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1876–2024
State Senate District 1·Louisiana

Louisiana 1st State Senate District delivered D+9 in 2024 — close enough to flip again next time.

One of Louisiana's most reliably Republican legislative districts

1876 — 2024·38 elections
LA
Latest
D+9
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
235,725
2024 ACS

Louisiana 1st State Senate District, Louisiana: Tossup district. In 2024, voted D+9%. Democratic peak: D+88 in 1932.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+9MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
TossupAkashic typology
Population
235,7252024 5-year
Median household income
$65,4742024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
50.7%2024 5-year
Black
34.5%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
9.2%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+88 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+31 in 1972MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
4 counties · 1 D · 3 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
+8.9%
56,48447,066105,781
D
+12.0%
61,82848,358112,292
D
+9.2%
53,51644,139102,235
D
+9.5%
50,81241,78394,633
D
+4.1%
46,08942,40190,099
D
+7.7%
62,93153,827117,759
D
+13.6%
59,43344,881106,769
D
+24.3%
64,51438,078108,777
D
+14.1%
57,80242,202110,679
D
+1.3%
50,76549,474101,831
R
−12.3%
47,26360,621108,497
R
−1.6%
47,26048,85199,758
D
+7.8%
44,76538,13385,231
R
−31.3%
22,58245,55173,475
O
+8.2%
25,60119,17378,169
D
+2.7%
34,45932,64267,101
D
+23.8%
32,34116,46166,810
R
−15.3%
23,76032,79758,912
D
+2.4%
30,57629,11759,693
O
+9.4%
13,1229,25241,287
D
+65.2%
30,3296,39936,730
D
+72.1%
32,6035,27137,883
D
+83.1%
35,8783,30639,189
D
+87.9%
28,2171,79030,059
D
+61.3%
19,6904,72324,412
D
+63.4%
12,2262,47415,370
D
+31.1%
10,5355,53116,066
D
+83.5%
9,94381610,925
D
+77.4%
8,41229910,480
D
+76.8%
8,3361,0459,490
D
+81.9%
5,4104676,032
D
+60.8%
6,0291,4687,498
D
+37.4%
6,0202,6698,956
D
+50.2%
6,3962,1228,518
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
9.9%
French
9.6%
Irish
8.8%
English
7.3%
Italian
7.3%
American
5.2%
Scottish
1.1%
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: 38.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
1.1%
2.0%
75–84
2.6%
4.9%
65–74
5.6%
6.1%
55–64
6.7%
5.7%
45–54
6.0%
6.9%
35–44
7.6%
6.4%
25–34
7.2%
4.1%
18–24
4.3%
8.4%
5–17
8.1%
2.9%
<5
2.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$65,474
State Senate District 1 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State Senate District 1$65,474
Louisiana$56,447
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
18.8%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1826.0%
Working age (18–64)16.8%
Seniors (65+)16.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
90.9%
speak English only
Spanish5.2%
Other Indo-European1.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.6%
Other languages0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
38.3%
Baptist
9.9%
Other Christian
5.0%
Methodist
3.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.1%
Mainline Protestant
1.9%
Non-Christian
1.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 37.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Anchored in the northwestern corner of Louisiana, this sparsely populated district recorded a 64-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the most one-sided state senate districts in the country.

The district's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached eighty-eight points in 1932; the Republican margin reached thirty-one points in 1972. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Its demographics — a population of 235,725, a 51% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $65,474 — situate the district close to national averages on several dimensions.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State Senate District 1, Louisiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District 1, Louisiana voted Democratic by 8.9 points (D+9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 105,781 votes cast, 56,484 went Democratic and 47,066 went Republican.
What is State Senate District 1, Louisiana's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District 1, Louisiana as a "Tossup" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 28 times, Republican 4 times, and other 2 times.
When did State Senate District 1, Louisiana last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which State Senate District 1, Louisiana voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in State Senate District 1, Louisiana?
State Senate District 1, Louisiana has a population of 235,725 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State Senate District 1, Louisiana?
Median household income in State Senate District 1, Louisiana is $65,474 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of State Senate District 1, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State Senate District 1, Louisiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 28 went Democratic and 4 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Tossup" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.