† 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
GroupCarencroLouisianaUnited States
African American†51.6%29.3%9.9%
Jamaican0.4%—0.4%
French10.5%9.6%1.6%
German4.8%6.9%12.5%
English3.6%7.3%9.5%
Irish3.5%6.6%9.4%
American2.9%7.4%5.3%
French Canadian2.7%1.6%—
Italian2.3%4.3%4.8%
Scottish0.6%1.0%1.3%
Asian Indian0.9%0.2%1.4%
Vietnamese0.7%0.5%0.6%
Mexican0.8%2.1%11.3%
Honduran0.6%1.6%0.3%
Spanish0.3%0.7%—
Puerto Rican0.2%0.4%1.8%
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
Carencro
Louisiana
United States
Median age
32.8
38
39.1
Age 18–24
7.3%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.6%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Carencro
Louisiana
United States
Median household income
$63,401
$60,756
$84,427
Poverty rate
24.5%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
15.9%
27.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Carencro
Louisiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.2%
8.5%
22.3%
Spanish
1.0%
4.7%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
5.5%
1.5%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
1.6%
0.5%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Carencro
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.
Carencro, Louisiana
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−3.9%
2008
−5.8%
2012
−8.4%
2016
−10.3%
2020
−2.7%
2024
−7.1%
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
R
45.8%Harris1,810
52.8%Trump2,090
1.4%
R+7.1
R+4.3
R+5.6
3,955
R
47.8%Biden2,142
50.5%Trump2,265
1.7%
R+2.7
D+7.6
R+7.2
4,485
R
43.5%Clinton1,667
53.9%Trump2,063
2.6%
R+10.3
R+1.9
R+12.4
3,830
R
44.8%Obama1,509
53.3%Romney1,793
1.9%
R+8.4
R+2.7
R+12.3
3,366
R
46.3%Obama1,535
52.0%McCain1,726
1.7%
R+5.8
R+1.8
R+13.0
3,318
R
47.8%Kerry1,487
51.8%Bush1,609
0.4%
R+3.9
—
R+1.5
3,108
Carencro sits at Lafayette Parish's northern edge and has nearly doubled in population since 2000, drawing spillover growth from the metro while retaining a majority-minority demographic profile that shapes its local electoral dynamics.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 10.3 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 4.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 7.1 points.
A population of 11,619, a 40% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,401 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Gray and New Iberia.
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, Carencro, Louisiana voted Republican by 7.1 points (R+7.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,955 votes cast, 1,810 went Democratic and 2,090 went Republican.
How many people live in Carencro, Louisiana?
Carencro, Louisiana has a population of 11,619 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Carencro, Louisiana?
Median household income in Carencro, Louisiana is $63,401 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Carencro, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Carencro, Louisiana from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
