† 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
GroupSulphurLouisianaUnited States
French14.1%9.6%1.6%
English10.7%7.3%9.5%
American9.4%7.4%5.3%
Irish8.5%6.6%9.4%
German8.2%6.9%12.5%
French Canadian5.1%1.6%—
Italian3.1%4.3%4.8%
Scottish1.6%1.0%1.3%
African American†6.5%29.3%9.9%
Mexican1.4%2.1%11.3%
Honduran0.4%1.6%0.3%
Cuban0.3%0.3%0.7%
Spanish0.3%0.7%—
Spaniard0.2%0.2%—
Puerto Rican0.2%0.4%1.8%
Pakistani0.3%——
Asian Indian0.2%0.2%1.4%
Chinese0.2%0.2%1.3%
Filipino0.2%—0.9%
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
Sulphur
Louisiana
United States
Median age
38
38
39.1
Age 18–24
7.8%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.3%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Sulphur
Louisiana
United States
Median household income
$61,760
$60,756
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.0%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
16.9%
27.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Sulphur
Louisiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.6%
8.5%
22.3%
Spanish
2.3%
4.7%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.6%
1.5%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
1.1%
0.5%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
1.2%
0.2%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Sulphur
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.
Sulphur, Louisiana
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−50.7%
2008
−55.0%
2012
−59.2%
2016
−64.4%
2020
−58.1%
2024
−59.6%
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
R
19.2%Harris1,500
78.8%Trump6,159
2.0%
R+59.6
R+1.5
R+58.1
7,816
R
19.5%Biden1,405
77.6%Trump5,603
2.9%
R+58.1
D+6.3
R+62.6
7,220
R
15.2%Clinton1,218
79.7%Trump6,373
5.1%
R+64.4
R+5.2
R+66.5
8,001
R
19.5%Obama1,515
78.7%Romney6,122
1.9%
R+59.2
R+4.2
R+63.1
7,781
R
21.2%Obama1,686
76.2%McCain6,058
2.6%
R+55.0
R+4.3
R+62.3
7,950
R
24.5%Kerry1,801
75.2%Bush5,526
0.3%
R+50.7
—
R+48.2
7,350
Sulphur sits in the industrial corridor west of Lake Charles, where a workforce tied to chemical plants and refineries has made it one of the more reliably Republican-leaning mid-size cities in southwest Louisiana.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 64.4 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 59.6 points.
A population of 20,775, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,760 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Nederland and Port Neches.
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, Sulphur, Louisiana voted Republican by 59.6 points (R+59.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 7,816 votes cast, 1,500 went Democratic and 6,159 went Republican.
How many people live in Sulphur, Louisiana?
Sulphur, Louisiana has a population of 20,775 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sulphur, Louisiana?
Median household income in Sulphur, Louisiana is $61,760 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Sulphur, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Sulphur, Louisiana from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
