† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupHammond, LALouisianaUnited States
Italian9.0%4.3%4.8%
French8.9%9.6%1.6%
English8.6%7.3%9.5%
German8.5%6.9%12.5%
Irish8.3%6.6%9.4%
American4.2%7.4%5.3%
Scottish1.0%1.0%1.3%
Scotch-Irish0.7%——
African American†29.1%29.3%9.9%
Mexican2.2%2.1%11.3%
Honduran1.4%1.6%0.3%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.4%1.8%
Spanish0.4%0.7%—
Cuban0.3%0.3%0.7%
Guatemalan0.2%0.2%0.5%
Spaniard0.2%0.2%—
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Hammond, LA
Louisiana
United States
Median age
35.9
38
39.1
Age 18–24
9.8%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.3%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Hammond, LA
Louisiana
United States
Median household income
$56,760
$60,756
$84,427
Poverty rate
19.2%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
20.8%
27.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Hammond, LA
Louisiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.3%
8.5%
22.3%
Spanish
4.0%
4.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Hammond, LA
Louisiana
United States
Catholic
13.9%
26.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
27.9%
25.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
47.6%
36.8%
51.5%
Black Protestant
5.9%
5.4%
2.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Hammond, LA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+71.2%
1896
+55.7%
1900
+60.8%
1904
+56.3%
1908
+63.3%
1912
+77.0%
1916
+78.0%
1920
+54.7%
1924
+54.5%
1928
+33.4%
1932
+81.2%
1936
+54.2%
1940
+64.2%
1944
+47.5%
1948
+12.1%
1952
+6.2%
1956
−8.6%
1960
+23.4%
1964
−15.6%
1968
+9.9%
1972
−34.6%
1976
+21.3%
1980
+0.3%
1984
−20.8%
1988
−10.2%
1992
+3.1%
1996
+8.2%
2000
−12.3%
2004
−25.7%
2008
−30.9%
2012
−27.7%
2016
−32.6%
2020
−32.8%
2024
−37.4%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
30.6%Harris16,886
68.1%Trump37,500
1.3%
R+37.4
R+4.6
R+35.9
55,104
R
32.8%Biden18,887
65.6%Trump37,806
1.7%
R+32.8
R+0.2
R+37.3
57,661
R
32.2%Clinton16,878
64.8%Trump33,959
3.0%
R+32.6
R+4.9
R+34.7
52,416
R
35.4%Obama17,722
63.1%Romney31,590
1.6%
R+27.7
D+3.2
R+31.5
50,099
R
33.8%Obama16,438
64.7%McCain31,434
1.5%
R+30.9
R+5.1
R+38.1
48,602
R
36.4%Kerry15,345
62.1%Bush26,181
1.4%
R+25.7
R+13.4
R+23.3
42,135
R
42.6%Gore15,843
55.0%Bush20,421
2.4%
R+12.3
R+20.6
R+12.8
37,155
D
49.5%Clinton18,617
41.3%Dole15,517
9.2%
D+8.2
D+5.1
R+0.3
37,591
D
44.4%Clinton15,194
41.3%Bush14,128
14.4%
D+3.1
D+13.4
R+2.4
34,245
R
44.1%Dukakis13,527
54.3%Bush16,669
1.6%
R+10.2
D+10.6
R+2.5
30,688
R
39.3%Mondale12,799
60.1%Reagan19,580
0.6%
R+20.8
R+21.1
R+2.6
32,579
D
48.7%Carter15,272
48.5%Reagan15,187
2.8%
D+0.3
R+21.1
D+10.0
31,342
D
59.4%Carter14,432
38.0%Ford9,242
2.6%
D+21.3
D+55.9
D+19.3
24,311
R
28.3%McGovern5,227
62.9%Nixon11,607
8.8%
R+34.6
R+44.5
R+11.4
18,457
O
23.8%Humphrey4,983
13.9%Nixon2,907
62.4%
Wallace +38.6
D+25.5
D+10.6
20,978
R
42.2%Johnson7,109
57.8%Goldwater9,732
0.0%
R+15.6
R+39.0
R+38.2
16,841
D
46.3%Kennedy6,648
22.9%Nixon3,285
30.8%
D+23.4
D+32.0
D+23.3
14,351
R
43.2%Stevenson4,831
51.7%Eisenhower5,788
5.1%
R+8.6
R+14.8
D+6.8
11,185
D
53.1%Stevenson5,850
46.9%Eisenhower5,166
0.0%
D+6.2
R+5.9
D+17.0
11,016
O
29.5%Truman2,184
17.4%Dewey1,287
53.1%
Thurmond +23.7
R+35.4
D+7.6
7,408
D
73.8%Roosevelt4,419
26.2%Dewey1,572
0.0%
D+47.5
R+16.7
D+40.0
5,991
D
82.1%Roosevelt5,900
17.9%Willkie1,284
0.0%
D+64.2
D+10.1
D+54.3
7,187
D
77.1%Roosevelt4,624
22.9%Landon1,374
0.0%
D+54.2
R+27.1
D+29.9
6,000
D
90.6%Roosevelt4,404
9.4%Hoover455
0.1%
D+81.2
D+47.8
D+63.4
4,862
D
66.7%Smith2,834
33.3%Hoover1,415
0.0%
D+33.4
R+21.1
D+50.9
4,249
D
77.2%Davis1,626
22.8%Coolidge479
0.0%
D+54.5
R+0.2
D+79.7
2,105
D
77.3%Cox1,501
22.7%Harding440
0.0%
D+54.7
R+23.3
D+80.9
1,941
D
88.6%Wilson1,326
10.6%Hughes159
0.8%
D+78.0
D+1.0
D+74.8
1,497
D
80.0%Wilson1,061
3.0%Taft40
17.0%
D+77.0
D+13.7
D+57.5
1,326
D
80.6%Bryan1,116
17.3%Taft240
2.0%
D+63.3
D+7.0
D+72.8
1,384
D
77.4%Parker623
21.1%Roosevelt170
1.5%
D+56.3
R+4.5
D+75.9
805
D
80.4%Bryan938
19.6%McKinley229
0.0%
D+60.8
D+5.0
D+68.3
1,167
D
77.0%Bryan1,429
21.3%McKinley395
1.7%
D+55.7
R+15.5
D+61.8
1,856
D
85.6%Cleveland786
14.4%Harrison132
0.0%
D+71.2
—
D+69.6
918
Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
12.4%4,402
69.8%24,754
35,489
2020
R
14.0%7,842
64.9%36,230
55,831
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+6.4
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+37.4
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 31 points more Democratic.
82,044 registered voters · 2024
Democratic32.3%Republican38.7%Other29.0%
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+969 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +11,674 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Hammond, LA in Hammond, LA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+319
2012
+189
2013
+948
2014
+656
2015
+956
2016
+1,008
2017
+1,041
2018
+874
2019
+350
2021
+1,429
2022
+1,028
2023
+705
2024
+1,202
2025
+969
Hammond sits at the edge of metro New Orleans but draws its political character from the Florida Parishes, a historically distinct region where suburban growth and a large university population have gradually shifted turnout patterns over successive election cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 81.2 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 37.4 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 37.4 points.
A population of 136,738, a 61% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $56,760 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lake Charles, LA and Morgan City, LA.
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In 2024, Hammond, LA, Louisiana voted Republican by 37.4 points (R+37.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 55,104 votes cast, 16,886 went Democratic and 37,500 went Republican.
When did Hammond, LA, Louisiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Hammond, LA, Louisiana voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Hammond, LA, Louisiana?
Hammond, LA, Louisiana has a population of 136,738 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hammond, LA, Louisiana?
Median household income in Hammond, LA, Louisiana is $56,760 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Hammond, LA, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Hammond, LA, Louisiana from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.
