† 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
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupArcadiaLouisianaUnited States
African American†68.1%29.3%9.9%
African0.7%0.8%0.5%
American7.6%7.4%5.3%
Irish4.1%6.6%9.4%
English3.0%7.3%9.5%
German2.0%6.9%12.5%
French0.8%9.6%1.6%
Italian0.3%4.3%4.8%
Scotch-Irish0.3%——
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
Arcadia
Louisiana
United States
Median age
45.7
38
39.1
Age 18–24
7.1%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
22.2%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Arcadia
Louisiana
United States
Median household income
$24,860
$60,756
$84,427
Poverty rate
42.1%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
10.9%
27.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Arcadia
Louisiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
1.1%
8.5%
22.3%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.1%
1.5%
0.7%
Religious landscape
Measure
Arcadia
Louisiana
United States
Catholic
—
26.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
25.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
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.
Arcadia, Louisiana
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+34.0%
2008
+35.2%
2012
+47.7%
2016
+43.2%
2020
+40.7%
2024
+29.2%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
63.9%Harris745
34.7%Trump405
1.4%
D+29.2
R+11.5
D+30.6
1,166
D
69.2%Biden567
28.6%Trump234
2.2%
D+40.7
R+2.6
D+36.2
819
D
70.7%Clinton730
27.5%Trump284
1.7%
D+43.2
R+4.5
D+41.1
1,032
D
73.3%Obama897
25.7%Romney314
1.0%
D+47.7
D+12.4
D+43.8
1,223
D
66.8%Obama783
31.6%McCain370
1.6%
D+35.2
D+1.3
D+28.0
1,172
D
66.1%Kerry742
32.2%Bush361
1.7%
D+34.0
—
D+36.4
1,122
Arcadia anchors Bienville Parish, a small, majority-Black rural parish in the Piney Hills region where turnout dynamics and demographic shifts have reshaped local races over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 47.7 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 11.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 29.2 points.
A population of 2,635, a 23% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $24,860 describe the city.
In 2024, Arcadia, Louisiana voted Democratic by 29.2 points (D+29.2), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,166 votes cast, 745 went Democratic and 405 went Republican.
How many people live in Arcadia, Louisiana?
Arcadia, Louisiana has a population of 2,635 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Arcadia, Louisiana?
Median household income in Arcadia, Louisiana is $24,860 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Arcadia, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Arcadia, Louisiana from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
