† 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
GroupShreveportLouisianaUnited States
African American†54.8%29.3%9.9%
African0.9%0.8%0.5%
American8.3%7.4%5.3%
English6.7%7.3%9.5%
Irish4.9%6.6%9.4%
German4.0%6.9%12.5%
French2.1%9.6%1.6%
Scottish1.6%1.0%1.3%
Italian1.3%4.3%4.8%
Scotch-Irish0.7%——
Mexican2.7%2.1%11.3%
Spanish0.3%0.7%—
Puerto Rican0.2%0.4%1.8%
Honduran0.2%1.6%0.3%
Spaniard0.2%0.2%—
Chinese0.4%0.2%1.3%
Filipino0.4%—0.9%
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
Shreveport
Louisiana
United States
Median age
37.9
38
39.1
Age 18–24
8.1%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.7%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Shreveport
Louisiana
United States
Median household income
$48,699
$60,756
$84,427
Poverty rate
23.5%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
28.5%
27.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Shreveport
Louisiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.2%
8.5%
22.3%
Spanish
2.2%
4.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Shreveport
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.
Shreveport, Louisiana
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+9.3%
2008
+14.7%
2012
+18.7%
2016
+20.1%
2020
+24.4%
2024
+21.2%
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
59.8%Harris41,949
38.6%Trump27,095
1.6%
D+21.2
R+3.3
D+22.6
70,193
D
61.3%Biden48,091
36.8%Trump28,908
1.9%
D+24.4
D+4.4
D+20.0
78,461
D
58.3%Clinton46,909
38.2%Trump30,766
3.4%
D+20.1
D+1.4
D+18.0
80,448
D
58.8%Obama50,927
40.1%Romney34,750
1.1%
D+18.7
D+3.9
D+14.8
86,652
D
56.9%Obama48,644
42.1%McCain36,029
1.0%
D+14.7
D+5.4
D+7.5
85,552
D
54.4%Kerry45,289
45.0%Bush37,503
0.6%
D+9.3
—
D+11.8
83,316
Shreveport's electorate is majority Black and heavily Democratic in federal races, yet local contests routinely produce split-ticket results tied to municipal service debates and a post-casino economy still navigating decades of population loss.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 24.4 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 21.2 points.
A population of 180,982, a 35% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $48,699 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Macon-Bibb County and Mobile.
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, Shreveport, Louisiana voted Democratic by 21.2 points (D+21.2), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 70,193 votes cast, 41,949 went Democratic and 27,095 went Republican.
How many people live in Shreveport, Louisiana?
Shreveport, Louisiana has a population of 180,982 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Shreveport, Louisiana?
Median household income in Shreveport, Louisiana is $48,699 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Shreveport, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Shreveport, Louisiana from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
