LOUISIANA · 8 REPRESENTATIVES
LA REPS ARE22 YEARS OLDERTHAN LA RESIDENTS
THE_AGE_DISCONNECT
GEN_X
MILLENNIAL
61
VS
22_YRS
39
AVG_REP_AGE
AVG_RESIDENT
AVG_YEAR_ELECTED
2013
AVG_TERMS
5
AVG_TENURE
13_YRS
LOUISIANA
6 DISTRICTS · 2 SENATORS
UPPER CHAMBER REPRESENTATION
DEMOGRAPHIC DISPARITY
STATE DELEGATION % (BOOMER + SILENT)63%
POPULATION % (BOOMER + SILENT)29%
STATE_ANALYTICS: LA
How the generational makeup of Louisiana's congressional delegation compares to its voting-age population.
BOOMER
DELEGATION
63%
POPULATION
25%
GEN X
DELEGATION
25%
POPULATION
24%
MILLENNIAL
DELEGATION
13%
POPULATION
35%
SILENT
DELEGATION
0%
POPULATION
4%
GEN Z
DELEGATION
0%
POPULATION
12%
DATA_NOTE: VOTING-AGE POPULATION ONLY (18+) · GEN_Z CAPPED AT 1997–2012 · SOURCE: U.S. CENSUS ACS
DELEGATION BREAKDOWN
DISTRICT BY DISTRICT FORENSIC AUDIT — SORTED BY AGE GAP
DISTRICT
REPRESENTATIVE
PARTY
AGE
GENERATION
AGE GAP VS DISTRICT AVG
03
Clay
Higgins
Higgins
Elected: 2017
R
64
BOOMER
06
Cleo
Fields
Fields
Elected: 1993
D
63
BOOMER
02
Troy
Carter
Carter
Elected: 2021
D
62
BOOMER
01
Steve
Scalise
Scalise
Elected: 2008
R
60
GEN X
04
Mike
Johnson
Johnson
Elected: 2017
R
54
GEN X
05
Julia
Letlow
Letlow
Elected: 2021
R
45
MILLENNIAL