† 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
GroupRayvilleLouisianaUnited States
African American†79.1%29.3%9.9%
African0.7%0.8%0.5%
American3.1%7.4%5.3%
English2.3%7.3%9.5%
Irish1.9%6.6%9.4%
Scottish0.6%1.0%1.3%
German0.5%6.9%12.5%
French0.3%9.6%1.6%
Scotch-Irish0.2%——
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
Rayville
Louisiana
United States
Median age
31.1
38
39.1
Age 18–24
9.1%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.9%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Rayville
Louisiana
United States
Median household income
$27,273
$60,756
$84,427
Poverty rate
41.1%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
15.0%
27.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Rayville
Louisiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
0.0%
8.5%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Rayville
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.
Rayville, Louisiana
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+42.3%
2008
+44.1%
2012
+53.1%
2016
+49.9%
2020
+52.6%
2024
+38.6%
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
68.2%Harris788
29.6%Trump342
2.2%
D+38.6
R+14.0
D+40.1
1,156
D
75.1%Biden774
22.5%Trump232
2.3%
D+52.6
D+2.8
D+48.2
1,030
D
73.8%Clinton858
23.9%Trump278
2.3%
D+49.9
R+3.2
D+47.8
1,163
D
76.0%Obama961
22.9%Romney290
1.0%
D+53.1
D+9.0
D+49.2
1,264
D
71.0%Obama957
26.9%McCain363
2.1%
D+44.1
D+1.8
D+36.8
1,348
D
70.7%Kerry882
28.5%Bush355
0.8%
D+42.3
—
D+44.7
1,247
Rayville anchors Richland Parish, a rural agricultural parish where cotton and soybean farming still shape the local economy and a majority-Black population coexists with decades of shifting partisan realignment at the state level.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 53.1 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 14.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 38.6 points.
A population of 3,261, a 18% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $27,273 describe the city.
In 2024, Rayville, Louisiana voted Democratic by 38.6 points (D+38.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,156 votes cast, 788 went Democratic and 342 went Republican.
How many people live in Rayville, Louisiana?
Rayville, Louisiana has a population of 3,261 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Rayville, Louisiana?
Median household income in Rayville, Louisiana is $27,273 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Rayville, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Rayville, Louisiana from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
