† 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
GroupLake Charles-DeRidder, LALouisianaUnited States
French11.4%9.6%1.6%
English8.0%7.3%9.5%
American7.1%7.4%5.3%
German6.6%6.9%12.5%
Irish6.6%6.6%9.4%
French Canadian4.0%1.6%—
Italian1.9%4.3%4.8%
Scottish1.2%1.0%1.3%
African American†19.9%29.3%9.9%
African0.2%0.8%0.5%
Mexican2.1%2.1%11.3%
Spanish0.5%0.7%—
Honduran0.4%1.6%0.3%
Cuban0.4%0.3%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.4%1.8%
Spaniard0.3%0.2%—
Salvadoran0.2%—0.7%
Pakistani0.2%——
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
Lake Charles-DeRidder, LA
Louisiana
United States
Median age
37.6
38
39.1
Age 18–24
8.1%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.4%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Lake Charles-DeRidder, LA
Louisiana
United States
Median household income
$66,328
$60,756
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.5%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
22.7%
27.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Lake Charles-DeRidder, LA
Louisiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.0%
8.5%
22.3%
Spanish
2.7%
4.7%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.8%
1.5%
0.7%
Religious landscape
Measure
Lake Charles-DeRidder, LA
Louisiana
United States
Catholic
23.4%
26.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
29.8%
25.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
36.8%
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.
Lake Charles-DeRidder, LA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+30.8%
1896
+51.1%
1900
+42.1%
1904
+48.5%
1908
+49.5%
1912
+61.4%
1916
+77.8%
1920
+47.5%
1924
+37.5%
1928
+32.6%
1932
+79.2%
1936
+69.0%
1940
+62.8%
1944
+55.3%
1948
+38.3%
1952
+14.4%
1956
−8.8%
1960
+36.1%
1964
+13.7%
1968
+8.7%
1972
−27.2%
1976
+30.7%
1980
+10.2%
1984
−8.6%
1988
+4.3%
1992
+11.7%
1996
+14.0%
2000
−10.7%
2004
−21.8%
2008
−31.4%
2012
−36.3%
2016
−41.4%
2020
−43.8%
2024
−48.0%
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
25.3%Harris29,028
73.3%Trump84,166
1.4%
R+48.0
R+4.2
R+46.6
114,795
R
27.2%Biden32,056
71.0%Trump83,735
1.8%
R+43.8
R+2.4
R+48.3
117,900
R
27.5%Clinton32,092
68.9%Trump80,460
3.7%
R+41.4
R+5.1
R+43.5
116,832
R
30.9%Obama35,079
67.2%Romney76,236
1.9%
R+36.3
R+4.8
R+40.1
113,429
R
33.3%Obama37,851
64.8%McCain73,534
1.9%
R+31.4
R+9.6
R+38.7
113,499
R
38.5%Kerry42,642
60.4%Bush66,790
1.1%
R+21.8
R+11.1
R+19.4
110,626
R
43.4%Gore44,474
54.1%Bush55,486
2.5%
R+10.7
R+24.7
R+11.3
102,570
D
50.5%Clinton52,163
36.5%Dole37,696
13.0%
D+14.0
D+2.3
D+5.5
103,251
D
47.3%Clinton47,614
35.6%Bush35,808
17.1%
D+11.7
D+7.5
D+6.2
100,589
D
51.7%Dukakis47,692
47.4%Bush43,741
0.9%
D+4.3
D+12.8
D+12.0
92,245
R
45.3%Mondale44,983
53.9%Reagan53,480
0.8%
R+8.6
R+18.8
D+9.7
99,228
D
53.7%Carter49,363
43.5%Reagan39,966
2.7%
D+10.2
R+20.4
D+20.0
91,843
D
64.1%Carter48,110
33.5%Ford25,103
2.4%
D+30.7
D+57.9
D+28.6
74,997
R
33.2%McGovern20,348
60.4%Nixon37,027
6.4%
R+27.2
R+35.9
R+4.1
61,297
O
30.2%Humphrey19,336
21.5%Nixon13,753
48.2%
Wallace +18.0
R+5.0
D+9.4
63,939
D
56.9%Johnson32,876
43.1%Goldwater24,939
0.0%
D+13.7
R+22.4
R+8.9
57,815
D
64.0%Kennedy34,984
27.9%Nixon15,248
8.1%
D+36.1
D+44.9
D+36.0
54,644
R
44.3%Stevenson17,671
53.1%Eisenhower21,188
2.5%
R+8.8
R+23.2
D+6.6
39,865
D
57.2%Stevenson21,399
42.8%Eisenhower16,022
0.0%
D+14.4
R+23.9
D+25.1
37,421
D
54.1%Truman11,186
15.8%Dewey3,269
30.1%
D+38.3
R+17.0
D+33.8
20,675
D
77.7%Roosevelt13,441
22.3%Dewey3,868
0.0%
D+55.3
R+7.5
D+47.8
17,309
D
81.4%Roosevelt13,376
18.6%Willkie3,055
0.1%
D+62.8
R+6.2
D+52.8
16,442
D
84.5%Roosevelt12,074
15.5%Landon2,210
0.1%
D+69.0
R+10.2
D+44.7
14,297
D
89.5%Roosevelt11,670
10.3%Hoover1,346
0.2%
D+79.2
D+46.5
D+61.4
13,042
D
66.3%Smith7,138
33.7%Hoover3,626
0.0%
D+32.6
R+4.9
D+50.1
10,767
D
68.5%Davis5,011
31.0%Coolidge2,267
0.5%
D+37.5
R+10.0
D+62.7
7,312
D
73.6%Cox4,500
26.0%Harding1,591
0.4%
D+47.5
R+30.3
D+73.7
6,118
D
88.6%Wilson3,585
10.7%Hughes434
0.7%
D+77.8
D+16.5
D+74.7
4,048
D
66.8%Wilson2,263
5.4%Taft184
27.8%
D+61.4
D+11.9
D+41.8
3,387
D
71.7%Bryan2,255
22.2%Taft698
6.1%
D+49.5
D+1.0
D+59.1
3,145
D
71.8%Parker1,280
23.3%Roosevelt416
4.8%
D+48.5
D+6.4
D+68.2
1,782
D
71.0%Bryan1,744
29.0%McKinley711
0.0%
D+42.1
R+9.1
D+49.6
2,455
D
75.1%Bryan2,909
24.0%McKinley928
0.9%
D+51.1
D+20.3
D+57.2
3,873
D
65.4%Cleveland1,273
34.6%Harrison673
0.0%
D+30.8
—
D+29.2
1,946
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
11.6%8,960
72.6%55,967
77,059
2020
R
6.8%7,771
69.7%79,721
114,317
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+10.3
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+48.0
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 38 points more Democratic.
177,829 registered voters · 2024
Democratic30.1%Republican40.4%Other29.5%
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+512 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −12,144 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Lake Charles-DeRidder, LA in Lake Charles-DeRidder, LA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−362
2012
−653
2013
−300
2014
+178
2015
+1,075
2016
+1,194
2017
+632
2018
+278
2019
−849
2021
−10,944
2022
−3,827
2023
+267
2024
+655
2025
+512
Lake Charles-DeRidder, LA sits in the Gulf South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 79.2 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 48.0 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 4.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 48.0 points.
A population of 280,703, a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,328 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lafayette-New Iberia-Opelousas, LA and Tupelo-Corinth, MS.
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How did Lake Charles-DeRidder, LA, Louisiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lake Charles-DeRidder, LA, Louisiana voted Republican by 48.0 points (R+48.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 114,795 votes cast, 29,028 went Democratic and 84,166 went Republican.
When did Lake Charles-DeRidder, LA, Louisiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lake Charles-DeRidder, LA, Louisiana voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Lake Charles-DeRidder, LA, Louisiana?
Lake Charles-DeRidder, LA, Louisiana has a population of 280,703 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lake Charles-DeRidder, LA, Louisiana?
Median household income in Lake Charles-DeRidder, LA, Louisiana is $66,328 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Lake Charles-DeRidder, LA, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Lake Charles-DeRidder, LA, Louisiana from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 23 went Democratic and 10 went Republican.
