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1876–2024
Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Orleans Parish·Louisiana

Orleans Parish has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.

One of the most Democratic-leaning urban counties in the South

18762024·38 elections
Orleans Parish, Louisiana · Vegasjon · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+67
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
371,853
2024 ACS
Most similar
Suffolk County
MA · similarity 1.00
349 precincts · 159,130 votes cast
Harris · D+67
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+67.0%
130,74924,119159,130
2020D
+68.2%
147,85426,664177,819
2016D
+66.2%
133,99624,292165,812
2012D
+62.6%
126,72228,003157,813
2008D
+60.3%
117,10228,130147,439
2004D
+55.7%
152,61042,847197,103
2000D
+54.2%
137,63039,404181,221
1996D
+55.4%
144,72039,576189,911
1992D
+41.2%
133,26152,019197,349
1988D
+28.3%
116,85164,763183,800
1984D
+16.0%
119,47886,316206,956
1980D
+17.3%
106,85874,302187,904
1976D
+13.2%
93,13070,925168,304
1972R
−16.9%
60,79088,075161,446
1968D
+13.8%
72,45147,728178,668
1964R
−0.6%
81,04982,045163,094
1960D
+22.8%
87,24247,111175,767
1956R
−17.1%
64,95893,082164,634
1952D
+2.5%
89,99985,572175,571
1948D
+10.1%
41,90029,442123,785
1944D
+63.5%
90,41120,190110,608
1940D
+71.3%
97,93016,406114,364
1936D
+82.6%
108,01210,254118,282
1932D
+87.9%
85,2885,40790,860
1928D
+59.0%
55,91914,42470,343
1924D
+62.6%
37,7857,86547,791
1920D
+29.5%
32,72417,81950,543
1916D
+83.6%
30,9362,53133,983
1912D
+77.3%
26,43390433,029
1908D
+76.5%
25,6783,28829,255
1904D
+82.0%
16,1031,38017,963
1900D
+60.0%
18,1684,54922,717
1896D
+34.6%
17,4878,29526,571
1892D
+51.5%
19,2346,16525,399
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Polish
4.4%
African American
43.7%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
28.4%
Baptist
12.3%
Other Christian
4.4%
Non-Christian
3.5%
Methodist
3.0%
Mainline Protestant
2.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 44.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Orleans Parish, coterminous with New Orleans, posted a D+67 margin in 2024, driven by a majority-Black electorate and a dense urban core that consistently produces some of the widest presidential margins in Louisiana.

The Democratic margin in Orleans Parish reached its widest at eighty-eight points in 1932. The margin in 2024 was sixty-seven points — still decisive.

Orleans Parish's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $56,631, a 31% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 371,853 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Suffolk County and Holmes County.