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It's become a trend that Louisiana just can't seem to break. For at least the past eight years, Louisiana is losing population.

It's become a trend that Louisiana just can't seem to break. For at least the past eight years, Louisiana is losing population.

With qualifying for New Orleans’ municipal elections about a month away, politicos are eyeing the party, gender and ethnic make-up of the city’s voters overall and in the individual City Council districts.  A new analysis by seasoned demographer and consultant Greg Rigamer shows that there are currently 273,627 registered voters in Orleans Parish residing in […]

2020 Census data shows the Bayou State’s population at 4.6 million, a 2.4% growth from the 2010 tally but well-below the average growth of 7.4% seen across the nation. Demographer Greg Rigamer said it’s a simple answer as to why Louisiana’s growth is below average. “We have this discussion every year people follow the jobs, people follow money,” said Rigamer. Rigamer said when you look at several business surveys Louisiana consistently ranks low for a number of reasons in attracting and retaining residents. “In terms of environmental quality, quality of life, business opportunity,...

BATON ROUGE — Party registration data from the secretary of state’s office reveals that roughly 7,800 Louisiana voters have left the Republican Party since the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6. Dips in registrants for the party have been seen around the country. A report fromThe New York Times found more than 100,000 Republicans left the party in a number of states in the weeks after the U.S. Capitol riots, and Louisiana’s voter registration numbers mirror that trend. Tanner Magee, the second-ranking Republican in the Louisiana House as its speaker pro tempore, cited the challenges natio...