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Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area


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2024 population: 882,652   ( 12,074 from 2020)
Land area: 4370.7 square miles
Population density: 201.9 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:470,361 53.29% 1.2%
Black:314,37735.62% 2.3%
Indian:2,4160.27% 6.9%
Asian:20,8722.36% 11.6%
2+ races:12,3651.40% 12.3%
Hispanic:62,2617.05% 13.2%
Total non-White:412,29146.71% 4.5%

2020-2024 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:44,600 12.8
Deaths:38,36811.0
Net Migration: -8,591-2.5
Net Immigration: 14,2044.1
Change in White population:-5,802 -0.7
Change in Non-White pop.:17,876 2.1



Historical Presidential Election Results for Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area



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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(US)
PUSV
2024 58% Donald Trump (R) 221,412 56.5% Kamala Harris (D) 163,475 41.7% 6,962 [+] 1.8% 391,849 7 0.25%
2020 62% Donald Trump* (R) 226,976 54.9% Joe Biden (D) 178,379 43.2% 7,739 [+] 1.9% 413,094 8 0.26%
2016 59% Donald Trump (R) 208,833 54.7% Hillary Clinton (D) 158,492 41.5% 14,799 [+] 3.9% 382,124 9 0.28%
2012 60% Mitt Romney (R) 209,668 55.4% Barack Obama* (D) 162,755 43.0% 6,190 [+] 1.6% 378,613 8 0.29%
2008 61% John McCain (R) 207,524 56.4% Barack Obama (D) 155,661 42.3% 5,060 [+] 1.4% 368,245 11 0.28%
2004 59% George W. Bush* (R) 191,318 57.2% John Kerry (D) 140,114 41.9% 3,158 [+] 0.9% 334,590 6 0.27%
2000 56% George W. Bush (R) 158,958 52.9% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 134,473 44.8% 7,037 [+] 2.3% 300,468 5 0.29%
1996 59% Bill Clinton* (D) 151,355 50.6% Robert Dole (R) 124,403 41.6% 23,120 [+] 7.7% 298,878 1 0.31%
1992 61% Bill Clinton (D) 128,494 44.1% George Bush* (R) 127,208 43.7% 35,390 [+] 12.2% 291,092 6 0.28%
1988 57% George Bush (R) 138,860 53.9% Michael Dukakis (D) 115,176 44.7% 3,684 [+] 1.4% 257,720 0 0.28%
1984 62% Ronald Reagan* (R) 155,297 58.0% Walter Mondale (D) 110,618 41.3% 2,053 0.8% 267,968 -1 0.29%
1980 56% Jimmy Carter* (D) 115,873 49.8% Ronald Reagan (R) 109,344 47.0% 7,431 [+] 3.2% 232,648 -4 0.27%
1976 52% Jimmy Carter (D) 97,539 54.6% Gerald Ford* (R) 76,768 43.0% 4,270 [+] 2.4% 178,577 -5 0.22%
1972 44% Richard Nixon* (R) 83,296 61.2% George McGovern (D) 43,161 31.7% 9,709 [+] 7.1% 136,166 0 0.18%
1968 56% George Wallace (AIP) 69,524 49.5% Hubert Humphrey (D) 41,760 29.8% 29,072 [+] 20.7% 140,356 -23 0.19%
1964 46% Barry Goldwater (R) 59,491 55.6% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 47,595 44.4% 0 0.0% 107,086 17 0.15%
1960 43% John Kennedy (D) 49,165 52.8% Richard Nixon (R) 23,350 25.1% 20,558 22.1% 93,073 -25 0.14%
1956 33% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 35,316 51.6% Adlai Stevenson (D) 30,896 45.1% 2,226 3.3% 68,438 -6 0.11%
1952 38% Adlai Stevenson (D) 40,278 57.6% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 29,679 42.4% 0 0.0% 69,957 -13 0.11%
1948 24% Strom Thurmond (StsRts) 16,512 42.4% Harry Truman* (D) 15,382 39.5% 7,078 [+] 18.2% 38,972 -27 0.08%
1944 22% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 27,651 83.5% Thomas Dewey (R) 5,454 16.5% 0 0.0% 33,105 -29 0.07%
1940 25% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 28,750 86.8% Wendell Willkie (R) 4,376 13.2% 0 0.0% 33,126 -32 0.07%
1936 23% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 22,456 85.6% Alf Landon (R) 3,765 14.4% 2 [+] 0.0% 26,223 -22 0.06%
1932 18% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 17,279 87.1% Herbert Hoover* (R) 2,530 12.8% 33 [+] 0.2% 19,842 -27 0.05%
1928 19% Al Smith (D) 13,192 70.3% Herbert Hoover (R) 5,566 29.7% 0 0.0% 18,758 -29 0.05%
1924 9% John Davis (D) 6,557 73.5% Calvin Coolidge (R) 2,286 25.6% 80 [+] 0.9% 8,923 -28 0.03%
1920 10% James Cox (D) 6,229 69.3% Warren Harding (R) 2,764 30.7% 1 [+] 0.0% 8,994 -30 0.03%
1916 7% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 5,083 79.7% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 755 11.8% 542 [+] 8.5% 6,380 -34 0.03%
1912 6% Woodrow Wilson (D) 4,146 75.8% Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) 773 14.1% 549 [+] 10.0% 5,468 -15 0.04%
1908 7% William J. Bryan (D) 5,171 89.4% William Taft (R) 551 9.5% 64 [+] 1.1% 5,786 -42 0.04%
1904 6% Alton Parker (D) 4,642 89.0% Theodore Roosevelt (R) 567 10.9% 6 [+] 0.1% 5,215 -46 0.04%
1900 9% William J. Bryan (D) 4,960 73.6% William McKinley* (R) 1,779 26.4% 0 0.0% 6,739 -25 0.05%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote