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Baton Rouge, LA-MS Market Area


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Click here to view demographic data for Baton Rouge, LA-MS Market Area

2024 population: 949,722   ( 8,428 from 2020)
Land area: 6334.7 square miles
Population density: 149.9 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:505,060 53.18% 1.6%
Black:338,58535.65% 1.5%
Indian:3,3460.35% 4.8%
Asian:21,5602.27% 10.7%
2+ races:13,5661.43% 12.0%
Hispanic:67,6057.12% 13.2%
Total non-White:444,66246.82% 3.8%

2020-2024 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:48,023 12.8
Deaths:42,77711.4
Net Migration: -11,857-3.1
Net Immigration: 14,8533.9
Change in White population:-8,023 -0.9
Change in Non-White pop.:16,451 1.7



Historical Presidential Election Results for Baton Rouge, LA-MS Market Area



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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(US)
PUSV
2024 58% Donald Trump (R) 240,642 57.0% Kamala Harris (D) 174,549 41.3% 7,301 [+] 1.7% 422,492 7 0.27%
2020 62% Donald Trump* (R) 247,614 55.3% Joe Biden (D) 191,803 42.9% 8,186 [+] 1.8% 447,603 9 0.28%
2016 59% Donald Trump (R) 228,799 55.0% Hillary Clinton (D) 172,096 41.3% 15,374 [+] 3.7% 416,269 9 0.30%
2012 60% Mitt Romney (R) 229,382 55.3% Barack Obama* (D) 178,859 43.1% 6,571 [+] 1.6% 414,812 8 0.32%
2008 61% John McCain (R) 226,512 56.1% Barack Obama (D) 171,888 42.6% 5,537 [+] 1.4% 403,937 10 0.31%
2004 59% George W. Bush* (R) 209,905 56.9% John Kerry (D) 155,467 42.1% 3,494 [+] 0.9% 368,866 6 0.30%
2000 57% George W. Bush (R) 175,383 52.7% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 149,548 44.9% 7,853 [+] 2.4% 332,784 5 0.32%
1996 59% Bill Clinton* (D) 169,388 51.1% Robert Dole (R) 135,958 41.0% 25,919 [+] 7.8% 331,265 0 0.34%
1992 61% Bill Clinton (D) 144,960 44.6% George Bush* (R) 139,960 43.0% 40,238 [+] 12.4% 325,158 6 0.31%
1988 57% George Bush (R) 155,261 53.5% Michael Dukakis (D) 131,052 45.1% 4,134 [+] 1.4% 290,447 0 0.32%
1984 62% Ronald Reagan* (R) 175,757 57.9% Walter Mondale (D) 125,225 41.3% 2,394 0.8% 303,376 -1 0.33%
1980 56% Jimmy Carter* (D) 132,589 50.1% Ronald Reagan (R) 123,817 46.8% 8,319 [+] 3.1% 264,725 -4 0.31%
1976 51% Jimmy Carter (D) 112,028 54.3% Gerald Ford* (R) 89,216 43.3% 4,885 [+] 2.4% 206,129 -5 0.25%
1972 43% Richard Nixon* (R) 98,867 62.0% George McGovern (D) 50,190 31.4% 10,534 [+] 6.6% 159,591 1 0.21%
1968 55% George Wallace (AIP) 80,994 48.8% Hubert Humphrey (D) 50,749 30.6% 34,323 [+] 20.7% 166,066 -23 0.23%
1964 44% Barry Goldwater (R) 69,236 55.7% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 55,128 44.3% 0 0.0% 124,364 17 0.18%
1960 40% John Kennedy (D) 56,390 52.5% Richard Nixon (R) 26,799 25.0% 24,214 22.5% 107,403 -25 0.16%
1956 30% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 39,908 51.4% Adlai Stevenson (D) 34,353 44.2% 3,407 4.4% 77,668 -6 0.13%
1952 35% Adlai Stevenson (D) 46,211 56.5% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 35,572 43.5% 0 0.0% 81,783 -12 0.13%
1948 21% Strom Thurmond (StsRts) 20,631 45.9% Harry Truman* (D) 16,398 36.5% 7,951 [+] 17.7% 44,980 -28 0.09%
1944 20% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 33,531 84.5% Thomas Dewey (R) 6,159 15.5% 0 0.0% 39,690 -30 0.08%
1940 22% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 34,813 86.9% Wendell Willkie (R) 5,225 13.1% 0 0.0% 40,038 -32 0.08%
1936 19% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 26,586 85.9% Alf Landon (R) 4,329 14.0% 19 [+] 0.1% 30,934 -23 0.07%
1932 16% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 21,401 87.2% Herbert Hoover* (R) 3,094 12.6% 44 [+] 0.2% 24,539 -27 0.06%
1928 17% Al Smith (D) 16,902 72.0% Herbert Hoover (R) 6,569 28.0% 0 0.0% 23,471 -30 0.06%
1924 9% John Davis (D) 8,477 72.9% Calvin Coolidge (R) 3,045 26.2% 108 [+] 0.9% 11,630 -28 0.04%
1920 9% James Cox (D) 7,762 67.9% Warren Harding (R) 3,657 32.0% 8 [+] 0.1% 11,427 -28 0.04%
1916 7% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 7,219 77.5% Write-ins (I) 1,147 12.3% 951 [+] 10.2% 9,317 -36 0.05%
1912 6% Woodrow Wilson (D) 5,834 76.6% Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) 1,038 13.6% 748 [+] 9.8% 7,620 -15 0.05%
1908 7% William J. Bryan (D) 7,494 88.6% William Taft (R) 840 9.9% 128 [+] 1.5% 8,462 -42 0.06%
1904 6% Alton Parker (D) 6,501 88.3% Theodore Roosevelt (R) 780 10.6% 83 [+] 1.1% 7,364 -46 0.05%
1900 8% William J. Bryan (D) 6,981 73.7% William McKinley* (R) 2,443 25.8% 49 [+] 0.5% 9,473 -26 0.07%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote