combined metro areaShreveport-Bossier City-Minden, LA
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004R+14.3
2008R+12.5
2012R+11.9
2016R+14.2
2020R+12.8
2024R+16.4
full record · 1892 → 2024
presidential returns
2024 turnout 56.0% of 316,245 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
72,810
101,900
2,339
177,049
316,245
56.0%
2020
82,401
107,037
3,081
192,519
326,871
58.9%
2016
77,549
104,090
5,658
187,297
330,195
56.7%
2012
83,353
106,200
2,241
191,794
325,637
58.9%
2008
80,091
103,241
1,690
185,022
314,869
58.8%
2004
75,915
101,613
1,557
179,085
304,101†
58.9%
† 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
4 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
GroupShreveport-Bossier City-Minden, LALouisianaUnited States
American10.8%7.4%5.3%
English8.8%7.3%9.5%
Irish6.4%6.6%9.4%
German5.7%6.9%12.5%
French2.2%9.6%1.6%
Scottish1.7%1.0%1.3%
Italian1.6%4.3%4.8%
Scotch-Irish0.6%——
African American†37.9%29.3%9.9%
African0.6%0.8%0.5%
Mexican3.2%2.1%11.3%
Honduran0.4%1.6%0.3%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.4%1.8%
Spanish0.3%0.7%—
Spaniard0.2%0.2%—
Filipino0.3%—0.9%
Chinese0.2%0.2%1.3%
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
Shreveport-Bossier City-Minden, LA
Louisiana
United States
Median age
38.8
38
39.1
Age 18–24
8.1%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.9%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Shreveport-Bossier City-Minden, LA
Louisiana
United States
Median household income
$55,570
$60,756
$84,427
Poverty rate
20.4%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
25.0%
27.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Shreveport-Bossier City-Minden, LA
Louisiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.7%
8.5%
22.3%
Spanish
2.9%
4.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Shreveport-Bossier City-Minden, LA
Louisiana
United States
Catholic
6.4%
26.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
44.3%
25.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
28.6%
36.8%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
6.6%
3.6%
5.2%
Black Protestant
11.6%
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.
Shreveport-Bossier City-Minden, LA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+80.6%
1896
+80.7%
1900
+95.1%
1904
+95.0%
1908
+86.9%
1912
+86.2%
1916
+93.9%
1920
+84.4%
1924
+66.5%
1928
+39.5%
1932
+85.3%
1936
+78.8%
1940
+74.3%
1944
+44.8%
1948
+11.3%
1952
−22.7%
1956
−27.9%
1960
−25.6%
1964
−61.9%
1968
−1.6%
1972
−48.1%
1976
−13.0%
1980
−14.4%
1984
−31.6%
1988
−19.3%
1992
+2.7%
1996
+13.5%
2000
−8.2%
2004
−14.3%
2008
−12.5%
2012
−11.9%
2016
−14.2%
2020
−12.8%
2024
−16.4%
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
41.1%Harris72,810
57.6%Trump101,900
1.3%
R+16.4
R+3.6
R+15.0
177,049
R
42.8%Biden82,401
55.6%Trump107,037
1.6%
R+12.8
D+1.4
R+17.2
192,519
R
41.4%Clinton77,549
55.6%Trump104,090
3.0%
R+14.2
R+2.3
R+16.3
187,297
R
43.5%Obama83,353
55.4%Romney106,200
1.2%
R+11.9
D+0.6
R+15.8
191,794
R
43.3%Obama80,091
55.8%McCain103,241
0.9%
R+12.5
D+1.8
R+19.8
185,022
R
42.4%Kerry75,915
56.7%Bush101,613
0.9%
R+14.3
R+6.2
R+11.9
179,085
R
45.0%Gore71,696
53.2%Bush84,711
1.8%
R+8.2
R+21.7
R+8.7
159,240
D
53.4%Clinton86,956
39.9%Dole64,976
6.7%
D+13.5
D+10.8
D+5.0
162,798
D
44.4%Clinton73,097
41.6%Bush68,576
14.0%
D+2.7
D+22.0
R+2.8
164,764
R
39.9%Dukakis61,039
59.2%Bush90,531
0.8%
R+19.3
D+12.3
R+11.6
152,808
R
33.9%Mondale53,884
65.6%Reagan104,111
0.5%
R+31.6
R+17.2
R+13.4
158,799
R
42.0%Carter60,228
56.4%Reagan80,931
1.6%
R+14.4
R+1.4
R+4.7
143,497
R
42.8%Carter50,571
55.8%Ford65,910
1.4%
R+13.0
D+35.1
R+15.0
118,192
R
23.6%McGovern24,018
71.7%Nixon72,917
4.7%
R+48.1
R+46.5
R+24.9
101,719
O
25.3%Humphrey26,728
26.9%Nixon28,439
47.8%
Wallace +20.9
D+60.3
R+0.9
105,715
R
19.1%Johnson15,104
80.9%Goldwater64,150
0.0%
R+61.9
R+36.3
R+84.5
79,254
R
24.0%Kennedy16,135
49.6%Nixon33,310
26.3%
R+25.6
D+2.3
R+25.7
67,127
R
29.3%Stevenson16,292
57.1%Eisenhower31,830
13.6%
R+27.9
R+5.2
R+12.5
55,698
R
38.6%Stevenson23,459
61.4%Eisenhower37,272
0.0%
R+22.7
R+34.0
R+12.0
60,731
O
28.4%Truman9,682
17.1%Dewey5,840
54.4%
Thurmond +26.0
R+33.5
D+6.8
34,062
D
72.3%Roosevelt20,839
27.6%Dewey7,944
0.1%
D+44.8
R+29.5
D+37.3
28,813
D
87.1%Roosevelt26,886
12.8%Willkie3,942
0.2%
D+74.3
R+4.5
D+64.4
30,881
D
89.4%Roosevelt19,267
10.6%Landon2,284
0.1%
D+78.8
R+6.6
D+54.5
21,563
D
92.5%Roosevelt19,786
7.1%Hoover1,525
0.4%
D+85.3
D+45.8
D+67.6
21,398
D
69.8%Smith10,996
30.2%Hoover4,763
0.0%
D+39.5
R+26.9
D+57.0
15,761
D
80.5%Davis7,343
14.0%Coolidge1,280
5.4%
D+66.5
R+17.9
D+91.7
9,120
D
92.2%Cox7,223
7.8%Harding613
0.0%
D+84.4
R+9.6
D+110.5
7,836
D
96.9%Wilson5,928
3.0%Hughes183
0.1%
D+93.9
D+7.7
D+90.8
6,117
D
87.6%Wilson3,884
1.4%Taft60
11.1%
D+86.2
R+0.7
D+66.7
4,435
D
91.1%Bryan3,937
4.2%Taft182
4.7%
D+86.9
R+8.1
D+96.5
4,321
D
97.3%Parker3,673
2.3%Roosevelt87
0.4%
D+95.0
R+0.2
D+114.6
3,776
D
97.6%Bryan3,500
2.4%McKinley87
0.0%
D+95.1
D+14.4
D+102.7
3,587
D
89.5%Bryan5,672
8.8%McKinley557
1.7%
D+80.7
D+0.1
D+86.8
6,338
D
90.3%Cleveland8,205
9.7%Harrison879
0.0%
D+80.6
—
D+79.0
9,084
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
19.1%22,820
60.2%72,069
119,767
2020
R
28.8%53,939
56.1%104,994
187,234
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024D+2.8
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+16.4
Shreveport-Bossier City-Minden, LA registers Democratic but votes Republican — a 19-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
278,123 registered voters · 2024
Democratic37.9%Republican35.1%Other27.0%
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−1,091 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −37,849 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Shreveport-Bossier City-Minden, LA in Shreveport-Bossier City-Minden, LA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+1,607
2012
+398
2013
−3,767
2014
−4,279
2015
−2,948
2016
−4,158
2017
−3,405
2018
−4,200
2019
−3,777
2021
−3,635
2022
−4,111
2023
−2,542
2024
−1,941
2025
−1,091
Shreveport-Bossier City-Minden, LA sits in the Gulf South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 95.1 points in 1900 and a Republican high of 61.9 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 3.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.4 points.
A population of 422,639, a 51% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $55,570 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Monroe-Ruston, LA and Jackson-Vicksburg-Brookhaven, MS.
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How did Shreveport-Bossier City-Minden, LA, Louisiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Shreveport-Bossier City-Minden, LA, Louisiana voted Republican by 16.4 points (R+16.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 177,049 votes cast, 72,810 went Democratic and 101,900 went Republican.
When did Shreveport-Bossier City-Minden, LA, Louisiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Shreveport-Bossier City-Minden, LA, Louisiana voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Shreveport-Bossier City-Minden, LA, Louisiana?
Shreveport-Bossier City-Minden, LA, Louisiana has a population of 422,639 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Shreveport-Bossier City-Minden, LA, Louisiana?
Median household income in Shreveport-Bossier City-Minden, LA, Louisiana is $55,570 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Shreveport-Bossier City-Minden, LA, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Shreveport-Bossier City-Minden, LA, Louisiana from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 16 went Republican.
