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1876–2024
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA·Louisiana

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA has voted Republican in seven straight presidential elections — R+14 in 2024.

Caddo Parish's urban core anchors a deep-red metro with a majority-Black city center

1876 — 2024·38 elections
LA
LatestR+14in 2024
TypologyBlack Beltcluster typology
Population386,8192024 ACS

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, Louisiana: Black Belt metro. In 2024, voted R+14%. Democratic peak: D+95 in 1904.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+14MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Black BeltAkashic typology
Population
386,8192024 5-year
Median household income
$56,9022024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
50.9%2024 5-year
Black
39.4%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
5.3%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+95 in 1900MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+48 in 1972MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
TrumpR+14
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2024 presidential margin by county for Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, LAA map of the constituent counties of Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, LA, each outlined and filled by its 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic).De Soto Parish, LA · R+35Bossier Parish, LA · R+43Caddo Parish, LA · D+5
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican56.5%90,935
Kamala HarrisDemocratic42.1%67,757
OtherAll other candidates1.3%2,152
D+60
R+60
3 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1876 to 2024. Most recent: −14.4% in 2024.flipped R · 2000−14.4%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892+83.9%
1896+81.3%
1900+94.8%
1904+95.2%
1908+88.2%
1912+87.0%
1916+92.9%
1920+85.1%
1924+64.1%
1928+36.9%
1932+83.7%
1936+78.5%
1940+72.8%
1944+41.8%
1948+8.2%
1952−28.3%
1956−29.8%
1960−25.7%
1964+61.5%
1968−2.3%
1972−48.0%
1976−14.6%
1980−16.2%
1984−31.9%
1988−19.8%
1992+1.9%
1996+12.7%
2000−7.6%
2004−13.4%
2008−11.0%
2012−10.5%
2016−12.6%
2020−10.9%
2024−14.4%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−14.4%
67,75790,935160,844
R
−10.9%
76,22995,207174,303
R
−12.6%
71,28992,548169,152
R
−10.5%
76,55194,800173,378
R
−11.0%
73,48191,824166,752
R
−13.4%
69,08290,543160,636
R
−7.6%
64,49975,291142,150
D
+12.7%
77,26858,823145,281
D
+1.9%
64,71761,936146,500
R
−19.8%
53,60580,327135,003
R
−31.9%
47,37592,056140,122
R
−16.2%
51,66072,066125,850
R
−14.6%
43,28558,360103,175
R
−48.0%
21,15964,08889,370
O
−2.3%
23,85725,94391,702
D
+61.5%
55,97313,34969,322
R
−25.7%
14,86230,17159,460
R
−29.8%
13,94028,55048,965
R
−28.3%
18,91533,83052,745
O
+8.2%
7,7495,38528,771
D
+41.8%
17,1847,04524,259
D
+72.8%
23,1093,61026,768
D
+78.5%
16,4681,98318,457
D
+83.7%
16,7661,45218,305
D
+36.9%
9,5664,40713,975
D
+64.1%
6,4141,2288,087
D
+85.1%
6,2145016,715
D
+92.9%
4,8881775,069
D
+87.0%
3,188513,606
D
+88.2%
3,0841503,326
D
+95.2%
2,975663,057
D
+94.8%
2,896782,974
D
+81.3%
4,8984605,462
D
+83.9%
6,7645917,355
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Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
9.3%
English
8.8%
Irish
6.3%
German
5.7%
French
2.3%
Italian
1.7%
Scottish
1.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 38.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.7%
85+
1.4%
2.1%
75–84
2.9%
4.8%
65–74
5.8%
5.9%
55–64
6.5%
5.5%
45–54
6.0%
6.5%
35–44
6.9%
6.4%
25–34
6.7%
4.1%
18–24
4.0%
9.1%
5–17
8.7%
3.2%
<5
3.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$56,902
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA ranks near the middle of US counties.
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$56,902
Louisiana$60,756
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
20.2%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1827.2%
Working age (18–64)18.1%
Seniors (65+)15.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.1%
speak English only
Spanish3.1%
Other Indo-European0.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
37.1%
Other Christian
12.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
6.8%
Methodist
6.4%
Mainline Protestant
1.5%
Non-Christian
0.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 28.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Shreveport and Bossier City straddle the Red River and a persistent partisan divide: Shreveport's Black population regularly delivers Democratic margins while surrounding Bossier and Webster parishes offset them by wide Republican spreads.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of ninety-five points in 1904 and a Republican high of forty-eight points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fourteen points.

A population of 386,819, a 51% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $56,902 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, Louisiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, Louisiana voted Republican by 14.4 points (R+14), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 160,844 votes cast, 67,757 went Democratic and 90,935 went Republican.
What is Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, Louisiana's political typology?
Akashic places Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, Louisiana in the "Black Belt" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 17 times, Republican 15 times, and other 2 times.
When did Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, Louisiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, Louisiana voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, Louisiana?
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, Louisiana has a population of 386,819 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, LA, Louisiana?
Median household income in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, Louisiana is $56,902 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, Louisiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.