† 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
GroupMetairieLouisianaUnited States
French14.8%9.6%1.6%
German13.1%6.9%12.5%
Italian12.7%4.3%4.8%
Irish10.1%6.6%9.4%
English8.5%7.3%9.5%
American5.2%7.4%5.3%
French Canadian1.3%1.6%—
Scottish1.1%1.0%1.3%
Honduran6.8%1.6%0.3%
Mexican2.5%2.1%11.3%
Guatemalan1.2%0.2%0.5%
Nicaraguan1.2%——
Cuban1.1%0.3%0.7%
Spanish1.1%0.7%—
Dominican1.0%0.2%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.7%0.4%1.8%
African American†9.2%29.3%9.9%
African0.4%0.8%0.5%
Haitian0.2%—0.3%
Vietnamese1.5%0.5%0.6%
Chinese0.4%0.2%1.3%
Asian Indian0.3%0.2%1.4%
Filipino0.3%—0.9%
Pakistani0.2%——
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
Metairie
Louisiana
United States
Median age
41.3
38
39.1
Age 18–24
6.7%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.4%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Metairie
Louisiana
United States
Median household income
$73,042
$60,756
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.5%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
41.2%
27.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Metairie
Louisiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
20.3%
8.5%
22.3%
Spanish
13.2%
4.7%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
2.3%
0.5%
2.0%
Arabic
1.7%
0.3%
0.4%
Religious landscape
Measure
Metairie
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.
Metairie, Louisiana
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−52.1%
2008
−53.7%
2012
−47.6%
2016
−39.5%
2020
−33.7%
2024
−31.8%
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
33.0%Harris21,036
64.8%Trump41,306
2.2%
R+31.8
D+1.9
R+30.3
63,727
R
32.1%Biden22,112
65.8%Trump45,301
2.0%
R+33.7
D+5.8
R+38.2
68,800
R
27.6%Clinton18,016
67.1%Trump43,785
5.2%
R+39.5
D+8.1
R+41.6
65,217
R
25.2%Obama15,626
72.8%Romney45,133
1.9%
R+47.6
D+6.1
R+51.5
61,962
R
22.3%Obama14,265
76.0%McCain48,684
1.7%
R+53.7
R+1.7
R+61.0
64,043
R
23.5%Kerry15,802
75.6%Bush50,762
0.8%
R+52.1
—
R+49.6
67,110
Metairie is Louisiana's third-largest population center yet remains unincorporated, making it a CDP whose suburban, majority-white electorate has historically swung Jefferson Parish toward Republicans by double-digit margins in statewide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 53.7 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.9 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 31.8 points.
A population of 139,729, a 65% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,042 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of St. George and Slidell.
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, Metairie, Louisiana voted Republican by 31.8 points (R+31.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 63,727 votes cast, 21,036 went Democratic and 41,306 went Republican.
How many people live in Metairie, Louisiana?
Metairie, Louisiana has a population of 139,729 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Metairie, Louisiana?
Median household income in Metairie, Louisiana is $73,042 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Metairie, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Metairie, Louisiana from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
