† 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
GroupMerauxLouisianaUnited States
French16.6%9.6%1.6%
Italian15.4%4.3%4.8%
German13.4%6.9%12.5%
Irish9.6%6.6%9.4%
English7.1%7.3%9.5%
American6.0%7.4%5.3%
French Canadian1.1%1.6%—
Greek0.6%——
Honduran3.2%1.6%0.3%
Spaniard1.6%0.2%—
Spanish1.3%0.7%—
Mexican0.9%2.1%11.3%
Guatemalan0.4%0.2%0.5%
Cuban0.3%0.3%0.7%
Costa Rican0.3%——
Salvadoran0.3%—0.7%
African American†8.8%29.3%9.9%
African0.3%0.8%0.5%
Vietnamese0.8%0.5%0.6%
Chinese0.3%0.2%1.3%
Filipino0.3%—0.9%
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
Meraux
Louisiana
United States
Median age
38.7
38
39.1
Age 18–24
7.4%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
11.2%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Meraux
Louisiana
United States
Median household income
$76,021
$60,756
$84,427
Poverty rate
21.7%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
28.4%
27.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Meraux
Louisiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.1%
8.5%
22.3%
Spanish
1.2%
4.7%
13.6%
Vietnamese
1.7%
0.5%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Meraux
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.
Meraux, Louisiana
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−48.9%
2008
−59.2%
2012
−46.3%
2016
−60.3%
2020
−57.4%
2024
−53.1%
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
R
22.9%Harris753
76.0%Trump2,500
1.2%
R+53.1
D+4.3
R+51.6
3,291
R
20.7%Biden671
78.0%Trump2,534
1.3%
R+57.4
D+2.9
R+61.8
3,248
R
18.1%Clinton524
78.4%Trump2,271
3.6%
R+60.3
R+14.0
R+62.4
2,898
R
25.5%Obama548
71.7%Romney1,544
2.8%
R+46.3
D+12.9
R+50.1
2,153
R
18.9%Obama437
78.1%McCain1,803
2.9%
R+59.2
R+10.3
R+66.5
2,308
R
25.0%Kerry1,243
73.9%Bush3,676
1.2%
R+48.9
—
R+46.4
4,977
Meraux sits along the Mississippi in St. Bernard Parish, a historically Democratic but increasingly Republican-leaning working-class corridor where oil refining and flood recovery from Katrina remain defining community experiences.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 60.3 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 4.3 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 53.1 points.
A population of 7,918, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $76,021 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Luling and Belle Chasse.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Meraux, Louisiana voted Republican by 53.1 points (R+53.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,291 votes cast, 753 went Democratic and 2,500 went Republican.
How many people live in Meraux, Louisiana?
Meraux, Louisiana has a population of 7,918 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Meraux, Louisiana?
Median household income in Meraux, Louisiana is $76,021 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Meraux, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Meraux, Louisiana from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
