New Orleans, Louisiana: Old Confederacy market. In 2024, voted R+12%. Democratic peak: D+87 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+12MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
- Population
- 1,742,0042024 5-year
- Median household income
- $65,0172024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 55.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 28.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+87 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+37 in 1972MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for New Orleans, LAOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 328,001 | 422,088 | 763,864 | ||
| R | 362,913 | 439,798 | 816,657 | ||
| R | 319,934 | 404,357 | 753,356 | ||
| R | 314,794 | 390,996 | 719,590 | ||
| R | 293,496 | 401,586 | 707,022 | ||
| R | 348,695 | 405,418 | 761,681 | ||
| R | 333,751 | 339,568 | 689,780 | ||
| D | 371,639 | 275,612 | 692,104 | ||
| D | 321,596 | 293,636 | 696,961 | ||
| R | 281,267 | 339,603 | 631,148 | ||
| R | 250,156 | 397,996 | 653,173 | ||
| R | 268,608 | 309,218 | 598,034 | ||
| D | 251,833 | 235,256 | 499,645 | ||
| R | 118,083 | 272,838 | 419,070 | ||
| O | 129,997 | 106,875 | 432,571 | ||
| R | 177,227 | 179,865 | 357,092 | ||
| D | 180,109 | 84,362 | 344,051 | ||
| R | 111,374 | 155,798 | 278,297 | ||
| D | 149,733 | 133,263 | 282,996 | ||
| O | 59,125 | 38,317 | 185,972 | ||
| D | 134,105 | 27,348 | 161,460 | ||
| D | 140,920 | 22,863 | 163,823 | ||
| D | 146,663 | 16,414 | 163,122 | ||
| D | 119,274 | 8,222 | 127,746 | ||
| D | 80,697 | 21,468 | 102,165 | ||
| D | 48,200 | 11,206 | 62,197 | ||
| D | 40,558 | 21,887 | 62,466 | ||
| D | 39,377 | 3,676 | 45,403 | ||
| D | 32,333 | 1,826 | 41,138 | ||
| D | 32,565 | 4,705 | 37,703 | ||
| D | 22,256 | 2,189 | 25,018 | ||
| D | 25,959 | 7,196 | 33,163 | ||
| D | 27,029 | 13,067 | 41,167 | ||
| D | 29,519 | 11,649 | 41,190 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
French
10.9%
German
9.0%
Irish
7.7%
English
7.3%
Italian
6.9%
American
6.3%
Scottish
1.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 39.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$65,017
New Orleans ranks near the middle of US counties.
New Orleans$65,017
Louisiana$60,756
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
17.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1823.7%
Working age (18–64)15.4%
Seniors (65+)15.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
88.8%
speak English only
Spanish6.8%
Other Indo-European2.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.6%
Other languages0.6%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 36.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
The New Orleans DMA stretches from dense urban precincts that vote Democratic by wide margins to rural parishes along the Gulf Coast that trend sharply Republican, making it one of the more internally polarized media markets in the Deep South.
The shift began with civil rights. 2000 marked the realignment in New Orleans, by a one point margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at thirty-seven points in 1972. The 2024 margin was twelve points.
The political shift has tracked, in New Orleans, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 55% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $65,017, and a 17% poverty rate describe the demographic context.
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Frequently asked questions
How did New Orleans, Louisiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, New Orleans, Louisiana voted Republican by 12.3 points (R+12), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 763,864 votes cast, 328,001 went Democratic and 422,088 went Republican.
What is New Orleans, Louisiana's political archetype?
Akashic classifies New Orleans, Louisiana as a "Old Confederacy" market based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the market has voted Democratic 19 times, Republican 13 times, and other 2 times.
When did New Orleans, Louisiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which New Orleans, Louisiana voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in New Orleans, Louisiana?
New Orleans, Louisiana has a population of 1,742,004 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in New Orleans, Louisiana?
Median household income in New Orleans, Louisiana is $65,017 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of New Orleans, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in New Orleans, Louisiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The market's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.