Lafayette Parish, Louisiana: Old Confederacy county. In 2024, voted R+31%. Democratic peak: D+100 in 1892.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+31MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
- Population
- 247,9972024 5-year
- Median household income
- $67,4512024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 62.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 25.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+43 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Habersham County, GA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Lafayette ParishPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Lafayette Parish, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 37,170 | 72,007 | 111,086 | ||
| R | 39,685 | 72,519 | 114,521 | ||
| R | 32,726 | 68,195 | 105,603 | ||
| R | 31,768 | 64,992 | 98,642 | ||
| R | 32,145 | 62,055 | 95,642 | ||
| R | 31,210 | 57,732 | 89,923 | ||
| R | 27,190 | 48,491 | 78,293 | ||
| R | 32,504 | 36,419 | 74,468 | ||
| R | 28,583 | 32,406 | 71,762 | ||
| R | 24,133 | 36,648 | 61,658 | ||
| R | 19,265 | 44,344 | 64,458 | ||
| R | 19,694 | 31,429 | 53,526 | ||
| R | 19,918 | 22,805 | 43,699 | ||
| R | 8,740 | 22,939 | 33,198 | ||
| O | 7,983 | 10,669 | 30,375 | ||
| R | 12,398 | 14,487 | 26,885 | ||
| D | 14,132 | 6,047 | 22,684 | ||
| R | 4,695 | 6,711 | 11,753 | ||
| R | 6,443 | 6,470 | 12,913 | ||
| O | 1,787 | 2,068 | 7,599 | ||
| D | 4,801 | 742 | 5,543 | ||
| D | 6,323 | 1,850 | 8,173 | ||
| D | 4,570 | 306 | 4,876 | ||
| D | 4,019 | 291 | 4,312 | ||
| D | 3,197 | 592 | 3,789 | ||
| D | 978 | 531 | 1,833 | ||
| R | 823 | 1,045 | 1,868 | ||
| D | 1,066 | 73 | 1,615 | ||
| D | 646 | 244 | 1,019 | ||
| D | 725 | 128 | 976 | ||
| D | 496 | 41 | 558 | ||
| D | 696 | 338 | 1,034 | ||
| D | 825 | 167 | 1,010 | ||
| D | 664 | 0 | 664 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
French
17.5%
German
7.9%
English
6.0%
Irish
5.8%
American
4.8%
Italian
3.8%
Scottish
1.0%
African American
20.3%
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. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 36.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$67,451
Lafayette Parish ranks near the middle of US counties.
Lafayette Parish$67,451
Louisiana$60,756
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
17.1%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1823.2%
Working age (18–64)15.2%
Seniors (65+)15.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
90.4%
speak English only
Spanish4.3%
Other Indo-European3.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.1%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 29.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Lafayette Parish anchors Louisiana's Acadiana region, where a Catholic Franco-American heritage and a petroleum-dependent economy have combined to produce some of the state's most consistent Republican presidential margins over the past two decades.
The shift began with civil rights. 1964 marked the realignment in Lafayette Parish, by a eight points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at forty-three points in 1972. The 2024 margin was thirty-one points.
The political shift has tracked, in Lafayette Parish, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 63% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $67,451, and a 17% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Habersham County and Boyle County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Lafayette Parish, Louisiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana voted Republican by 31.4 points (R+31), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 111,086 votes cast, 37,170 went Democratic and 72,007 went Republican.
What is Lafayette Parish, Louisiana's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Lafayette Parish, Louisiana as a "Old Confederacy" county based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 14 times, Republican 18 times, and other 2 times.
When did Lafayette Parish, Louisiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lafayette Parish, Louisiana voted Democratic was 1960.
How many people live in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana?
Lafayette Parish, Louisiana has a population of 247,997 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana?
Median household income in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana is $67,451 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 18 went Republican. The county's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.