† 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
5 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
GroupMonroe-Ruston, LALouisianaUnited States
American10.2%7.4%5.3%
English10.0%7.3%9.5%
Irish6.6%6.6%9.4%
German4.2%6.9%12.5%
French2.4%9.6%1.6%
Italian1.6%4.3%4.8%
Scottish1.4%1.0%1.3%
Scotch-Irish0.7%——
African American†36.4%29.3%9.9%
African0.4%0.8%0.5%
Mexican1.9%2.1%11.3%
Honduran0.3%1.6%0.3%
Salvadoran0.2%—0.7%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.4%1.8%
Spanish0.2%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
Monroe-Ruston, LA
Louisiana
United States
Median age
36.3
38
39.1
Age 18–24
12.1%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.6%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Monroe-Ruston, LA
Louisiana
United States
Median household income
$49,575
$60,756
$84,427
Poverty rate
25.7%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
26.8%
27.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Monroe-Ruston, LA
Louisiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.8%
8.5%
22.3%
Spanish
2.3%
4.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Monroe-Ruston, LA
Louisiana
United States
Catholic
3.9%
26.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
41.6%
25.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
40.4%
36.8%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.2%
3.6%
5.2%
Black Protestant
7.0%
5.4%
2.2%
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.
Monroe-Ruston, LA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+49.4%
1896
+90.3%
1900
+84.1%
1904
+92.1%
1908
+85.3%
1912
+85.2%
1916
+95.0%
1920
+80.6%
1924
+66.6%
1928
+37.9%
1932
+89.3%
1936
+79.1%
1940
+74.0%
1944
+43.4%
1948
+22.5%
1952
+3.5%
1956
−16.3%
1960
−26.6%
1964
−65.8%
1968
−6.4%
1972
−49.1%
1976
−15.9%
1980
−22.1%
1984
−35.6%
1988
−31.4%
1992
−6.3%
1996
−1.8%
2000
−20.6%
2004
−28.0%
2008
−23.2%
2012
−20.6%
2016
−25.8%
2020
−25.4%
2024
−30.4%
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
34.2%Harris38,418
64.6%Trump72,547
1.2%
R+30.4
R+5.0
R+28.9
112,358
R
36.6%Biden44,297
62.0%Trump75,090
1.5%
R+25.4
D+0.4
R+29.9
121,156
R
35.7%Clinton42,538
61.5%Trump73,256
2.7%
R+25.8
R+5.2
R+27.9
119,029
R
39.1%Obama46,951
59.7%Romney71,685
1.3%
R+20.6
D+2.6
R+24.4
120,176
R
37.9%Obama45,311
61.0%McCain73,049
1.1%
R+23.2
D+4.8
R+30.5
119,672
R
35.4%Kerry40,765
63.4%Bush72,940
1.1%
R+28.0
R+7.4
R+25.5
115,016
R
38.2%Gore40,084
58.8%Bush61,661
3.0%
R+20.6
R+18.7
R+21.1
104,911
R
45.1%Clinton46,991
46.9%Dole48,908
8.0%
R+1.8
D+4.5
R+10.4
104,195
R
39.6%Clinton41,764
45.9%Bush48,426
14.5%
R+6.3
D+25.1
R+11.9
105,498
R
33.1%Dukakis31,395
64.5%Bush61,172
2.3%
R+31.4
D+4.2
R+23.7
94,773
R
31.4%Mondale31,620
67.0%Reagan67,507
1.6%
R+35.6
R+13.5
R+17.4
100,766
R
37.7%Carter34,346
59.8%Reagan54,470
2.5%
R+22.1
R+6.2
R+12.3
91,123
R
41.2%Carter31,821
57.1%Ford44,097
1.8%
R+15.9
D+33.2
R+17.9
77,287
R
23.0%McGovern14,664
72.0%Nixon45,992
5.0%
R+49.1
R+42.6
R+25.9
63,860
O
20.1%Humphrey12,625
26.5%Nixon16,648
53.3%
Wallace +26.8
D+59.4
R+5.7
62,732
R
17.1%Johnson8,681
82.9%Goldwater42,044
0.0%
R+65.8
R+39.2
R+88.4
50,725
R
25.2%Kennedy9,368
51.8%Nixon19,237
22.9%
R+26.6
R+10.3
R+26.8
37,112
R
27.9%Stevenson8,870
44.2%Eisenhower14,067
28.0%
R+16.3
R+19.9
R+0.9
31,835
D
51.8%Stevenson19,344
48.2%Eisenhower18,022
0.0%
D+3.5
R+19.0
D+14.3
37,366
O
34.7%Truman7,699
12.2%Dewey2,702
53.2%
Thurmond +18.5
R+20.9
D+18.0
22,208
D
71.7%Roosevelt13,745
28.3%Dewey5,428
0.0%
D+43.4
R+30.6
D+35.9
19,173
D
87.0%Roosevelt19,151
13.0%Willkie2,861
0.0%
D+74.0
R+5.1
D+64.1
22,012
D
89.5%Roosevelt16,506
10.4%Landon1,923
0.0%
D+79.1
R+10.2
D+54.8
18,436
D
94.5%Roosevelt13,948
5.2%Hoover773
0.3%
D+89.3
D+51.3
D+71.5
14,758
D
69.0%Smith6,788
31.0%Hoover3,054
0.0%
D+37.9
R+28.7
D+55.4
9,844
D
82.5%Davis4,682
15.9%Coolidge901
1.6%
D+66.6
R+14.0
D+91.8
5,674
D
90.3%Cox4,977
9.7%Harding533
0.0%
D+80.6
R+14.4
D+106.8
5,511
D
97.4%Wilson4,467
2.4%Hughes109
0.2%
D+95.0
D+9.9
D+91.9
4,585
D
86.3%Wilson3,046
1.2%Taft41
12.5%
D+85.2
R+0.2
D+65.6
3,529
D
91.2%Bryan3,022
5.9%Taft194
3.0%
D+85.3
R+6.8
D+94.9
3,314
D
95.7%Parker2,514
3.6%Roosevelt94
0.8%
D+92.1
D+8.0
D+111.8
2,628
D
92.0%Bryan2,695
8.0%McKinley233
0.0%
D+84.1
R+6.2
D+91.6
2,928
D
94.6%Bryan7,098
4.3%McKinley326
1.1%
D+90.3
D+40.9
D+96.3
7,503
D
74.7%Cleveland6,670
25.3%Harrison2,262
0.0%
D+49.4
—
D+47.7
8,932
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
14.2%10,953
67.6%52,178
77,223
2020
R
14.8%17,241
63.1%73,519
116,450
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+3.3
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+30.4
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 27 points more Democratic.
179,896 registered voters · 2024
Democratic35.5%Republican38.8%Other25.7%
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−997 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −21,204 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Monroe-Ruston, LA in Monroe-Ruston, LA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−893
2012
−1,161
2013
−678
2014
−1,320
2015
−1,070
2016
−1,603
2017
−2,415
2018
−2,916
2019
−2,944
2021
−1,693
2022
−1,960
2023
−940
2024
−614
2025
−997
Monroe-Ruston, LA sits in the Gulf South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 95.0 points in 1916 and a Republican high of 65.8 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 5.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 30.4 points.
A population of 271,848, a 56% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $49,575 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hattiesburg-Laurel, MS and Shreveport-Bossier City-Minden, LA.
Akashic
Political twins — combined metros
The combined metros whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
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How did Monroe-Ruston, LA, Louisiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Monroe-Ruston, LA, Louisiana voted Republican by 30.4 points (R+30.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 112,358 votes cast, 38,418 went Democratic and 72,547 went Republican.
When did Monroe-Ruston, LA, Louisiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Monroe-Ruston, LA, Louisiana voted Democratic was 1952.
How many people live in Monroe-Ruston, LA, Louisiana?
Monroe-Ruston, LA, Louisiana has a population of 271,848 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Monroe-Ruston, LA, Louisiana?
Median household income in Monroe-Ruston, LA, Louisiana is $49,575 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Monroe-Ruston, LA, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Monroe-Ruston, LA, Louisiana from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 17 went Republican.
