† 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
GroupScottLouisianaUnited States
French20.0%9.6%1.6%
German9.0%6.9%12.5%
English6.9%7.3%9.5%
Irish6.6%6.6%9.4%
American5.5%7.4%5.3%
French Canadian5.1%1.6%—
Italian4.3%4.3%4.8%
Scottish1.1%1.0%1.3%
African American†19.2%29.3%9.9%
Jamaican0.2%—0.4%
Mexican2.1%2.1%11.3%
Honduran1.5%1.6%0.3%
Spanish0.8%0.7%—
Puerto Rican0.4%0.4%1.8%
Cuban0.3%0.3%0.7%
Guatemalan0.3%0.2%0.5%
Spaniard0.3%0.2%—
Venezuelan0.2%——
Asian Indian0.5%0.2%1.4%
Vietnamese0.4%0.5%0.6%
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
Scott
Louisiana
United States
Median age
42
38
39.1
Age 18–24
7.4%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.5%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Scott
Louisiana
United States
Median household income
$56,299
$60,756
$84,427
Poverty rate
15.2%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
22.3%
27.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Scott
Louisiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
14.6%
8.5%
22.3%
Spanish
5.8%
4.7%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
7.3%
1.5%
0.7%
Religious landscape
Measure
Scott
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.
Scott, Louisiana
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−41.6%
2008
−42.9%
2012
−44.3%
2016
−46.0%
2020
−38.7%
2024
−44.1%
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
27.5%Harris931
71.6%Trump2,426
0.9%
R+44.1
R+5.4
R+42.6
3,389
R
29.8%Biden1,290
68.5%Trump2,969
1.7%
R+38.7
D+7.3
R+43.2
4,333
R
25.0%Clinton933
71.0%Trump2,647
3.9%
R+46.0
R+1.7
R+48.1
3,726
R
26.9%Obama844
71.2%Romney2,237
1.9%
R+44.3
R+1.4
R+48.2
3,141
R
27.6%Obama1,009
70.5%McCain2,580
1.9%
R+42.9
R+1.3
R+50.2
3,660
R
28.9%Kerry984
70.5%Bush2,401
0.6%
R+41.6
—
R+39.2
3,405
Scott sits on Lafayette's western edge and has grown steadily as spillover development from the metro core reshapes its demographics, making it a useful bellwether for how suburban expansion tracks with electoral change in Acadiana.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 46.0 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 5.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 44.1 points.
A population of 8,609, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $56,299 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Moss Bluff and Sulphur.
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, Scott, Louisiana voted Republican by 44.1 points (R+44.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,389 votes cast, 931 went Democratic and 2,426 went Republican.
How many people live in Scott, Louisiana?
Scott, Louisiana has a population of 8,609 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Scott, Louisiana?
Median household income in Scott, Louisiana is $56,299 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Scott, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Scott, Louisiana from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
