† 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
25 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
GroupShreveportUnited States
American12.6%5.3%
English9.0%9.5%
Irish6.9%9.4%
German5.6%12.5%
French1.9%1.6%
Scottish1.4%1.3%
Italian1.3%4.8%
Scotch-Irish0.4%—
African American†28.4%9.9%
African1.0%0.5%
Mexican6.8%11.3%
Honduran0.3%0.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%1.8%
Spanish0.2%—
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
Shreveport
United States
Median age
39
39.1
Age 18–24
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.4%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Shreveport
United States
Median household income
$54,843
$84,427
Poverty rate
20.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
21.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Shreveport
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.3%
22.3%
Spanish
5.8%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Shreveport
United States
Catholic
6.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
43.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
32.4%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.7%
5.2%
Black Protestant
9.5%
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, Louisiana
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+45.1%
1896
+67.2%
1900
+48.3%
1904
+43.4%
1908
+42.6%
1912
+53.7%
1916
+62.2%
1920
+42.4%
1924
+57.9%
1928
+34.1%
1932
+86.6%
1936
+80.0%
1940
+73.6%
1944
+54.6%
1948
+34.6%
1952
+4.4%
1956
−8.9%
1960
−3.8%
1964
−22.3%
1968
+3.8%
1972
−44.4%
1976
+4.6%
1980
−5.7%
1984
−26.2%
1988
−11.6%
1992
+7.6%
1996
+13.4%
2000
−11.5%
2004
−18.2%
2008
−22.3%
2012
−24.0%
2016
−29.0%
2020
−29.7%
2024
−35.1%
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
31.9%Harris127,029
67.0%Trump267,037
1.1%
R+35.1
R+5.4
R+33.7
398,387
R
34.4%Biden145,485
64.1%Trump271,171
1.6%
R+29.7
R+0.7
R+34.1
423,225
R
34.3%Clinton137,787
63.2%Trump254,241
2.5%
R+29.0
R+5.0
R+31.0
402,217
R
37.4%Obama152,577
61.4%Romney250,267
1.2%
R+24.0
R+1.6
R+27.8
407,558
R
38.3%Obama154,010
60.7%McCain243,846
1.0%
R+22.3
R+4.2
R+29.6
402,001
R
40.5%Kerry160,197
58.7%Bush231,999
0.8%
R+18.2
R+6.6
R+15.7
395,206
R
43.3%Gore155,305
54.9%Bush196,596
1.8%
R+11.5
R+24.9
R+12.0
358,299
D
52.6%Clinton187,844
39.1%Dole139,924
8.3%
D+13.4
D+5.8
D+4.9
357,434
D
45.6%Clinton170,627
38.0%Bush142,255
16.3%
D+7.6
D+19.2
D+2.0
373,952
R
43.7%Dukakis152,025
55.3%Bush192,538
0.9%
R+11.6
D+14.6
R+3.9
347,856
R
36.6%Mondale132,465
62.8%Reagan227,438
0.6%
R+26.2
R+20.5
R+8.0
362,227
R
46.3%Carter155,340
52.0%Reagan174,374
1.7%
R+5.7
R+10.3
D+4.1
335,426
D
51.7%Carter149,334
47.1%Ford136,060
1.1%
D+4.6
D+49.0
D+2.5
288,624
R
26.3%McGovern65,566
70.7%Nixon175,976
3.0%
R+44.4
R+48.1
R+21.2
248,930
O
29.2%Humphrey74,694
25.4%Nixon64,980
45.5%
Wallace +16.3
D+26.1
D+4.5
256,240
R
38.5%Johnson80,493
60.8%Goldwater127,120
0.6%
R+22.3
R+18.5
R+44.9
208,945
R
40.1%Kennedy70,590
44.0%Nixon77,361
15.9%
R+3.8
D+5.1
R+4.0
175,978
R
41.9%Stevenson66,802
50.8%Eisenhower81,041
7.3%
R+8.9
R+13.4
D+6.5
159,473
D
52.2%Stevenson90,400
47.8%Eisenhower82,729
0.1%
D+4.4
R+30.2
D+15.2
173,242
D
48.0%Truman51,897
13.3%Dewey14,420
38.7%
D+34.6
R+20.0
D+30.2
108,166
D
75.7%Roosevelt71,437
21.0%Dewey19,862
3.3%
D+54.6
R+18.9
D+47.2
94,375
D
86.7%Roosevelt90,887
13.1%Willkie13,767
0.2%
D+73.6
R+6.4
D+63.6
104,824
D
89.9%Roosevelt69,509
9.9%Landon7,678
0.2%
D+80.0
R+6.6
D+55.7
77,313
D
93.1%Roosevelt78,299
6.5%Hoover5,501
0.3%
D+86.6
D+52.4
D+68.8
84,086
D
67.0%Smith43,466
32.9%Hoover21,323
0.1%
D+34.1
R+23.8
D+51.6
64,869
D
76.2%Davis39,877
18.2%Coolidge9,554
5.6%
D+57.9
D+15.5
D+83.1
52,362
D
68.0%Cox37,470
25.6%Harding14,094
6.5%
D+42.4
R+19.8
D+68.6
55,125
D
79.0%Wilson33,114
16.8%Hughes7,038
4.2%
D+62.2
D+8.6
D+59.1
41,892
D
67.3%Wilson22,386
13.7%Taft4,540
19.0%
D+53.7
D+11.0
D+34.1
33,260
D
68.2%Bryan15,939
25.5%Taft5,971
6.3%
D+42.6
R+0.8
D+52.2
23,372
D
70.2%Parker12,863
26.8%Roosevelt4,905
3.0%
D+43.4
R+4.8
D+63.1
18,318
D
73.7%Bryan13,702
25.4%McKinley4,726
0.9%
D+48.3
R+18.9
D+55.8
18,591
D
83.1%Bryan21,959
15.9%McKinley4,211
0.9%
D+67.2
D+22.1
D+73.3
26,414
D
70.1%Cleveland21,274
25.0%Harrison7,581
4.9%
D+45.1
—
D+43.5
30,351
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+36.0
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+35.1
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 0.9 points.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Shreveport
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2026 (partial)
17,510
4,389
10,699
2,321
101
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−865 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −57,276 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Shreveport in Shreveport: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+772
2012
−2,263
2013
−6,499
2014
−7,877
2015
−5,288
2016
−6,430
2017
−6,002
2018
−6,077
2019
−6,256
2021
−3,414
2022
−3,992
2023
−1,571
2024
−1,514
2025
−865
The Shreveport-Bossier City market spans three states, blending heavily Republican rural parishes with a majority-Black urban core that consistently produces split outcomes across statewide and federal contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 86.6 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 44.4 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 5.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 35.1 points.
A population of 967,450, a 56% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $54,843 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Monroe-El Dorado and Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston.
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In 2024, Shreveport, Louisiana voted Republican by 35.1 points (R+35.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 398,387 votes cast, 127,029 went Democratic and 267,037 went Republican.
When did Shreveport, Louisiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Shreveport, Louisiana voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Shreveport, Louisiana?
Shreveport, Louisiana has a population of 967,450 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Shreveport, Louisiana?
Median household income in Shreveport, Louisiana is $54,843 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Shreveport, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Shreveport, Louisiana from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 14 went Republican.
