† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
8 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
French16.2%9.6%1.6%
German6.3%6.9%12.5%
American5.6%7.4%5.3%
French Canadian5.3%1.6%—
English5.1%7.3%9.5%
Irish4.7%6.6%9.4%
Italian2.5%4.3%4.8%
Scottish0.6%1.0%1.3%
African American†25.2%29.3%9.9%
Mexican1.8%2.1%11.3%
Spanish1.1%0.7%—
Honduran0.7%1.6%0.3%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.4%1.8%
Cuban0.2%0.3%0.7%
Guatemalan0.2%0.2%0.5%
Spaniard0.2%0.2%—
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, LA
Louisiana
United States
Median age
37.6
38
39.1
Age 18–24
8.2%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.0%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Lafayette, LA
Louisiana
United States
Median household income
$57,500
$60,756
$84,427
Poverty rate
20.1%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.2%
27.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Lafayette, LA
Louisiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.4%
8.5%
22.3%
Spanish
2.9%
4.7%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
4.7%
1.5%
0.7%
Religious landscape
Measure
Lafayette, LA
Louisiana
United States
Catholic
44.3%
26.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
13.4%
25.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
34.5%
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, LA, Louisiana
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
+55.4%
1916
+57.6%
1920
−17.0%
1924
+28.7%
1928
+61.9%
1932
+79.6%
1936
+76.8%
1940
+59.0%
1944
+66.7%
1948
+3.9%
1952
+3.6%
1956
−5.2%
1960
+51.3%
1964
+12.5%
1968
+5.5%
1972
−34.9%
1976
+14.0%
1980
−8.0%
1984
−21.3%
1988
−2.5%
1992
+10.8%
1996
+11.4%
2000
−15.5%
2004
−20.9%
2008
−27.9%
2012
−31.4%
2016
−36.2%
2020
−35.8%
2024
−39.3%
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
29.7%Harris84,348
69.0%Trump196,050
1.3%
R+39.3
R+3.5
R+37.8
284,149
R
31.3%Biden94,341
67.1%Trump202,146
1.6%
R+35.8
D+0.5
R+40.2
301,428
R
30.3%Clinton86,682
66.5%Trump190,302
3.1%
R+36.2
R+4.9
R+38.3
285,964
R
33.5%Obama94,084
64.9%Romney182,048
1.5%
R+31.4
R+3.4
R+35.2
280,445
R
35.2%Obama97,394
63.1%McCain174,644
1.6%
R+27.9
R+7.0
R+35.2
276,576
R
38.9%Kerry100,647
59.8%Bush154,718
1.2%
R+20.9
R+5.5
R+18.5
258,548
R
40.6%Gore95,393
56.1%Bush131,681
3.3%
R+15.5
R+26.9
R+16.0
234,873
D
51.2%Clinton120,372
39.8%Dole93,490
9.0%
D+11.4
D+0.7
D+2.9
235,007
D
47.7%Clinton113,444
36.9%Bush87,841
15.3%
D+10.8
D+13.3
D+5.2
237,759
R
47.8%Dukakis103,720
50.4%Bush109,248
1.8%
R+2.5
D+18.8
D+5.2
216,842
R
38.6%Mondale87,212
59.9%Reagan135,427
1.5%
R+21.3
R+13.4
R+3.1
226,086
R
44.2%Carter86,813
52.2%Reagan102,436
3.6%
R+8.0
R+22.0
D+1.8
196,369
D
55.8%Carter89,521
41.8%Ford67,012
2.4%
D+14.0
D+48.9
D+12.0
160,462
R
29.4%McGovern38,258
64.3%Nixon83,631
6.3%
R+34.9
R+40.4
R+11.7
130,068
O
28.3%Humphrey39,081
22.8%Nixon31,468
48.8%
Wallace +20.5
R+6.9
D+6.2
137,859
D
56.2%Johnson68,906
43.8%Goldwater53,645
0.0%
D+12.5
R+38.8
R+10.1
122,551
D
70.4%Kennedy79,964
19.1%Nixon21,681
10.6%
D+51.3
D+56.5
D+51.1
113,634
R
46.0%Stevenson31,111
51.2%Eisenhower34,621
2.8%
R+5.2
R+8.8
D+10.2
67,636
D
51.8%Stevenson35,362
48.2%Eisenhower32,923
0.0%
D+3.6
R+0.3
D+14.3
68,285
O
23.8%Truman11,342
19.9%Dewey9,490
56.3%
Thurmond +32.5
R+62.8
R+0.6
47,680
D
83.3%Roosevelt29,750
16.7%Dewey5,950
0.0%
D+66.7
D+7.7
D+59.2
35,700
D
79.5%Roosevelt36,151
20.5%Willkie9,333
0.0%
D+59.0
R+17.8
D+49.0
45,486
D
88.4%Roosevelt30,138
11.6%Landon3,957
0.0%
D+76.8
R+2.8
D+52.5
34,110
D
89.8%Roosevelt23,568
10.2%Hoover2,677
0.0%
D+79.6
D+17.7
D+61.8
26,251
D
80.9%Smith20,833
19.1%Hoover4,907
0.0%
D+61.9
D+33.2
D+79.3
25,740
D
62.4%Davis7,188
33.7%Coolidge3,882
3.9%
D+28.7
D+45.7
D+53.9
11,524
R
41.5%Cox5,474
58.5%Harding7,724
0.1%
R+17.0
R+74.6
D+9.2
13,205
D
65.8%Wilson6,947
8.2%Hughes866
26.0%
D+57.6
D+2.2
D+54.4
10,560
D
67.3%Wilson4,760
11.9%Taft841
20.8%
D+55.4
R+5.5
D+35.8
7,076
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
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+4.9
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+39.3
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 34 points more Democratic.
424,225 registered voters · 2024
Democratic33.9%Republican38.8%Other27.3%
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−678 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −16,666 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Lafayette, LA in Lafayette, LA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−979
2012
−506
2013
+1,396
2014
+1,356
2015
+637
2016
−2,672
2017
−4,072
2018
−3,936
2019
−3,540
2021
+507
2022
−1,399
2023
−2,459
2024
−321
2025
−678
The Lafayette media market anchors south-central Louisiana's Acadiana region, where a historically Democratic Creole and Cajun Catholic electorate has shifted sharply Republican over two decades as energy-sector identity and cultural realignment converged.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 79.6 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 39.3 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 3.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 39.3 points.
A population of 627,681, a 64% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $57,500 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lake Charles and Beaumont-Port Arthur.
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In 2024, Lafayette, LA, Louisiana voted Republican by 39.3 points (R+39.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 284,149 votes cast, 84,348 went Democratic and 196,050 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 627,681 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 $57,500 — 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, 19 went Democratic and 13 went Republican.
