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1876–2024
State House District 65·Louisiana

Louisiana 65th State House District delivered D+11 in 2024 — close enough to flip again next time.

1876 — 2024·38 elections
LA
Latest
D+11
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
69,236
2024 ACS

Louisiana 65th State House District, Louisiana: Tossup district. In 2024, voted D+11%. Democratic peak: D+91 in 1904.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+11MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
TossupAkashic typology
Population
69,2362024 5-year
Median household income
$63,0712024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
42.4%2024 5-year
Black
43.7%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
6.9%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+91 in 1904MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+36 in 1972MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
1 counties · 1 D · 0 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
D
+11.1%
15,87012,64529,142
D
+13.0%
17,66713,51631,823
D
+9.2%
15,71812,94130,036
D
+5.2%
15,69214,10830,292
D
+2.2%
15,23314,58130,167
R
−9.6%
12,58015,27728,071
R
−7.5%
11,69613,62425,832
D
+3.3%
12,76311,89426,085
R
−7.5%
10,49012,39325,480
R
−18.6%
9,06013,26722,560
R
−25.5%
8,66314,62923,429
R
−10.2%
8,78110,86320,356
R
−1.6%
7,6367,89615,868
R
−36.0%
3,6108,04812,312
O
+0.1%
3,3283,31112,027
D
+17.1%
5,6503,9989,648
D
+15.2%
4,0242,7138,627
R
−16.4%
2,6103,6716,471
D
+8.0%
3,5323,0106,542
D
+18.5%
1,3087013,281
D
+66.0%
2,2564622,718
D
+76.6%
2,0332692,303
D
+80.6%
1,5151631,678
D
+71.5%
9731601,137
D
+20.8%
6994581,157
D
+63.6%
42393519
D
+68.0%
35768425
D
+82.1%
22720252
D
+81.7%
1637191
D
+84.2%
16713183
D
+91.2%
1527159
D
+69.5%
12823151
D
+39.6%
21691316
D
+36.4%
21098308
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
French
7.1%
English
7.0%
German
5.8%
American
5.8%
Irish
5.5%
Italian
4.2%
Scottish
0.9%
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: 34.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
0.9%
1.8%
75–84
2.6%
4.2%
65–74
5.2%
5.1%
55–64
5.9%
4.9%
45–54
5.4%
6.0%
35–44
6.4%
6.7%
25–34
6.9%
7.0%
18–24
7.7%
8.3%
5–17
8.1%
3.2%
<5
3.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$63,071
State House District 65 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State House District 65$63,071
Louisiana$60,756
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
19.6%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1824.8%
Working age (18–64)18.5%
Seniors (65+)12.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
90.7%
speak English only
Spanish4.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.1%
Other Indo-European1.8%
Other languages0.8%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
19.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
18.9%
Baptist
14.4%
Methodist
4.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.3%
Non-Christian
2.0%
Mainline Protestant
1.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 36.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Louisiana 65th State House District in the Gulf South delivered a near-tie in 2024, with the Democratic candidate carrying the district by eleven points — well within the historical noise of how the district votes.

The district's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached ninety-one points in 1904; the Republican margin reached thirty-six points in 1972. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Its demographics — a population of 69,236, a 42% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $63,071 — situate the district close to national averages on several dimensions.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State House District 65, Louisiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, State House District 65, Louisiana voted Democratic by 11.1 points (D+11), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 29,142 votes cast, 15,870 went Democratic and 12,645 went Republican.
What is State House District 65, Louisiana's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State House District 65, Louisiana as a "Tossup" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 24 times, Republican 9 times, and other 1 times.
When did State House District 65, Louisiana last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which State House District 65, Louisiana voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in State House District 65, Louisiana?
State House District 65, Louisiana has a population of 69,236 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 65, Louisiana?
Median household income in State House District 65, Louisiana is $63,071 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of State House District 65, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State House District 65, Louisiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 24 went Democratic and 9 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Tossup" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.