† 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
4 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
GroupMonroe, LALouisianaUnited States
English9.8%7.3%9.5%
American8.9%7.4%5.3%
Irish6.5%6.6%9.4%
German3.9%6.9%12.5%
French2.2%9.6%1.6%
Italian1.5%4.3%4.8%
Scottish1.2%1.0%1.3%
Scotch-Irish0.7%——
African American†36.4%29.3%9.9%
African0.4%0.8%0.5%
Mexican1.8%2.1%11.3%
Honduran0.4%1.6%0.3%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.4%1.8%
Salvadoran0.2%—0.7%
Spanish0.2%0.7%—
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
Monroe, LA
Louisiana
United States
Median age
38
38
39.1
Age 18–24
9.2%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.1%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Monroe, LA
Louisiana
United States
Median household income
$51,816
$60,756
$84,427
Poverty rate
24.5%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
24.7%
27.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Monroe, LA
Louisiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.6%
8.5%
22.3%
Spanish
2.4%
4.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Monroe, LA
Louisiana
United States
Catholic
4.3%
26.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
42.3%
25.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
39.3%
36.8%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.0%
3.6%
5.2%
Black Protestant
7.3%
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.
Monroe, LA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+66.8%
1896
+89.9%
1900
+85.4%
1904
+92.6%
1908
+86.3%
1912
+85.4%
1916
+96.1%
1920
+83.8%
1924
+65.1%
1928
+41.4%
1932
+90.1%
1936
+78.5%
1940
+74.1%
1944
+46.5%
1948
+24.9%
1952
+7.4%
1956
−12.9%
1960
−25.5%
1964
−67.8%
1968
−6.3%
1972
−50.2%
1976
−16.0%
1980
−23.4%
1984
−37.5%
1988
−32.9%
1992
−7.5%
1996
−3.2%
2000
−21.7%
2004
−29.6%
2008
−25.2%
2012
−21.7%
2016
−27.0%
2020
−26.5%
2024
−31.3%
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
33.7%Harris31,791
65.1%Trump61,299
1.2%
R+31.3
R+4.8
R+29.9
94,201
R
36.1%Biden36,738
62.6%Trump63,779
1.3%
R+26.5
D+0.4
R+31.0
101,881
R
35.3%Clinton35,431
62.3%Trump62,495
2.4%
R+27.0
R+5.3
R+29.1
100,360
R
38.5%Obama38,995
60.2%Romney60,946
1.2%
R+21.7
D+3.5
R+25.5
101,183
R
36.8%Obama37,019
62.1%McCain62,369
1.1%
R+25.2
D+4.3
R+32.5
100,493
R
34.6%Kerry33,523
64.2%Bush62,149
1.2%
R+29.6
R+7.9
R+27.1
96,798
R
37.6%Gore33,233
59.3%Bush52,415
3.1%
R+21.7
R+18.5
R+22.2
88,360
R
44.2%Clinton39,088
47.5%Dole41,935
8.3%
R+3.2
D+4.3
R+11.7
88,340
R
38.9%Clinton34,559
46.3%Bush41,206
14.8%
R+7.5
D+25.4
R+13.0
88,937
R
32.4%Dukakis25,968
65.3%Bush52,319
2.3%
R+32.9
D+4.6
R+25.2
80,116
R
30.4%Mondale26,188
67.9%Reagan58,420
1.7%
R+37.5
R+14.0
R+19.2
86,065
R
37.0%Carter28,748
60.5%Reagan46,955
2.5%
R+23.4
R+7.5
R+13.7
77,653
R
41.1%Carter26,850
57.1%Ford37,269
1.8%
R+16.0
D+34.3
R+18.0
65,318
R
22.3%McGovern12,075
72.5%Nixon39,256
5.2%
R+50.2
R+43.9
R+27.1
54,119
O
19.7%Humphrey10,616
26.0%Nixon14,005
54.3%
Wallace +28.3
D+61.5
R+5.6
53,855
R
16.1%Johnson6,967
83.9%Goldwater36,278
0.0%
R+67.8
R+42.3
R+90.4
43,245
R
26.0%Kennedy8,317
51.5%Nixon16,471
22.5%
R+25.5
R+12.5
R+25.6
32,003
R
28.8%Stevenson7,856
41.7%Eisenhower11,391
29.5%
R+12.9
R+20.3
D+2.5
27,315
D
53.7%Stevenson17,335
46.3%Eisenhower14,948
0.0%
D+7.4
R+17.5
D+18.2
32,283
O
37.2%Truman7,074
12.4%Dewey2,349
50.4%
Thurmond +13.2
R+21.6
D+20.4
19,007
D
73.3%Roosevelt12,040
26.7%Dewey4,396
0.0%
D+46.5
R+27.5
D+39.0
16,436
D
87.0%Roosevelt16,182
13.0%Willkie2,412
0.0%
D+74.1
R+4.5
D+64.1
18,594
D
89.3%Roosevelt14,352
10.7%Landon1,722
0.0%
D+78.5
R+11.5
D+54.3
16,080
D
94.9%Roosevelt12,040
4.8%Hoover610
0.3%
D+90.1
D+48.7
D+72.3
12,687
D
70.7%Smith5,747
29.3%Hoover2,384
0.0%
D+41.4
R+23.7
D+58.8
8,133
D
81.6%Davis3,677
16.5%Coolidge744
1.9%
D+65.1
R+18.8
D+90.2
4,508
D
91.9%Cox3,988
8.1%Harding350
0.0%
D+83.8
R+12.3
D+110.0
4,339
D
98.0%Wilson3,535
1.9%Hughes67
0.1%
D+96.1
D+10.7
D+93.0
3,607
D
86.8%Wilson2,402
1.4%Taft38
11.8%
D+85.4
R+0.9
D+65.9
2,767
D
91.8%Bryan2,388
5.5%Taft142
2.8%
D+86.3
R+6.3
D+95.9
2,602
D
95.9%Parker1,982
3.3%Roosevelt68
0.8%
D+92.6
D+7.3
D+112.3
2,066
D
92.7%Bryan2,178
7.3%McKinley172
0.0%
D+85.4
R+4.5
D+92.9
2,350
D
94.5%Bryan5,857
4.6%McKinley286
0.9%
D+89.9
D+23.1
D+96.0
6,197
D
83.4%Cleveland5,975
16.6%Harrison1,188
0.0%
D+66.8
—
D+65.2
7,163
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
14.1%9,084
68.1%44,023
64,640
2020
R
14.5%14,189
63.6%62,212
97,794
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+3.3
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+31.3
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 28 points more Democratic.
151,920 registered voters · 2024
Democratic35.7%Republican38.9%Other25.4%
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−1,052 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −17,958 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Monroe, LA in Monroe, LA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−661
2012
−754
2013
−554
2014
−986
2015
−962
2016
−1,233
2017
−2,139
2018
−2,391
2019
−2,388
2021
−1,488
2022
−1,852
2023
−884
2024
−614
2025
−1,052
The Monroe metro, anchored by the University of Louisiana Monroe, splits between a heavily Republican exurban ring and a majority-Black urban core that consistently delivers Democratic margins, making countywide results sensitive to turnout differentials between the two.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 96.1 points in 1916 and a Republican high of 67.8 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 31.3 points.
A population of 223,674, a 56% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $51,816 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Dublin, GA and Thomasville, GA.
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In 2024, Monroe, LA, Louisiana voted Republican by 31.3 points (R+31.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 94,201 votes cast, 31,791 went Democratic and 61,299 went Republican.
When did Monroe, LA, Louisiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Monroe, LA, Louisiana voted Democratic was 1952.
How many people live in Monroe, LA, Louisiana?
Monroe, LA, Louisiana has a population of 223,674 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Monroe, LA, Louisiana?
Median household income in Monroe, LA, Louisiana is $51,816 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Monroe, LA, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Monroe, LA, Louisiana from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 17 went Republican.
