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Lafayette, LA Metro Area


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2024 population: 487,244   ( 8,877 from 2020)
Land area: 3408.8 square miles
Population density: 142.9 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:315,185 64.69% 0.4%
Black:123,32125.31% 3.5%
Indian:1,7910.37% 7.8%
Asian:9,1881.89% 8.2%
2+ races:8,3231.71% 15.6%
Hispanic:29,4366.04% 16.1%
Total non-White:172,05935.31% 6.3%

2020-2024 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:27,134 14.2
Deaths:22,49611.8
Net Migration: -761-0.4
Net Immigration: 4,8262.5
Change in White population:-1,369 -0.3
Change in Non-White pop.:10,246 2.1



Historical Presidential Election Results for Lafayette, LA Metro Area



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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(US)
PUSV
2024 60% Donald Trump (R) 152,277 69.7% Kamala Harris (D) 63,290 29.0% 3,005 [+] 1.4% 218,572 20 0.14%
2020 64% Donald Trump* (R) 156,499 68.0% Joe Biden (D) 69,603 30.3% 3,919 [+] 1.7% 230,021 21 0.15%
2016 61% Donald Trump (R) 147,196 67.9% Hillary Clinton (D) 62,185 28.7% 7,447 [+] 3.4% 216,828 22 0.16%
2012 60% Mitt Romney (R) 140,378 67.1% Barack Obama* (D) 65,602 31.3% 3,314 [+] 1.6% 209,294 20 0.16%
2008 61% John McCain (R) 133,923 65.5% Barack Obama (D) 67,350 32.9% 3,333 [+] 1.6% 204,606 20 0.16%
2004 61% George W. Bush* (R) 120,399 61.8% John Kerry (D) 71,979 36.9% 2,424 [+] 1.2% 194,802 11 0.16%
2000 57% George W. Bush (R) 101,997 58.4% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 66,401 38.0% 6,166 [+] 3.5% 174,564 11 0.17%
1996 60% Bill Clinton* (D) 84,992 49.5% Robert Dole (R) 71,628 41.7% 15,137 [+] 8.8% 171,757 1 0.18%
1992 63% Bill Clinton (D) 77,475 45.4% George Bush* (R) 66,299 38.8% 26,956 [+] 15.8% 170,730 1 0.16%
1988 59% George Bush (R) 80,170 52.3% Michael Dukakis (D) 70,137 45.8% 2,887 [+] 1.9% 153,194 -1 0.17%
1984 63% Ronald Reagan* (R) 99,396 62.7% Walter Mondale (D) 56,319 35.5% 2,840 1.8% 158,555 4 0.17%
1980 57% Ronald Reagan (R) 74,417 54.3% Jimmy Carter* (D) 56,826 41.4% 5,860 [+] 4.3% 137,103 4 0.16%
1976 54% Jimmy Carter (D) 59,954 53.3% Gerald Ford* (R) 49,738 44.3% 2,691 [+] 2.4% 112,383 -4 0.14%
1972 47% Richard Nixon* (R) 59,695 66.3% George McGovern (D) 25,367 28.2% 4,911 [+] 5.5% 89,973 6 0.12%
1968 59% George Wallace (AIP) 42,392 46.4% Hubert Humphrey (D) 24,718 27.1% 24,198 [+] 26.5% 91,308 -17 0.12%
1964 56% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 45,970 56.7% Barry Goldwater (R) 35,077 43.3% 0 0.0% 81,047 5 0.11%
1960 55% John Kennedy (D) 51,570 68.9% Richard Nixon (R) 15,242 20.4% 8,084 10.8% 74,896 -29 0.11%
1956 34% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 23,140 51.0% Adlai Stevenson (D) 20,994 46.3% 1,226 2.7% 45,360 -6 0.07%
1952 37% Adlai Stevenson (D) 23,619 52.1% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 21,728 47.9% 0 0.0% 45,347 -7 0.07%
1948 26% Strom Thurmond (StsRts) 15,503 50.8% Thomas Dewey (R) 7,662 25.1% 7,354 [+] 24.1% 30,519 -20 0.06%
1944 21% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 19,969 84.2% Thomas Dewey (R) 3,735 15.8% 0 0.0% 23,704 -30 0.05%
1940 29% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 23,693 76.0% Wendell Willkie (R) 7,498 24.0% 2 0.0% 31,193 -21 0.06%
1936 22% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 18,448 87.7% Alf Landon (R) 2,577 12.2% 15 [+] 0.1% 21,040 -24 0.05%
1932 18% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 14,379 88.8% Herbert Hoover* (R) 1,816 11.2% 2 [+] 0.0% 16,197 -28 0.04%
1928 21% Al Smith (D) 13,863 83.4% Herbert Hoover (R) 2,769 16.6% 0 0.0% 16,632 -42 0.05%
1924 10% John Davis (D) 4,258 59.1% Calvin Coolidge (R) 2,489 34.5% 463 [+] 6.4% 7,210 -19 0.02%
1920 12% Warren Harding (R) 5,300 62.4% James Cox (D) 3,187 37.5% 7 [+] 0.1% 8,494 2 0.03%
1916 12% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 5,344 63.2% Write-ins (I) 2,583 30.6% 523 [+] 6.2% 8,450 -40 0.05%
1912 8% Woodrow Wilson (D) 3,325 63.0% Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) 802 15.2% 1,148 [+] 21.8% 5,275 -10 0.04%
1908 8% William J. Bryan (D) 3,760 75.0% William Taft (R) 865 17.3% 385 [+] 7.7% 5,010 -34 0.03%
1904 7% Alton Parker (D) 3,261 84.0% Theodore Roosevelt (R) 513 13.2% 108 [+] 2.8% 3,882 -43 0.03%
1900 10% William J. Bryan (D) 3,466 66.6% William McKinley* (R) 1,737 33.4% 0 0.0% 5,203 -18 0.04%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote