† 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
GroupPort AllenLouisianaUnited States
African American†47.5%29.3%9.9%
African0.4%0.8%0.5%
French11.8%9.6%1.6%
American8.6%7.4%5.3%
Italian4.6%4.3%4.8%
English4.5%7.3%9.5%
German3.3%6.9%12.5%
Irish2.8%6.6%9.4%
French Canadian1.7%1.6%—
Scottish0.9%1.0%1.3%
Mexican0.8%2.1%11.3%
Spanish0.6%0.7%—
Dominican0.2%0.2%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
Port Allen
Louisiana
United States
Median age
46.5
38
39.1
Age 18–24
3.3%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
24.2%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Port Allen
Louisiana
United States
Median household income
$59,474
$60,756
$84,427
Poverty rate
20.5%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
17.9%
27.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Port Allen
Louisiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.2%
8.5%
22.3%
Spanish
1.8%
4.7%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.6%
1.5%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
1.9%
0.5%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Port Allen
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.
Port Allen, Louisiana
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+26.3%
2008
+21.2%
2012
+37.8%
2016
+37.7%
2020
+37.5%
2024
+30.2%
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
64.3%Harris1,572
34.1%Trump834
1.6%
D+30.2
R+7.3
D+31.6
2,446
D
68.0%Biden1,582
30.6%Trump711
1.4%
D+37.5
R+0.3
D+33.0
2,325
D
67.4%Clinton1,535
29.6%Trump675
3.0%
D+37.7
R+0.1
D+35.6
2,279
D
68.3%Obama1,765
30.5%Romney788
1.2%
D+37.8
D+16.6
D+33.9
2,585
D
59.9%Obama1,601
38.7%McCain1,035
1.4%
D+21.2
R+5.1
D+13.9
2,674
D
62.4%Kerry1,566
36.2%Bush907
1.4%
D+26.3
—
D+28.7
2,508
Sitting directly across the Mississippi from Baton Rouge, Port Allen functions as the administrative core of one of Louisiana's most compact parishes, where industrial river-corridor employment shapes a working-class electorate that has shifted measurably rightward over the past two cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 37.8 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 7.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 30.2 points.
A population of 4,942, a 43% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,474 describe the city.
In 2024, Port Allen, Louisiana voted Democratic by 30.2 points (D+30.2), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 2,446 votes cast, 1,572 went Democratic and 834 went Republican.
How many people live in Port Allen, Louisiana?
Port Allen, Louisiana has a population of 4,942 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Port Allen, Louisiana?
Median household income in Port Allen, Louisiana is $59,474 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Port Allen, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Port Allen, Louisiana from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
