produce measurable swings in registered-voter counts each academic year.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 15.5 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 5.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 9.7 points.
A population of 21,539, a 50% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $48,166 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Timberlane and Salisbury.
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, Hammond, Louisiana voted Democratic by 9.7 points (D+9.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 6,211 votes cast, 3,355 went Democratic and 2,750 went Republican.
How many people live in Hammond, Louisiana?
Hammond, Louisiana has a population of 21,539 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hammond, Louisiana?
Median household income in Hammond, Louisiana is $48,166 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Hammond, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Hammond, Louisiana from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
