combined metro areaLafayette-New Iberia-Opelousas, LA
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004R+21.0
2008R+27.5
2012R+30.5
2016R+35.0
2020R+34.2
2024R+37.5
full record · 1892 → 2024
presidential returns
2024 turnout 61.9% of 413,206 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
78,123
174,089
3,403
255,615
413,206
61.9%
2020
86,975
179,670
4,530
271,175
421,481
64.3%
2016
79,394
169,167
8,244
256,805
413,535
62.1%
2012
85,270
161,853
3,818
250,941
398,717
62.9%
2008
87,618
155,573
3,908
247,099
388,332
63.6%
2004
90,145
138,714
2,703
231,562
377,947†
61.3%
† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
6 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-New Iberia-Opelousas, LALouisianaUnited States
French16.1%9.6%1.6%
German6.4%6.9%12.5%
American5.6%7.4%5.3%
French Canadian5.2%1.6%—
English5.2%7.3%9.5%
Irish4.6%6.6%9.4%
Italian2.7%4.3%4.8%
Scottish0.6%1.0%1.3%
African American†25.8%29.3%9.9%
African0.2%0.8%0.5%
Mexican1.8%2.1%11.3%
Spanish1.1%0.7%—
Honduran0.8%1.6%0.3%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.4%1.8%
Spaniard0.2%0.2%—
Cuban0.2%0.3%0.7%
Guatemalan0.2%0.2%0.5%
Asian Indian0.4%0.2%1.4%
Vietnamese0.4%0.5%0.6%
Laotian0.2%——
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-New Iberia-Opelousas, LA
Louisiana
United States
Median age
37.6
38
39.1
Age 18–24
8.2%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.9%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Lafayette-New Iberia-Opelousas, LA
Louisiana
United States
Median household income
$58,395
$60,756
$84,427
Poverty rate
20.1%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
24.2%
27.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Lafayette-New Iberia-Opelousas, LA
Louisiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.2%
8.5%
22.3%
Spanish
3.0%
4.7%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
4.3%
1.5%
0.7%
Religious landscape
Measure
Lafayette-New Iberia-Opelousas, LA
Louisiana
United States
Catholic
45.6%
26.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
12.4%
25.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
33.8%
36.8%
51.5%
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-New Iberia-Opelousas, LA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+45.7%
1896
+63.6%
1900
+41.6%
1904
+73.9%
1908
+60.8%
1912
+53.5%
1916
+54.9%
1920
−19.5%
1924
+31.0%
1928
+66.4%
1932
+79.1%
1936
+77.7%
1940
+57.7%
1944
+68.7%
1948
−0.0%
1952
+2.4%
1956
−5.2%
1960
+50.3%
1964
+11.4%
1968
+5.2%
1972
−35.2%
1976
+11.5%
1980
−9.1%
1984
−22.6%
1988
−3.6%
1992
+9.5%
1996
+10.5%
2000
−15.8%
2004
−21.0%
2008
−27.5%
2012
−30.5%
2016
−35.0%
2020
−34.2%
2024
−37.5%
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
30.6%Harris78,123
68.1%Trump174,089
1.3%
R+37.5
R+3.4
R+36.1
255,615
R
32.1%Biden86,975
66.3%Trump179,670
1.7%
R+34.2
D+0.8
R+38.6
271,175
R
30.9%Clinton79,394
65.9%Trump169,167
3.2%
R+35.0
R+4.4
R+37.0
256,805
R
34.0%Obama85,270
64.5%Romney161,853
1.5%
R+30.5
R+3.0
R+34.4
250,941
R
35.5%Obama87,618
63.0%McCain155,573
1.6%
R+27.5
R+6.5
R+34.8
247,099
R
38.9%Kerry90,145
59.9%Bush138,714
1.2%
R+21.0
R+5.2
R+18.5
231,562
R
40.5%Gore84,468
56.3%Bush117,446
3.3%
R+15.8
R+26.3
R+16.3
208,715
D
51.0%Clinton105,628
40.5%Dole83,901
8.5%
D+10.5
D+1.0
D+2.0
207,210
D
47.2%Clinton97,858
37.7%Bush78,181
15.2%
D+9.5
D+13.0
D+3.9
207,545
R
47.3%Dukakis89,228
50.9%Bush95,960
1.8%
R+3.6
D+19.0
D+4.2
188,651
R
37.9%Mondale74,269
60.5%Reagan118,451
1.6%
R+22.6
R+13.5
R+4.3
195,778
R
43.6%Carter73,951
52.6%Reagan89,357
3.8%
R+9.1
R+20.5
D+0.7
169,781
D
54.5%Carter75,567
43.1%Ford59,694
2.4%
D+11.5
D+46.7
D+9.4
138,626
R
29.3%McGovern32,788
64.5%Nixon72,205
6.2%
R+35.2
R+40.4
R+12.1
111,918
O
29.0%Humphrey33,793
23.8%Nixon27,706
47.2%
Wallace +18.2
R+6.1
D+5.9
116,550
D
55.7%Johnson57,777
44.3%Goldwater45,997
0.0%
D+11.4
R+39.0
R+11.2
103,774
D
69.6%Kennedy66,195
19.3%Nixon18,325
11.2%
D+50.3
D+55.5
D+50.1
95,158
R
46.0%Stevenson25,429
51.1%Eisenhower28,281
2.9%
R+5.2
R+7.6
D+10.2
55,330
D
51.2%Stevenson28,380
48.8%Eisenhower27,031
0.0%
D+2.4
D+2.5
D+13.2
55,411
O
22.2%Truman8,476
22.2%Dewey8,491
55.7%
Thurmond +33.5
R+68.8
R+4.5
38,266
D
84.4%Roosevelt24,392
15.6%Dewey4,519
0.0%
D+68.7
D+11.0
D+61.2
28,911
D
78.8%Roosevelt30,051
21.1%Willkie8,059
0.0%
D+57.7
R+20.0
D+47.8
38,112
D
88.8%Roosevelt24,087
11.1%Landon3,018
0.1%
D+77.7
R+1.4
D+53.4
27,120
D
89.6%Roosevelt18,145
10.4%Hoover2,113
0.0%
D+79.1
D+12.8
D+61.3
20,260
D
83.2%Smith17,257
16.8%Hoover3,487
0.0%
D+66.4
D+35.3
D+83.8
20,744
D
63.0%Davis5,612
31.9%Coolidge2,846
5.1%
D+31.0
D+50.5
D+56.2
8,911
R
40.2%Cox4,204
59.7%Harding6,242
0.1%
R+19.5
R+74.4
D+6.7
10,453
D
62.2%Wilson5,483
7.3%Hughes640
30.5%
D+54.9
D+1.4
D+51.8
8,816
D
65.9%Wilson4,303
12.4%Taft810
21.7%
D+53.5
R+7.4
D+33.9
6,530
D
77.4%Bryan5,155
16.6%Taft1,103
6.0%
D+60.8
R+13.1
D+70.4
6,659
D
85.8%Parker4,148
11.8%Roosevelt573
2.4%
D+73.9
D+32.3
D+93.6
4,837
D
70.8%Bryan4,763
29.2%McKinley1,966
0.0%
D+41.6
R+22.1
D+49.1
6,729
D
81.3%Bryan6,013
17.7%McKinley1,306
1.1%
D+63.6
D+17.9
D+69.7
7,399
D
72.9%Cleveland3,441
27.1%Harrison1,281
0.0%
D+45.7
—
D+44.1
4,722
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
14.9%25,917
69.8%121,202
173,762
2020
R
14.0%36,462
66.5%173,786
261,143
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+5.0
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+37.5
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 33 points more Democratic.
381,876 registered voters · 2024
Democratic33.8%Republican38.7%Other27.5%
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−525 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −11,903 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Lafayette-New Iberia-Opelousas, LA in Lafayette-New Iberia-Opelousas, LA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−604
2012
+33
2013
+1,658
2014
+1,530
2015
+968
2016
−2,292
2017
−3,937
2018
−3,698
2019
−3,174
2021
+367
2022
−813
2023
−1,721
2024
+305
2025
−525
Lafayette-New Iberia-Opelousas, LA sits in the Gulf South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 79.1 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 37.5 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 3.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 37.5 points.
A population of 563,697, a 63% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,395 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lake Charles-DeRidder, LA and Baton Rouge-Hammond, LA.
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How did Lafayette-New Iberia-Opelousas, LA, Louisiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lafayette-New Iberia-Opelousas, LA, Louisiana voted Republican by 37.5 points (R+37.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 255,615 votes cast, 78,123 went Democratic and 174,089 went Republican.
When did Lafayette-New Iberia-Opelousas, LA, Louisiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lafayette-New Iberia-Opelousas, LA, Louisiana voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Lafayette-New Iberia-Opelousas, LA, Louisiana?
Lafayette-New Iberia-Opelousas, LA, Louisiana has a population of 563,697 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lafayette-New Iberia-Opelousas, LA, Louisiana?
Median household income in Lafayette-New Iberia-Opelousas, LA, Louisiana is $58,395 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Lafayette-New Iberia-Opelousas, LA, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Lafayette-New Iberia-Opelousas, LA, Louisiana from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 13 went Republican.
