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      Home›Louisiana›LA-05

      Louisiana's 5th Congressional District

      R+48.1
      ↑ D+3.1 vs 2022· Louisiana · Latest: 2024

      Safe Republican — flipped 1 time in 25 elections

      Population779K

      Current Representative

      REPJulia LetlowElected 2024

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

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      Key Insights

      • Has voted Republican in the last 5 presidential elections
      • Latest election (2024) was a Republican landslide with a 36.4% margin

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      2024 House ElectionLouisiana Profile

      Who lives in Louisiana's 5th Congressional District? 778,598 residents as of the 2020 Census.

      Demographics

      LA-05 vs Louisiana vs National

      Population

      Total Population
      779K
      State: 4.6M National: 334.9M
      Share of US Population
      0.23%
      National: 100%
      Voting Age Population
      71.9%
      State: 73.9% National: 75.7%

      Language at Home

      Non-English at Home
      5.5%
      State: 8.5% National: 22.2%
      English Only
      94.5%
      State: 91.5% National: 77.8%

      Economic

      Median Household Income
      $61,529
      State: $61,581 National: $83,960
      Poverty Rate
      19.5%
      State: 19.0% National: 12.5%
      College Degree
      26.0%
      State: 27.1% National: 35.6%
      Homeownership
      69.1%
      State: 67.4% National: 65.2%

      Age & Other

      Median Age
      36.6 yrs
      State: 38.0 yrs National: 39.1 yrs
      Age 18-29
      17.9%
      State: 15.5% National: 15.7%
      Age 65+
      16.1%
      State: 16.7% National: 17.0%
      Foreign Born
      3.3%
      State: 4.9% National: 14.1%

      Who Lives Here

      LA-05 — Census ACS 2024

      White (Non-Hispanic) 61.7%Black 28.2%Hispanic 4.9%Multiracial 3.6%Asian 1.4%
      GroupLA-05StateNational
      ▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13)
      61.7%55.7%57.4%
      ▶Black(8)
      28.2%30.7%12.2%
      ▶Hispanic / Latino(17)
      4.9%7.2%19.3%
      Multiracial / Other
      3.6%3.9%4.0%
      ▶Asian(6)
      1.4%1.7%6.0%
      ▶Middle Eastern / North African(8)
      0.8%—0.9%
      ▶Native American / Alaska Native(1)
      0.2%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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