† 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
GroupMorgan City, LALouisianaUnited States
French12.9%9.6%1.6%
German5.8%6.9%12.5%
American5.2%7.4%5.3%
Irish4.4%6.6%9.4%
English4.4%7.3%9.5%
Italian3.6%4.3%4.8%
French Canadian2.3%1.6%—
Scottish0.3%1.0%1.3%
African American†28.7%29.3%9.9%
Mexican4.1%2.1%11.3%
Honduran2.1%1.6%0.3%
Spanish1.2%0.7%—
Guatemalan0.5%0.2%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.4%1.8%
Cuban0.4%0.3%0.7%
Dominican0.3%0.2%0.7%
Chilean0.2%——
Vietnamese1.0%0.5%0.6%
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
Morgan City, LA
Louisiana
United States
Median age
39.7
38
39.1
Age 18–24
7.5%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.3%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Morgan City, LA
Louisiana
United States
Median household income
$52,576
$60,756
$84,427
Poverty rate
20.8%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
13.6%
27.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Morgan City, LA
Louisiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
10.0%
8.5%
22.3%
Spanish
7.3%
4.7%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.2%
1.5%
0.7%
Vietnamese
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Morgan City, LA
Louisiana
United States
Catholic
28.9%
26.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
24.9%
25.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
38.7%
36.8%
51.5%
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.
Morgan City, LA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+64.4%
1896
+0.9%
1900
+14.9%
1904
+58.8%
1908
+46.2%
1912
+47.7%
1916
+34.5%
1920
−18.8%
1924
+0.5%
1928
+48.7%
1932
+62.8%
1936
+59.9%
1940
+66.6%
1944
+73.9%
1948
+2.7%
1952
−1.9%
1956
−25.5%
1960
+34.0%
1964
+14.0%
1968
+4.4%
1972
−41.1%
1976
+2.6%
1980
+0.6%
1984
−23.5%
1988
−5.3%
1992
+7.9%
1996
+19.4%
2000
−6.8%
2004
−14.7%
2008
−16.8%
2012
−18.8%
2016
−27.6%
2020
−29.1%
2024
−31.9%
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
33.6%Harris7,011
65.4%Trump13,671
1.0%
R+31.9
R+2.7
R+30.4
20,897
R
34.7%Biden8,055
63.9%Trump14,811
1.4%
R+29.1
R+1.6
R+33.6
23,186
R
35.2%Clinton8,050
62.8%Trump14,359
2.0%
R+27.6
R+8.8
R+29.7
22,877
R
40.0%Obama9,450
58.7%Romney13,885
1.3%
R+18.8
R+2.0
R+22.6
23,640
R
40.8%Obama9,345
57.6%McCain13,183
1.6%
R+16.8
R+2.1
R+24.0
22,903
R
42.1%Kerry9,547
56.7%Bush12,877
1.2%
R+14.7
R+7.9
R+12.2
22,694
R
45.2%Gore9,851
51.9%Bush11,325
2.9%
R+6.8
R+26.2
R+7.3
21,810
D
55.0%Clinton12,402
35.5%Dole8,018
9.5%
D+19.4
D+11.5
D+10.9
22,569
D
45.4%Clinton10,648
37.5%Bush8,792
17.1%
D+7.9
D+13.2
D+2.4
23,440
R
46.4%Dukakis10,364
51.7%Bush11,540
1.9%
R+5.3
D+18.2
D+2.5
22,318
R
37.7%Mondale9,411
61.2%Reagan15,275
1.2%
R+23.5
R+24.1
R+5.3
24,974
D
48.6%Carter10,506
48.0%Reagan10,378
3.3%
D+0.6
R+2.0
D+10.3
21,606
D
50.3%Carter9,401
47.7%Ford8,919
2.1%
D+2.6
D+43.7
D+0.5
18,708
R
27.3%McGovern4,435
68.4%Nixon11,117
4.3%
R+41.1
R+45.5
R+18.0
16,243
O
31.9%Humphrey5,312
27.5%Nixon4,586
40.6%
Wallace +8.7
R+9.6
D+5.1
16,659
D
57.0%Johnson7,327
43.0%Goldwater5,530
0.0%
D+14.0
R+20.0
R+8.6
12,857
D
61.6%Kennedy6,671
27.6%Nixon2,992
10.8%
D+34.0
D+59.5
D+33.8
10,832
R
35.9%Stevenson2,395
61.5%Eisenhower4,097
2.6%
R+25.5
R+23.6
R+10.1
6,663
R
49.0%Stevenson4,249
51.0%Eisenhower4,417
0.0%
R+1.9
R+4.6
D+8.8
8,666
O
26.2%Truman918
23.5%Dewey824
50.3%
Thurmond +24.1
R+71.3
R+1.8
3,503
D
87.0%Roosevelt3,591
13.0%Dewey538
0.0%
D+73.9
D+7.3
D+66.4
4,129
D
83.3%Roosevelt3,686
16.7%Willkie739
0.0%
D+66.6
D+6.7
D+56.7
4,425
D
80.0%Roosevelt1,942
20.0%Landon487
0.0%
D+59.9
R+2.9
D+35.6
2,429
D
81.4%Roosevelt2,072
18.6%Hoover473
0.0%
D+62.8
D+14.1
D+45.0
2,545
D
74.4%Smith1,754
25.6%Hoover605
0.0%
D+48.7
D+48.2
D+66.2
2,359
D
49.2%Davis639
48.7%Coolidge633
2.2%
D+0.5
D+19.2
D+25.6
1,300
R
40.6%Cox539
59.4%Harding788
0.0%
R+18.8
R+53.3
D+7.4
1,327
D
45.9%Wilson652
11.4%Hughes162
42.6%
D+34.5
R+13.2
D+31.4
1,419
D
61.6%Wilson652
13.9%Taft147
24.5%
D+47.7
D+1.6
D+28.2
1,058
D
71.7%Bryan767
25.5%Taft273
2.8%
D+46.2
R+12.6
D+55.7
1,070
D
79.2%Parker749
20.4%Roosevelt193
0.4%
D+58.8
D+43.9
D+78.4
946
D
57.4%Bryan818
42.6%McKinley606
0.0%
D+14.9
D+14.0
D+22.4
1,424
D
49.3%Bryan591
48.3%McKinley580
2.4%
D+0.9
R+63.5
D+7.0
1,200
D
82.2%Cleveland1,311
17.8%Harrison284
0.0%
D+64.4
—
D+62.7
1,595
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
15.8%2,289
67.5%9,755
14,461
2020
R
16.2%3,606
63.3%14,062
22,203
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024D+2.2
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+31.9
Morgan City, LA registers Democratic but votes Republican — a 34-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
31,991 registered voters · 2024
Democratic36.1%Republican33.9%Other30.0%
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−462 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −10,594 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Morgan City, LA in Morgan City, LA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−629
2012
−918
2013
−227
2014
−678
2015
−720
2016
−1,073
2017
−1,573
2018
−1,029
2019
−622
2021
−875
2022
−458
2023
−846
2024
−484
2025
−462
Morgan City anchors Louisiana's offshore oil-services industry yet posted a 24-point Democratic presidential margin in 2024, a combination that defies the broader rural Gulf Coast rightward shift and reflects the area's majority-minority composition.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 73.9 points in 1944 and a Republican high of 41.1 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 31.9 points.
A population of 47,828, a 53% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $52,576 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of New Iberia, LA and Opelousas, LA.
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In 2024, Morgan City, LA, Louisiana voted Republican by 31.9 points (R+31.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 20,897 votes cast, 7,011 went Democratic and 13,671 went Republican.
When did Morgan City, LA, Louisiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Morgan City, LA, Louisiana voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Morgan City, LA, Louisiana?
Morgan City, LA, Louisiana has a population of 47,828 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Morgan City, LA, Louisiana?
Median household income in Morgan City, LA, Louisiana is $52,576 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Morgan City, LA, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Morgan City, LA, Louisiana from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 13 went Republican.
