† 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
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupBakerLouisianaUnited States
African American†84.2%29.3%9.9%
African1.6%0.8%0.5%
Nigerian0.6%—0.2%
French1.7%9.6%1.6%
English1.7%7.3%9.5%
German1.4%6.9%12.5%
American1.4%7.4%5.3%
Irish1.3%6.6%9.4%
Italian1.0%4.3%4.8%
Scottish0.2%1.0%1.3%
French Canadian0.2%1.6%—
Honduran0.5%1.6%0.3%
Mexican0.4%2.1%11.3%
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
Baker
Louisiana
United States
Median age
33.5
38
39.1
Age 18–24
12.3%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
11.2%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Baker
Louisiana
United States
Median household income
$54,750
$60,756
$84,427
Poverty rate
29.8%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
20.6%
27.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Baker
Louisiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
0.4%
8.5%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Baker
Louisiana
United States
Catholic
—
26.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
25.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
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.
Baker, Louisiana
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+34.8%
2008
+43.9%
2012
+55.7%
2016
+62.1%
2020
+64.6%
2024
+64.6%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
81.5%Harris3,959
16.9%Trump821
1.6%
D+64.6
±0.0
D+66.1
4,856
D
81.6%Biden4,355
17.0%Trump909
1.3%
D+64.6
D+2.5
D+60.1
5,336
D
79.7%Clinton4,196
17.6%Trump929
2.7%
D+62.1
D+6.4
D+60.0
5,265
D
77.0%Obama5,026
21.4%Romney1,394
1.6%
D+55.7
D+11.8
D+51.8
6,526
D
71.3%Obama3,945
27.4%McCain1,517
1.2%
D+43.9
D+9.1
D+36.6
5,531
D
67.2%Kerry3,255
32.5%Bush1,572
0.3%
D+34.8
—
D+37.2
4,842
Baker sits in the Gulf South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 64.6 points in 2024. The 2024 margin was 64.6 points.
A population of 12,253, a 11% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $54,750 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Harper Woods and Forestdale.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Baker, Louisiana voted Democratic by 64.6 points (D+64.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 4,856 votes cast, 3,959 went Democratic and 821 went Republican.
How many people live in Baker, Louisiana?
Baker, Louisiana has a population of 12,253 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Baker, Louisiana?
Median household income in Baker, Louisiana is $54,750 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Baker, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Baker, Louisiana from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
