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      Home›Louisiana›LA-02

      Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District

      D+41.9
      ↓ R+12.3 vs 2022· Louisiana · Latest: 2024

      Safe Democratic — flipped 2 times in 25 elections

      Population764K

      Current Representative

      DEMTroy A CarterElected 2024

      118th Congress boundaries — Historical results before 2022 were contested under prior district lines.

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      “How has Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District voted in House elections since 2000?”

      Key Insights

      • Has voted Democratic in the last 5 presidential elections
      • Latest election (2024) was a Democratic landslide with a 31.6% margin

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      2024 House ElectionLouisiana Profile

      Who lives in Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District? 763,550 residents as of the 2020 Census.

      Demographics

      LA-02 vs Louisiana vs National

      Population

      Total Population
      764K
      State: 4.6M National: 334.9M
      Share of US Population
      0.23%
      National: 100%
      Voting Age Population
      75.4%
      State: 73.9% National: 75.7%

      Language at Home

      Non-English at Home
      12.4%
      State: 8.5% National: 22.2%
      English Only
      87.6%
      State: 91.5% National: 77.8%

      Economic

      Median Household Income
      $55,374
      State: $61,581 National: $83,960
      Poverty Rate
      21.1%
      State: 19.0% National: 12.5%
      College Degree
      27.6%
      State: 27.1% National: 35.6%
      Homeownership
      60.6%
      State: 67.4% National: 65.2%

      Age & Other

      Median Age
      38.4 yrs
      State: 38.0 yrs National: 39.1 yrs
      Age 18-29
      14.7%
      State: 15.5% National: 15.7%
      Age 65+
      16.2%
      State: 16.7% National: 17.0%
      Foreign Born
      8.1%
      State: 4.9% National: 14.1%

      Who Lives Here

      LA-02 — Census ACS 2024

      Black 49.9%White (Non-Hispanic) 32.8%Hispanic 10.6%Multiracial 3.4%Asian 2.6%Native American 0.6%
      GroupLA-02StateNational
      ▶Black(10)
      49.9%30.7%12.2%
      ▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13)
      32.8%55.7%57.4%
      ▶Hispanic / Latino(19)
      10.6%7.2%19.3%
      Multiracial / Other
      3.4%3.9%4.0%
      ▶Asian(6)
      2.6%1.7%6.0%
      ▶Middle Eastern / North African(9)
      1.2%—0.9%
      ▶Native American / Alaska Native(3)
      0.6%0.6%0.9%

      Census treats race and Hispanic/Latino origin as separate questions. Race categories other than Hispanic reflect total populations (small Hispanic overlap in Black, Asian, AIAN, NHPI). “Multiracial / Other” is derived as a non-overlapping remainder.

      Click rows to expand ancestry detail. Ancestry from ACS B04006, B03001, B02020, B02016. Totals may differ from race — individuals can report multiple ancestries.

      MENA estimated from ancestry reporting — Census does not have a separate MENA race category. Not shown in bar (overlaps with other race groups).

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