Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

2024 results by precinct

123 precincts · 81,201 votes cast

Trump · R+40

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−39.6%	23,918	56,064	81,201
2020	R	−35.2%	25,982	55,066	82,663
2016	R	−33.3%	26,296	54,191	83,785
2012	R	−28.7%	28,359	51,850	81,726
2008	R	−24.6%	30,244	50,449	82,131
2004	R	−16.6%	32,864	46,075	79,698
2000	R	−5.7%	33,919	38,086	73,636
1996	D	+15.9%	38,238	26,494	73,661
1992	D	+12.5%	33,570	24,847	69,862
1988	D	+6.7%	33,932	29,649	64,100
1984	R	−3.4%	33,214	35,566	69,210
1980	D	+12.1%	35,446	27,600	64,859
1976	D	+31.4%	33,980	17,485	52,595
1972	R	−22.0%	15,330	24,778	42,925
1968	D	+11.4%	14,593	9,520	44,363
1964	R	−15.5%	17,046	23,285	40,331
1960	D	+37.2%	24,233	10,243	37,627
1956	R	−5.6%	12,255	13,760	26,733
1952	D	+17.5%	15,814	11,102	26,916
1948	D	+41.3%	7,074	1,940	12,438
1944	D	+61.6%	7,861	1,867	9,728
1940	D	+66.1%	6,993	1,425	8,429
1936	D	+71.4%	6,259	1,037	7,309
1932	D	+79.8%	6,105	678	6,805
1928	D	+27.7%	3,532	1,997	5,532
1924	D	+37.3%	2,494	1,129	3,656
1920	D	+67.1%	2,480	483	2,976
1916	D	+82.8%	1,798	165	1,973
1912	D	+60.8%	2,144	171	3,246
1908	D	+45.4%	1,975	683	2,848
1904	D	+44.2%	1,102	401	1,586
1900	D	+41.9%	1,559	639	2,198
1896	D	+49.4%	2,658	891	3,579
1892	D	+24.0%	1,089	668	1,757
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

African American

18.7%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 37.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.1%

2.0%

75–84

2.6%

4.6%

65–74

5.3%

6.1%

55–64

6.5%

5.6%

45–54

5.7%

6.4%

35–44

6.7%

6.8%

25–34

6.9%

4.2%

18–24

4.1%

9.3%

5–17

9.0%

3.4%

3.3%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$67,564

Calcasieu Parish ranks near the middle of US counties.

Calcasieu Parish$67,564

Louisiana$60,756

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

17.4%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

23.6%

Baptist

18.1%

Other Christian

10.2%

Methodist

4.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.2%

Mainline Protestant

0.8%

Non-Christian

0.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 39.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Calcasieu Parish is dominated by the refining and liquefied-natural-gas industries clustered around Lake Charles, a economic identity that has correlated with steadily widening Republican margins over the past two decades.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Calcasieu Parish peaked at eighty-three points in 1916; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2000 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of six points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Calcasieu Parish's median household income of $67,564 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jefferson Davis Parish and Marshall County.

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Jefferson Davis Parish

For one hundred four years, Calcasieu Parish voted Democratic. Then it stopped.