combined metro areaNew Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004R+2.8
2008R+8.8
2012R+3.0
2016R+2.0
2020D+0.6
2024R+2.2
full record · 1892 → 2024
presidential returns
2024 turnout 60.2% of 1,002,321 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
289,287
302,328
11,768
603,383
1,002,321
60.2%
2020
319,652
315,497
11,262
646,411
1,019,710
63.4%
2016
280,624
292,726
24,412
597,762
996,976
60.0%
2012
271,458
288,347
11,103
570,908
945,762
60.4%
2008
252,047
301,833
8,895
562,775
935,018
60.2%
2004
300,142
317,564
5,533
623,239
924,274†
67.4%
† 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
10 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
GroupNew Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MSUnited States
French9.8%1.6%
German9.5%12.5%
Irish8.2%9.4%
Italian7.3%4.8%
English7.2%9.5%
American5.8%5.3%
Scottish1.1%1.3%
French Canadian0.8%—
African American†28.5%9.9%
African1.6%0.5%
Haitian0.3%0.3%
Honduran3.5%0.3%
Mexican1.9%11.3%
Spanish0.9%—
Cuban0.7%0.7%
Guatemalan0.6%0.5%
Nicaraguan0.6%—
Puerto Rican0.6%1.8%
Dominican0.5%0.7%
Vietnamese1.2%0.6%
Chinese0.4%1.3%
Asian Indian0.3%1.4%
Filipino0.2%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
New Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS
United States
Median age
39.7
39.1
Age 18–24
8.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
New Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS
United States
Median household income
$65,906
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
32.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
New Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
12.3%
22.3%
Spanish
7.8%
13.6%
Vietnamese
1.0%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
New Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS
United States
Catholic
39.3%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
15.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
33.3%
51.5%
Black Protestant
5.0%
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.
New Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+38.8%
1896
+32.0%
1900
+60.6%
1904
+82.2%
1908
+76.5%
1912
+76.1%
1916
+82.6%
1920
+32.0%
1924
+62.0%
1928
+58.5%
1932
+87.6%
1936
+83.0%
1940
+73.1%
1944
+66.3%
1948
+11.6%
1952
+5.4%
1956
−15.5%
1960
+25.5%
1964
−3.3%
1968
+5.8%
1972
−35.6%
1976
+2.6%
1980
−6.5%
1984
−20.4%
1988
−8.4%
1992
+4.6%
1996
+14.5%
2000
+2.5%
2004
−2.8%
2008
−8.8%
2012
−3.0%
2016
−2.0%
2020
+0.6%
2024
−2.2%
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
47.9%Harris289,287
50.1%Trump302,328
2.0%
R+2.2
R+2.8
R+0.7
603,383
D
49.5%Biden319,652
48.8%Trump315,497
1.7%
D+0.6
D+2.7
R+3.8
646,411
R
46.9%Clinton280,624
49.0%Trump292,726
4.1%
R+2.0
D+0.9
R+4.1
597,762
R
47.5%Obama271,458
50.5%Romney288,347
1.9%
R+3.0
D+5.9
R+6.8
570,908
R
44.8%Obama252,047
53.6%McCain301,833
1.6%
R+8.8
R+6.1
R+16.1
562,775
R
48.2%Kerry300,142
51.0%Bush317,564
0.9%
R+2.8
R+5.3
R+0.3
623,239
D
50.1%Gore284,066
47.6%Bush269,932
2.3%
D+2.5
R+12.0
D+2.0
566,953
D
54.4%Clinton311,359
39.9%Dole228,226
5.7%
D+14.5
D+9.9
D+6.0
572,179
D
47.0%Clinton272,244
42.4%Bush245,680
10.5%
D+4.6
D+13.0
R+1.0
578,967
R
45.1%Dukakis236,281
53.4%Bush280,274
1.5%
R+8.4
D+12.1
R+0.7
524,382
R
39.5%Mondale214,901
59.9%Reagan326,128
0.6%
R+20.4
R+13.9
R+2.2
544,156
R
45.1%Carter224,766
51.6%Reagan257,348
3.2%
R+6.5
R+9.1
D+3.2
498,278
D
50.1%Carter208,788
47.5%Ford197,920
2.5%
D+2.6
D+38.2
D+0.5
416,944
R
28.7%McGovern101,983
64.4%Nixon228,409
6.9%
R+35.6
R+41.4
R+12.5
354,745
O
31.2%Humphrey113,967
25.4%Nixon92,892
43.4%
Wallace +12.3
D+9.1
D+6.5
365,652
R
48.3%Johnson146,310
51.7%Goldwater156,375
0.0%
R+3.3
R+28.8
R+25.9
302,685
D
50.5%Kennedy150,093
25.0%Nixon74,302
24.5%
D+25.5
D+41.1
D+25.3
297,082
R
40.2%Stevenson99,438
55.8%Eisenhower137,865
4.0%
R+15.5
R+20.9
R+0.1
247,226
D
52.7%Stevenson132,657
47.3%Eisenhower119,163
0.0%
D+5.4
R+6.2
D+16.1
251,820
O
32.3%Truman53,871
20.8%Dewey34,584
46.9%
Thurmond +14.5
R+54.7
D+7.1
166,542
D
83.2%Roosevelt119,525
16.8%Dewey24,214
0.0%
D+66.3
R+6.7
D+58.8
143,746
D
86.5%Roosevelt126,722
13.5%Willkie19,716
0.0%
D+73.1
R+9.9
D+63.1
146,474
D
91.5%Roosevelt136,666
8.5%Landon12,720
0.0%
D+83.0
R+4.6
D+58.7
149,411
D
93.7%Roosevelt108,772
6.1%Hoover7,079
0.2%
D+87.6
D+29.1
D+69.8
116,083
D
79.3%Smith72,943
20.7%Hoover19,086
0.0%
D+58.5
R+3.4
D+76.0
92,029
D
78.6%Davis44,947
16.6%Coolidge9,509
4.8%
D+62.0
D+30.0
D+87.1
57,197
D
66.0%Cox37,938
34.0%Harding19,560
0.0%
D+32.0
R+50.7
D+58.1
57,516
D
90.6%Wilson36,304
7.9%Hughes3,179
1.5%
D+82.6
D+6.6
D+79.5
40,082
D
79.7%Wilson29,785
3.6%Taft1,354
16.7%
D+76.1
R+0.4
D+56.5
37,367
D
87.7%Bryan29,743
11.2%Taft3,797
1.2%
D+76.5
R+5.7
D+86.0
33,933
D
89.8%Parker20,000
7.7%Roosevelt1,707
2.5%
D+82.2
D+21.6
D+101.8
22,261
D
80.3%Bryan22,741
19.7%McKinley5,578
0.0%
D+60.6
D+28.6
D+68.2
28,321
D
64.6%Bryan23,526
32.7%McKinley11,890
2.7%
D+32.0
R+6.9
D+38.0
36,416
D
69.4%Cleveland24,345
30.6%Harrison10,727
0.0%
D+38.8
—
D+37.2
35,076
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registered voters
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in New Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS
Year
Total registered
2016 (partial)
38,558
2018 (partial)
39,768
2020 (partial)
39,232
2022 (partial)
38,268
2024
933,074
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−7,900 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −51,423 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in New Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS in New Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+9,817
2012
+4,827
2013
+5,247
2014
+1,941
2015
+2,721
2016
−828
2017
−3,051
2018
−5,192
2019
−4,258
2021
−8,176
2022
−21,385
2023
−15,757
2024
−9,429
2025
−7,900
New Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS sits in the Gulf South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 87.6 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 35.6 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 2.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.2 points.
A population of 1,356,661, a 50% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,906 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Baton Rouge-Hammond, LA and Lafayette-New Iberia-Opelousas, LA.
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How did New Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS, Louisiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, New Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS, Louisiana voted Republican by 2.2 points (R+2.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 603,383 votes cast, 289,287 went Democratic and 302,328 went Republican.
When did New Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS, Louisiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which New Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS, Louisiana voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in New Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS, Louisiana?
New Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS, Louisiana has a population of 1,356,661 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in New Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS, Louisiana?
Median household income in New Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS, Louisiana is $65,906 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of New Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in New Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS, Louisiana from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 11 went Republican.
