2022 population: 781,098
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 506,339 | 64.82% | |
Black: | 185,797 | 23.79% | |
Indian: | 2,783 | 0.36% | |
Asian: | 17,757 | 2.27% | |
2+ races: | 23,878 | 3.06% | |
Hispanic: | 41,348 | 5.29% | |
Total non-White: | 274,759 | 35.18% |
Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 334,332 | |
Median Value | $233,500 | |
Occupied | 293,112 | 87.7% |
Vacant | 41,220 | 12.3% |
Owned | 213,947 | 73.0% |
Rented | 79,165 | 27.0% |
Median Rent | $1,122 | |
Single-Family Units | 230,006 | 68.8% |
Detached | 222,942 | 66.7% |
Attached | 7,064 | 2.1% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 46,065 | 13.8% |
Mobile Homes | 37,085 | 11.1% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 16,292 | 5.6% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 8,787 | 3.0% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 9,278 | 3.2% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 10,077 | 3.4% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 10,691 | 3.6% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 10,639 | 3.6% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 10,301 | 3.5% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 11,617 | 4.0% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 10,476 | 3.6% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 21,422 | 7.3% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 26,292 | 9.0% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 36,628 | 12.5% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 31,825 | 10.9% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 22,470 | 7.7% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 26,199 | 8.9% |
$200,000 or more | 30,118 | 10.3% |
Median Household Income | 75,399 | |
Per Capita Income | 39,199 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 12,217 | 4.2% |
Public Assistance | 3,842 | 1.3% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 33,606 | 11.5% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 338,790 | 70.4% |
Unemployed | 19,884 | 4.1% |
In Armed Forces | 679 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 359,353 | 74.7% |
Not in Labor Force | 121,729 | 25.3% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 29.4% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 143,728 | 109,029 | 56.9% |
Non-Profit | 8,904 | 17,134 | 34.2% |
Self-Employed | 23,092 | 14,265 | 61.8% |
Local Government | 8,762 | 16,528 | 34.6% |
State Government | 12,213 | 19,001 | 39.1% |
Federal Government | 2,465 | 2,495 | 49.7% |
Total Private + Self | 166,820 | 123,294 | 57.5% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 32,344 | 55,158 | 37.0% |
Total | 199,164 | 178,452 | 52.7% |
Pct. Govt. | 16.3% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 62,082 | 16.4% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 80,205 | 21.2% |
Professional, Technical | 94,032 | 24.9% |
Service Occupations | 55,886 | 14.8% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 1,269 | 0.3% |
All others | 85,818 | 22.7% |
White Collar | 62.5% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Retail trade | 42,383 | 11.2% |
Educational services and health care | 37,766 | 10.0% |
Manufacturing | 36,714 | 9.7% |
Construction | 34,527 | 9.1% |
Accommodation, food svcs, recreation | 25,899 | 6.9% |
Professional, scientific, management | 24,962 | 6.6% |
Public administration | 23,393 | 6.2% |
Other services | 19,159 | 5.1% |
Finance, insurance and real estate | 14,925 | 3.9% |
Transportation, warehousing, utilities | 14,086 | 3.7% |
Wholesale trade | 10,337 | 2.7% |
Information | 6,235 | 1.6% |
Farming, forestry, fishing, mining | 1,836 | 0.5% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 14,409 | 1.84% |
Puerto Rican | 1,891 | 0.24% |
Cuban | 1,250 | 0.16% |
Dominican | 350 | 0.04% |
Total Central American | 14,463 | 1.85% |
Costa Rican | 363 | 0.05% |
Guatemalan | 1,711 | 0.22% |
Honduran | 8,526 | 1.09% |
Nicaraguan | 1,157 | 0.15% |
Panamanian | 135 | 0.02% |
Salvadoran | 2,266 | 0.29% |
Other Central American | 305 | 0.04% |
Total South American | 2,185 | 0.28% |
Argentinean | 18 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 48 | 0.01% |
Chilean | 189 | 0.02% |
Colombian | 902 | 0.12% |
Ecuadorian | 429 | 0.05% |
Peruvian | 173 | 0.02% |
Venezuelan | 426 | 0.05% |
Other Hispanic | 6,800 | 0.87% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Vietnamese | 6,507 | 0.83% |
Chinese | 3,284 | 0.42% |
Indian | 3,222 | 0.41% |
Filipino | 1,843 | 0.24% |
Korean | 645 | 0.08% |
Japanese | 495 | 0.06% |
Indonesian | 279 | 0.04% |
Thai | 187 | 0.02% |
Bangladeshi | 143 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 677,344 | 92.3% |
Spanish | 26,967 | 3.7% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 7,696 | 1.0% |
Vietnamese | 4,954 | 0.7% |
Other Indo-European | 4,732 | 0.6% |
Arabic | 3,121 | 0.4% |
Chinese | 2,713 | 0.4% |
Other Asian | 1,729 | 0.2% |
Other | 1,156 | 0.2% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
French | 97,668 | 12.5% |
American | 63,242 | 8.1% |
German | 57,536 | 7.4% |
English | 56,996 | 7.3% |
Irish | 53,903 | 6.9% |
Italian | 40,693 | 5.2% |
French Canadian | 16,668 | 2.1% |
Cajun | 9,168 | 1.2% |
European | 9,106 | 1.2% |
Scottish | 7,988 | 1.0% |
Scotch-Irish | 5,879 | 0.8% |
Polish | 3,928 | 0.5% |
African | 3,191 | 0.4% |
Welsh | 2,929 | 0.4% |
Swedish | 2,871 | 0.4% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 757,798 | 97.0% |
Not a citizen | 23,300 | 3.0% |
Native | 743,349 | 95.2% |
Foreign-born | 37,749 | 4.8% |
Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older | |||||||||||
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< 9 Years | 9-12 Years | H.S. Grad or GED | Some College | Bach. Degree | Grad Degree | ||||||
17,452 | 3.4% | 31,964 | 6.3% | 151,447 | 29.8% | 138,335 | 27.3% | 106,260 | 20.9% | 61,912 | 12.2% |
Average years of education: 13.6 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 17,452 | 3.4% |
9-12 Years | 31,964 | 6.3% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 151,447 | 29.8% |
Some College | 138,335 | 27.3% |
Bach. Degree | 106,260 | 20.9% |
Grad Degree | 61,912 | 12.2% |
Average years of education: 13.6 |
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NOTE: Results prior to 2022 are for districts which previously covered much of this area, regardless of district number.
Date | District | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | |||||
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2022-11-08 | LA06 | Garret Graves* (R) | 189,684 | 80.4% | Rufus Craig (Libertarian) | 30,709 | 13.0% | 15,535 | 6.6% | 235,928 |
Redistricting effect (2022); the partisan balance of the district was changed by less than 1% compared to 2020. | ||||||||||
2020-11-03 | LA06 | Garret Graves* (R) | 265,706 | 71.0% | Dartanyon Williams (D) | 95,541 | 25.5% | 12,749 | 3.4% | 373,996 |
2018-11-06 | LA06 | Garret Graves* (R) | 186,553 | 69.5% | Justin Dewitt (D) | 55,089 | 20.5% | 26,883 | 10.0% | 268,525 |
2016-11-08 | LA06 | Garret Graves* (R) | 207,483 | 62.7% | Richard Lieberman (D) | 49,380 | 14.9% | 74,235 | 22.4% | 331,098 |
2014-12-06 | LA06 | Garret Graves (R) | 139,209 | 62.4% | Eddie Edwards (D) | 83,781 | 37.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 222,990 |
2012-11-06 | LA06 | Bill Cassidy* (R) | 243,553 | 79.4% | Rufus Craig (Libertarian) | 32,185 | 10.5% | 30,975 | 10.1% | 306,713 |
Redistricting effect (2012); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the RIGHT by approximately 10% compared to 2010. | ||||||||||
2010-11-02 | LA06 | Bill Cassidy* (R) | 138,607 | 65.6% | Merritt McDonald (D) | 72,577 | 34.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 211,184 |
2008-11-04 | LA06 | Bill Cassidy (R) | 150,332 | 48.1% | Don Cazayoux* (D) | 125,886 | 40.3% | 36,198 | 11.6% | 312,416 |
2008-05-03 sp | LA06 | Don Cazayoux (D) | 49,702 | 49.2% | Woody Jenkins (R) | 46,741 | 46.3% | 4,568 | 4.5% | 101,011 |
2006-11-07 | LA06 | Richard Baker* (R) | 94,658 | 82.8% | Richard Fontanesi (Libertarian) | 19,648 | 17.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 114,306 |
2004-11-02 | LA06 | Richard Baker* (R) | 189,106 | 72.2% | Rufus Craig (D) | 50,732 | 19.4% | 22,031 | 8.4% | 261,869 |
2002-11-05 | LA06 | Richard Baker* (R) | 146,932 | 84.0% | Rick Moscatello (I) | 27,898 | 16.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 174,830 |
Redistricting effect (2002); the partisan balance of the district was changed by less than 1% compared to 2000. | ||||||||||
2000-11-07 | LA06 | Richard Baker* (R) | 165,637 | 68.0% | Kathy Rogillo (D) | 72,192 | 29.7% | 5,649 | 2.3% | 243,478 |
1998-11-03 | LA06 | Richard Baker* (R) | 97,044 | 50.7% | Marjorie McKeithen (D) | 94,201 | 49.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 191,245 |
1996-09-21 | LA06 | Richard Baker* (R) | 117,598 | 69.3% | Steve Myers (D) | 52,092 | 30.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 169,690 |
Redistricting effect (1996); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the LEFT by approximately 7% compared to 1992. | ||||||||||
1994-11-08 | LA06 | Richard Baker* (R) | 103,174 | 81.1% | Darryl Ward (D) | 24,033 | 18.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 127,207 |
1992-11-03 | LA06 | Richard Baker* (R) | 123,953 | 50.6% | Clyde Holloway (R) | 121,225 | 49.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 245,178 |
Redistricting effect (1992); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the RIGHT by approximately 7% compared to 1990. | ||||||||||
1990-10-06 | LA06 | Richard Baker* (R) | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | |||
1988-10-01 | LA06 | Richard Baker* (R) | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | |||
1986-09-27 | LA06 | Richard Baker (R) | 76,833 | 51.0% | Thomas Hudson (D) | 67,774 | 45.0% | 6,120 | 4.1% | 150,727 |
1984-11-06 | LA06 | Henson Moore* (R) | 119,548 | 78.1% | Herb Rothschild (D) | 33,501 | 21.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 153,049 |
1982-11-02 | LA06 | Henson Moore* (R) | 65,269 | 77.1% | James Agnew (I) | 19,354 | 22.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 84,623 |
Redistricting effect (1982); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the RIGHT by approximately 3% compared to 1980. | ||||||||||
1980-09-13 | LA06 | Henson Moore* (R) | 118,540 | 90.7% | Alice Brooks (D) | 12,149 | 9.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 130,689 |
1978-09-16 | LA06 | Henson Moore* (R) | 102,430 | 90.9% | Bobby Pailette (D) | 10,256 | 9.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 112,686 |
1976-11-02 | LA06 | Henson Moore* (R) | 99,780 | 65.2% | J.D. DeBlieux (D) | 53,212 | 34.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 152,992 |
1975-01-07 sp | LA06 | Henson Moore (R) | 74,802 | 54.1% | Jeff LaCaze (D) | 63,366 | 45.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 138,168 |
1974-11-04 | LA06 | Henson Moore (R) | 60,969 | 50.0% | Jeff LaCaze (D) | 60,925 | 50.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 121,894 |
1972-11-07 | LA06 | John Rarick* (D) | 84,275 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 84,275 | |||
Redistricting effect (1972); the partisan balance of the district was changed by less than 1% compared to 1970. | ||||||||||
1970-11-03 | LA06 | John Rarick* (D) | 36,632 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 36,632 | |||
1968-11-05 | LA06 | John Rarick* (D) | 100,461 | 79.3% | Loyd Rockhold (R) | 26,267 | 20.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 126,728 |
1966-11-08 | LA06 | John Rarick (D) | 86,958 | 76.6% | Crayton Hall (R) | 26,599 | 23.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 113,557 |
1964-11-03 | LA06 | James Morrison* (D) | 82,686 | 62.9% | Floyd Crawford (R) | 48,715 | 37.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 131,401 |
1962-11-06 | LA06 | James Morrison* (D) | 48,894 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 48,894 | |||
1960-11-08 | LA06 | James Morrison* (D) | 78,640 | 85.6% | Charles Dillemuth (R) | 13,233 | 14.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 91,873 |
1958-11-04 | LA06 | James Morrison* (D) | 20,599 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 20,599 | |||
1956-11-06 | LA06 | James Morrison* (D) | 58,414 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 58,414 | |||
1954-11-02 | LA06 | James Morrison* (D) | 30,082 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 30,082 | |||
1952-11-04 | LA06 | James Morrison* (D) | 61,744 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 61,744 | |||
1950-11-07 | LA06 | James Morrison* (D) | 34,718 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 34,718 | |||
1948-11-02 | LA06 | James Morrison* (D) | 47,515 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 47,515 | |||
1946-11-05 | LA06 | James Morrison* (D) | 8,781 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 8,781 | |||
1944-11-07 | LA06 | James Morrison* (D) | 38,561 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 38,561 | |||
1942-11-03 | LA06 | James Morrison (D) | 9,313 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 9,313 | |||
1940-11-05 | LA06 | Jared Sanders (D) | 41,173 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 41,173 | |||
1938-11-08 | LA06 | John Griffith* (D) | 12,225 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 12,225 | |||
1936-11-03 | LA06 | John Griffith (D) | 34,908 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 34,908 |
Year | Turnout | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | Diff (St) | Diff (US) | PSV | |||||
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2020 redist | Donald Trump* (R) | 237,802 | 64.3% | Joe Biden (D) | 125,263 | 33.9% | 6,914 | 1.9% | 369,979 | 6 | 17 | 17.22% | |
2020 | 64% | Donald Trump* (R) | 250,255 | 63.7% | Joe Biden (D) | 135,049 | 34.4% | 7,264 | 1.9% | 392,568 | 5 | 17 | 18.28% |
2016 | 60% | Donald Trump (R) | 230,700 | 64.8% | Hillary Clinton (D) | 110,395 | 31.0% | 14,856 | 4.2% | 355,951 | 7 | 19 | 17.54% |
2012 | 60% | Mitt Romney (R) | 228,507 | 66.1% | Barack Obama* (D) | 110,430 | 32.0% | 6,538 | 1.9% | 345,475 | 8 | 19 | 17.33% |
2008 | 60% | John McCain (R) | 184,355 | 57.4% | Barack Obama (D) | 132,627 | 41.3% | 4,297 | 1.3% | 321,279 | -1 | 12 | 16.39% |
2004 | 60% | George W. Bush* (R) | 172,080 | 59.0% | John Kerry (D) | 117,255 | 40.2% | 2,524 | 0.9% | 291,859 | 2 | 8 | 15.02% |
2000 | 57% | George W. Bush (R) | 150,887 | 53.8% | Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 123,241 | 44.0% | 6,210 | 2.2% | 280,338 | 1 | 6 | 15.88% |
1996 | 60% | Bill Clinton* (D) | 142,156 | 50.2% | Robert Dole (R) | 121,851 | 43.0% | 19,222 | 6.8% | 283,229 | 3 | 2 | 15.88% |
1992 | 60% | George Bush* (R) | 134,222 | 51.5% | Bill Clinton (D) | 91,273 | 35.0% | 35,325 | 13.5% | 260,820 | 10 | 14 | 14.57% |
1988 | 48% | George Bush (R) | 128,304 | 60.5% | Michael Dukakis (D) | 83,704 | 39.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 212,008 | 6 | 7 | 13.02% |
1984 | 57% | Ronald Reagan* (R) | 143,578 | 64.7% | Walter Mondale (D) | 78,263 | 35.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 221,841 | 4 | 6 | 13.00% |
1980 | 60% | Ronald Reagan (R) | 109,692 | 50.9% | Jimmy Carter* (D) | 101,252 | 47.0% | 4,353 | 2.0% | 215,297 | 0 | 0 | 13.90% |
1976 | 48% | Jimmy Carter (D) | 90,224 | 54.7% | Gerald Ford* (R) | 74,781 | 45.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 165,005 | -1 | -3 | 12.91% |
1972 | 42% | Richard Nixon* (R) | 83,246 | 69.7% | George McGovern (D) | 36,240 | 30.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 119,486 | 4 | 9 | 11.36% |
1968 | n/a | George Wallace (AIP) | 83,087 | 54.5% | Hubert Humphrey (D) | 36,625 | 24.0% | 32,642 | 21.4% | 152,354 | -2 | -22 | 13.88% |
1964 | n/a | Barry Goldwater (R) | 56.6% | Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 43.4% | 0.0% | 0 | 18 | n/a | ||||
1960 | 43% | John Kennedy (D) | 63,651 | 50.6% | Write-ins (I) | 31,459 | 25.0% | 30,566 | 24.3% | 125,676 | -4 | -25 | 15.56% |
1956 | 35% | Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 46,442 | 50.3% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 42,476 | 46.0% | 3,395 | 3.7% | 92,313 | -3 | -7 | 14.95% |
1952 | 40% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 56,366 | 58.7% | Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 39,665 | 41.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 96,031 | -6 | -14 | 14.73% |
Year | Pop | White | Black | Indian | Asian | 2+ Races | Hispanic |
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2021 | 784,290 | 63.4% | 23.3% | 0.4% | 2.2% | 4.3% | 5.9% |
2020 | 803,704 | 65.9% | 25.2% | 2.3% | 1.4% | 5.2% | |
2012 | 763,016 | 69.8% | 22.1% | 0.4% | 2.2% | 1.3% | 4.2% |
2010 | 727,498 | 58.6% | 34.9% | 0.2% | 1.9% | 1.0% | 3.4% |
2002 | 638,324 | 62.7% | 33.2% | 0.2% | 1.4% | 0.7% | 1.6% |
2000 | 683,536 | 62.5% | 33.6% | 0.2% | 1.3% | 0.8% | 1.6% |
1992 | 602,854 | 81.9% | 14.6% | 0.4% | 1.1% | 2.0% | |
1990 | 558,575 | 70.3% | 27.4% | 1.0% | 1.3% | ||
1982 | 524,770 | 72.6% | 25.1% | 0.1% | 0.6% | 1.6% | |
1980 | 577,140 | 30.0% | 2.0% | ||||
1972 | 456,178 | 30.0% | 1.0% | ||||
1970 | 510,266 | 26.0% | |||||
1960 | 536,029 | ||||||
1950 | 417,898 |
Year | Total | Republican | Democrat | Other | R/D Edge | R/D Edge % | VAPOP % | |||
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2023 | 487,494 | 191,508 | 39.3% | 158,179 | 32.4% | 137,807 | 28.3% | Rep +33,329 | Rep +6.8% | 83% |
2022 | 492,471 | 191,842 | 39.0% | 162,946 | 33.1% | 137,683 | 28.0% | Rep +28,896 | Rep +5.9% | 84% |