Demographic comparison of the state of Louisiana, the city of New Orleans, and the Louisiana state legislature
| Total population | Voting-age citizen population | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | New Orleans | Louisiana | New Orleans | State legislature | |
| Total | 4,659,978 | 391,307 | 3,459,079 | 302,759 | 144 |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||
| White | 58.4% | 30.4% | 62.2% | 33.7% | 76.4% |
| Black | 32.1% | 58.6% | 31.7% | 57.9% | 22.9% |
| Latinx | 5.1% | 5.6% | 3.1% | 3.8% | 0.7% |
| AAPI/other | 4.4% | 5.5% | 3.0% | 4.7% | 0.0% |
| Gender | |||||
| Men | 48.9% | 47.4% | 47.9% | 46.3% | 83.3% |
| Women | 51.1% | 52.6% | 52.1% | 53.7% | 14.6% |
| Age | |||||
| 17 and under | 23.5% | 20.0% | – | – | – |
| 18–29 | 16.5% | 17.3% | 21.3% | 21.6% | – |
| 30–44 | 19.4% | 22.9% | 25.0% | 27.9% | – |
| 45–64 | 25.1% | 25.0% | 33.0% | 31.6% | – |
| 65 and over | 15.5% | 14.8% | 20.6% | 18.9% | – |
| Citizenship | |||||
| U.S.-born | 95.9% | 94.4% | – | – | – |
| Naturalized citizen | 1.7% | 2.9% | – | – | – |
| Not a citizen | 2.4% | 2.7% | – | – | – |
| Poverty status | |||||
| Poverty level | 843,626 | 89,130 | 535,282 | 61,692 | – |
| Poverty rate | 18.6% | 23.8% | 16.0% | 21.5% | – |
Note: Blank cells indicate demographic breakdowns that are not applicable to the voting-age citizen population or not available for all state legislators.
Sources: National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), Legislatures at a Glance; EPI analysis of American Community Survey microdata.