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Louisiana's 1st district

U.S. House district profile: the sitting representative, 2024 Census demographics (119th-district boundaries), partisan lean, and 2026 race rating.

Representative

Official portrait of Steve Scalise

Steve Scalise

LA · District 1
RepublicanHouse Majority Leader
Raised $10,638,030 · 983K followers (office + personal) · missed 1.0% of votes
18.4 years in Congress · Up for reelection: 2026
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Cook PVI: R+20

District demographics

MeasureValue
Population798,569
Median household income$79,823
Median age39.9
Bachelor's degree or higher37.9%
White alone68.6%
Black alone11.8%
Hispanic or Latino12.2%
Asian alone2.1%
Unemployment rate3.9%
Population density (per sq mi)218

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B01003, B01002, B19013 and related), 119th Congress district boundaries, released September 2025; land area from the 2025 Gazetteer.