† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
4 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupLafayette, LALouisianaUnited States
French17.2%9.6%1.6%
German7.3%6.9%12.5%
American5.8%7.4%5.3%
English5.6%7.3%9.5%
French Canadian5.2%1.6%—
Irish4.9%6.6%9.4%
Italian3.1%4.3%4.8%
Scottish0.7%1.0%1.3%
African American†22.3%29.3%9.9%
Mexican1.9%2.1%11.3%
Spanish0.9%0.7%—
Honduran0.9%1.6%0.3%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.4%1.8%
Guatemalan0.3%0.2%0.5%
Spaniard0.2%0.2%—
Cuban0.2%0.3%0.7%
Asian Indian0.5%0.2%1.4%
Vietnamese0.5%0.5%0.6%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Lafayette, LA
Louisiana
United States
Median age
37.4
38
39.1
Age 18–24
8.0%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.6%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Lafayette, LA
Louisiana
United States
Median household income
$61,386
$60,756
$84,427
Poverty rate
18.4%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
27.6%
27.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Lafayette, LA
Louisiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.5%
8.5%
22.3%
Spanish
3.3%
4.7%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
4.3%
1.5%
0.7%
Religious landscape
Measure
Lafayette, LA
Louisiana
United States
Catholic
43.0%
26.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
12.4%
25.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
35.5%
36.8%
51.5%
Black Protestant
5.4%
5.4%
2.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Lafayette, LA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+66.4%
1896
+65.3%
1900
+39.0%
1904
+76.0%
1908
+63.1%
1912
+55.0%
1916
+62.4%
1920
−18.8%
1924
+29.5%
1928
+65.5%
1932
+84.3%
1936
+84.3%
1940
+54.4%
1944
+72.6%
1948
+6.3%
1952
+9.9%
1956
+3.0%
1960
+51.6%
1964
+16.9%
1968
+0.6%
1972
−38.4%
1976
+11.6%
1980
−11.6%
1984
−27.3%
1988
−5.4%
1992
+7.2%
1996
+7.3%
2000
−20.8%
2004
−25.5%
2008
−34.4%
2012
−37.5%
2016
−40.6%
2020
−38.9%
2024
−41.7%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
28.4%Harris53,786
70.2%Trump132,766
1.4%
R+41.7
R+2.9
R+40.3
189,241
R
29.7%Biden58,576
68.5%Trump135,248
1.8%
R+38.9
D+1.7
R+43.3
197,308
R
27.9%Clinton51,487
68.5%Trump126,293
3.6%
R+40.6
R+3.0
R+42.7
184,374
R
30.4%Obama53,470
67.9%Romney119,486
1.7%
R+37.5
R+3.2
R+41.4
175,897
R
32.0%Obama54,858
66.4%McCain113,796
1.6%
R+34.4
R+8.9
R+41.7
171,438
R
36.6%Kerry59,553
62.1%Bush100,979
1.2%
R+25.5
R+4.6
R+23.0
162,529
R
37.8%Gore54,639
58.6%Bush84,761
3.6%
R+20.8
R+28.1
R+21.4
144,544
D
49.3%Clinton69,905
42.0%Dole59,614
8.7%
D+7.3
D+0.1
R+1.3
141,792
D
46.0%Clinton64,435
38.8%Bush54,394
15.2%
D+7.2
D+12.6
D+1.6
140,200
R
46.4%Dukakis57,971
51.8%Bush64,732
1.7%
R+5.4
D+21.9
D+2.3
124,863
R
35.5%Mondale46,149
62.8%Reagan81,669
1.7%
R+27.3
R+15.7
R+9.1
130,029
R
42.1%Carter47,145
53.7%Reagan60,144
4.3%
R+11.6
R+23.2
R+1.9
112,075
D
54.5%Carter49,970
42.9%Ford39,346
2.5%
D+11.6
D+50.0
D+9.5
91,630
R
28.1%McGovern20,224
66.5%Nixon47,883
5.5%
R+38.4
R+39.0
R+15.2
72,033
O
26.6%Humphrey19,208
25.9%Nixon18,750
47.5%
Wallace +20.9
R+16.3
D+1.3
72,279
D
58.5%Johnson37,829
41.5%Goldwater26,881
0.0%
D+16.9
R+34.6
R+5.7
64,710
D
71.2%Kennedy42,335
19.7%Nixon11,691
9.1%
D+51.6
D+48.6
D+51.4
59,426
D
50.2%Stevenson17,450
47.2%Eisenhower16,407
2.6%
D+3.0
R+6.9
D+18.4
34,745
D
54.9%Stevenson19,579
45.1%Eisenhower16,059
0.0%
D+9.9
D+3.6
D+20.6
35,638
O
25.8%Truman6,282
19.5%Dewey4,752
54.7%
Thurmond +28.9
R+66.3
D+1.8
24,362
D
86.3%Roosevelt16,308
13.7%Dewey2,594
0.0%
D+72.6
D+18.2
D+65.1
18,902
D
77.2%Roosevelt19,602
22.8%Willkie5,792
0.0%
D+54.4
R+29.9
D+44.4
25,396
D
92.1%Roosevelt15,853
7.8%Landon1,343
0.1%
D+84.3
±0.0
D+60.0
17,211
D
92.1%Roosevelt11,967
7.8%Hoover1,018
0.0%
D+84.3
D+18.8
D+66.5
12,987
D
82.8%Smith11,302
17.2%Hoover2,356
0.0%
D+65.5
D+36.0
D+83.0
13,658
D
60.9%Davis3,518
31.3%Coolidge1,810
7.8%
D+29.5
D+48.4
D+54.7
5,781
R
40.5%Cox2,749
59.4%Harding4,025
0.1%
R+18.8
R+81.2
D+7.4
6,781
D
68.3%Wilson4,542
5.8%Hughes389
25.9%
D+62.4
D+7.4
D+59.3
6,653
D
67.2%Wilson2,699
12.1%Taft487
20.7%
D+55.0
R+8.0
D+35.5
4,019
D
77.2%Bryan2,940
14.1%Taft537
8.7%
D+63.1
R+12.9
D+72.6
3,810
D
86.5%Parker2,527
10.5%Roosevelt308
2.9%
D+76.0
D+37.0
D+95.7
2,920
D
69.5%Bryan2,436
30.5%McKinley1,069
0.0%
D+39.0
R+26.3
D+46.6
3,505
D
82.1%Bryan3,288
16.8%McKinley673
1.1%
D+65.3
R+1.1
D+71.4
4,006
D
83.2%Cleveland1,729
16.8%Harrison349
0.0%
D+66.4
—
D+64.8
2,078
Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
13.8%17,502
71.7%91,189
127,188
2020
R
13.1%25,085
68.6%131,102
191,046
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+10.4
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+41.7
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 31 points more Democratic.
278,033 registered voters · 2024
Democratic30.7%Republican41.1%Other28.2%
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+613 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +4,186 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Lafayette, LA in Lafayette, LA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+227
2012
+439
2013
+2,351
2014
+2,160
2015
+1,705
2016
−856
2017
−2,135
2018
−1,559
2019
−1,197
2021
+1,126
2022
+735
2023
−567
2024
+1,144
2025
+613
Home to the University of Louisiana and a sprawling petrochemical corridor, the Lafayette metro has trended reliably Republican in federal races while its city core shows narrower margins, reflecting a younger, university-adjacent electorate.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 84.3 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 41.7 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 41.7 points.
A population of 413,428, a 66% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,386 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA and Lake Charles, LA.
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In 2024, Lafayette, LA, Louisiana voted Republican by 41.7 points (R+41.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 189,241 votes cast, 53,786 went Democratic and 132,766 went Republican.
When did Lafayette, LA, Louisiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lafayette, LA, Louisiana voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Lafayette, LA, Louisiana?
Lafayette, LA, Louisiana has a population of 413,428 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lafayette, LA, Louisiana?
Median household income in Lafayette, LA, Louisiana is $61,386 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Lafayette, LA, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Lafayette, LA, Louisiana from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.
