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New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area


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2024 population: 966,230   ( 41,175 from 2020)
Land area: 2358.2 square miles
Population density: 409.7 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:403,697 41.78% 6.6%
Black:373,81738.69% 6.1%
Indian:3,3510.35% 3.7%
Asian:34,6403.59% 3.8%
2+ races:15,2081.57% 3.8%
Hispanic:135,51714.03% 7.9%
Total non-White:562,53358.22% 2.2%

2020-2024 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:48,370 12.0
Deaths:44,48911.0
Net Migration: -68,528-17.0
Net Immigration: 22,5425.6
Change in White population:-28,609 -2.8
Change in Non-White pop.:-12,566 -1.2



Historical Presidential Election Results for New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area



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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(US)
PUSV
2024 55% Kamala Harris (D) 242,117 57.4% Donald Trump (R) 170,667 40.5% 9,089 [+] 2.2% 421,873 -9 0.27%
2020 59% Joe Biden (D) 271,788 58.7% Donald Trump* (R) 182,929 39.5% 8,038 [+] 1.7% 462,755 -7 0.29%
2016 56% Hillary Clinton (D) 243,611 56.3% Donald Trump (R) 171,473 39.6% 17,775 [+] 4.1% 432,859 -6 0.32%
2012 56% Barack Obama* (D) 234,898 56.3% Mitt Romney (R) 174,277 41.8% 8,026 [+] 1.9% 417,201 -5 0.32%
2008 54% Barack Obama (D) 217,009 52.7% John McCain (R) 188,659 45.8% 6,498 [+] 1.6% 412,166 0 0.31%
2004 61% John Kerry (D) 264,451 54.5% George W. Bush* (R) 216,523 44.6% 4,345 [+] 0.9% 485,319 -6 0.40%
2000 53% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 249,334 55.4% George W. Bush (R) 190,181 42.3% 10,337 [+] 2.3% 449,852 -6 0.43%
1996 56% Bill Clinton* (D) 272,583 58.6% Robert Dole (R) 168,611 36.2% 24,059 [+] 5.2% 465,253 -4 0.48%
1992 58% Bill Clinton (D) 238,731 49.9% George Bush* (R) 192,888 40.3% 46,877 [+] 9.8% 478,496 3 0.46%
1988 53% George Bush (R) 222,346 50.9% Michael Dukakis (D) 208,335 47.7% 6,451 [+] 1.5% 437,132 -3 0.48%
1984 56% Ronald Reagan* (R) 266,301 57.7% Walter Mondale (D) 192,417 41.7% 2,563 0.6% 461,281 -1 0.50%
1980 51% Ronald Reagan (R) 214,631 50.6% Jimmy Carter* (D) 195,164 46.0% 14,172 [+] 3.3% 423,967 0 0.49%
1976 49% Jimmy Carter (D) 179,073 49.8% Gerald Ford* (R) 172,089 47.8% 8,645 [+] 2.4% 359,807 0 0.44%
1972 44% Richard Nixon* (R) 197,322 63.0% George McGovern (D) 94,186 30.1% 21,712 [+] 6.9% 313,220 2 0.40%
1968 54% George Wallace (AIP) 130,271 40.6% Hubert Humphrey (D) 105,575 32.9% 85,053 [+] 26.5% 320,899 -17 0.44%
1964 48% Barry Goldwater (R) 137,045 50.6% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 134,056 49.4% 0 0.0% 271,101 12 0.38%
1960 51% John Kennedy (D) 137,960 50.9% Richard Nixon (R) 68,954 25.4% 64,222 23.7% 271,136 -24 0.39%
1956 45% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 129,690 56.7% Adlai Stevenson (D) 90,133 39.4% 8,869 3.9% 228,692 -1 0.37%
1952 49% Adlai Stevenson (D) 118,712 51.6% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 111,392 48.4% 0 0.0% 230,104 -7 0.37%
1948 36% Strom Thurmond (StsRts) 66,596 43.9% Harry Truman* (D) 49,294 32.5% 35,689 [+] 23.5% 151,579 -23 0.31%
1944 34% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 109,134 82.6% Thomas Dewey (R) 23,021 17.4% 7 0.0% 132,162 -28 0.28%
1940 37% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 114,163 85.9% Wendell Willkie (R) 18,646 14.0% 28 0.0% 132,837 -31 0.27%
1936 43% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 126,366 91.5% Alf Landon (R) 11,695 8.5% 22 [+] 0.0% 138,083 -28 0.30%
1932 35% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 100,069 93.7% Herbert Hoover* (R) 6,519 6.1% 212 [+] 0.2% 106,800 -33 0.27%
1928 30% Al Smith (D) 68,233 81.3% Herbert Hoover (R) 15,695 18.7% 0 0.0% 83,928 -39 0.23%
1924 20% John Davis (D) 41,845 78.8% Calvin Coolidge (R) 8,897 16.7% 2,380 [+] 4.5% 53,122 -37 0.18%
1920 23% James Cox (D) 35,413 65.0% Warren Harding (R) 19,066 35.0% 16 [+] 0.0% 54,495 -25 0.20%
1916 17% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 33,907 90.5% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 2,983 8.0% 569 [+] 1.5% 37,459 -38 0.20%
1912 16% Woodrow Wilson (D) 27,844 79.2% Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) 5,196 14.8% 2,120 [+] 6.0% 35,160 -20 0.23%
1908 17% William J. Bryan (D) 28,438 87.8% William Taft (R) 3,641 11.2% 316 [+] 1.0% 32,395 -40 0.22%
1904 12% Alton Parker (D) 19,180 90.0% Theodore Roosevelt (R) 1,612 7.6% 521 [+] 2.4% 21,313 -49 0.16%
1900 16% William J. Bryan (D) 21,576 80.2% William McKinley* (R) 5,324 19.8% 0 0.0% 26,900 -32 0.19%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote

Historical Statewide Election Results for New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area

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YearTypeTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal VotesDiff PSV
*: incumbent               +: ran on additional party lines               Type: G: Governor; S1,S2,S3: Senate Class 1, 2 or 3
italics: special election           RO: runoff election           PSV: percent of state vote