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1876–2024
State House District 18·Louisiana

Louisiana 18th State House District changed direction in the last decade — R+20 in 2024.

1876 — 2024·38 elections
LA
Latest
R+20
in 2024
Archetype
Recent convert
since the recent cycles
Population
62,823
2024 ACS

Louisiana 18th State House District, Louisiana: Recent convert district. In 2024, voted R+20%. Democratic peak: D+93 in 1904.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+20MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Recent convertAkashic typology
Population
62,8232024 5-year
Median household income
$74,5912024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
54.4%2024 5-year
Black
39.0%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
4.2%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+93 in 1904MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+20 in 2024MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
4 counties · 0 D · 4 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−20.3%
12,23518,56831,203
R
−16.3%
13,44218,79432,755
R
−13.4%
12,82516,92030,500
R
−7.5%
14,18616,53231,121
R
−8.9%
13,64316,36130,448
R
−2.4%
13,38914,06627,769
D
+5.6%
13,57812,09426,406
D
+27.0%
15,5648,45726,358
D
+21.2%
14,4428,81626,504
D
+13.8%
13,82510,41324,789
D
+8.4%
14,33912,09226,614
D
+27.7%
14,2957,97722,824
D
+31.9%
11,4475,81117,654
R
−4.3%
6,3807,00914,744
O
+30.1%
6,8291,95116,204
D
+4.8%
5,3354,84410,179
D
+52.3%
5,9371,3778,711
D
+3.7%
3,1752,9446,316
D
+13.5%
3,3772,5725,949
O
+18.8%
1,2865154,096
D
+67.5%
3,1326083,739
D
+74.0%
3,9365874,523
D
+81.6%
3,0533093,363
D
+78.4%
2,3092792,588
D
+78.4%
2,5583102,868
D
+49.6%
9793151,338
D
+46.1%
1,1084081,517
D
+76.3%
841101970
D
+66.9%
817941,081
D
+90.8%
1,259611,320
D
+92.6%
1,109421,152
D
+77.6%
1,1901501,340
D
+41.2%
1,9467922,804
D
+72.2%
3,9416364,577
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
French
13.9%
American
10.0%
English
5.6%
Italian
5.6%
German
5.3%
Irish
4.5%
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: 40.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.4%
85+
1.2%
2.9%
75–84
2.8%
5.1%
65–74
5.3%
7.4%
55–64
6.4%
7.2%
45–54
5.4%
8.0%
35–44
6.0%
7.8%
25–34
5.7%
4.4%
18–24
3.2%
8.6%
5–17
7.2%
2.5%
<5
2.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$74,591
State House District 18 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State House District 18$74,591
Louisiana$60,756
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
14.5%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.9%
Working age (18–64)12.4%
Seniors (65+)15.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.0%
speak English only
Spanish2.6%
Other Indo-European1.2%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
24.8%
Baptist
10.9%
Other Christian
3.2%
Methodist
2.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.4%
Mainline Protestant
1.1%
Non-Christian
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 54.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Louisiana 18th State House District in the Gulf South has, until recently, been a Democratic district. The district's earlier pattern was unmistakable — multiple decades of consistent margins for the other party.

The 2004 election was the turning point, when the Republican candidate carried the district by two points. The 2024 margin was twenty points, in line with the district's new direction.

The demographics suggest why. A population of 62,823, a 54% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,591 situate the district in the broader realignment patterns of recent cycles.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State House District 18, Louisiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, State House District 18, Louisiana voted Republican by 20.3 points (R+20), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 31,203 votes cast, 12,235 went Democratic and 18,568 went Republican.
What is State House District 18, Louisiana's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State House District 18, Louisiana as a "Recent convert" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 25 times, Republican 7 times, and other 2 times.
When did State House District 18, Louisiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State House District 18, Louisiana voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in State House District 18, Louisiana?
State House District 18, Louisiana has a population of 62,823 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State House District 18, Louisiana?
Median household income in State House District 18, Louisiana is $74,591 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of State House District 18, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State House District 18, Louisiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 25 went Democratic and 7 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Recent convert" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.