DeRidder, LA, Louisiana: Old Confederacy metro. In 2024, voted R+71%. Democratic peak: D+88 in 1916.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+71MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
- Population
- 36,6762024 5-year
- Median household income
- $65,9442024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 80.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 11.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+88 in 1916MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+71 in 2024MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for DeRidder, LA, LAOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,192 | 13,504 | 15,874 | ||
| R | 2,542 | 13,575 | 16,357 | ||
| R | 2,393 | 12,238 | 15,078 | ||
| R | 2,828 | 11,112 | 14,225 | ||
| R | 3,071 | 10,718 | 14,074 | ||
| R | 3,666 | 9,470 | 13,281 | ||
| R | 3,958 | 7,862 | 12,205 | ||
| R | 4,925 | 5,526 | 12,499 | ||
| R | 5,037 | 5,119 | 12,551 | ||
| R | 4,704 | 6,466 | 11,284 | ||
| R | 4,199 | 7,353 | 11,648 | ||
| D | 5,556 | 5,250 | 11,059 | ||
| D | 5,322 | 3,196 | 8,786 | ||
| R | 1,728 | 4,955 | 7,139 | ||
| O | 1,569 | 1,615 | 7,232 | ||
| D | 3,349 | 3,049 | 6,398 | ||
| D | 2,903 | 2,432 | 5,965 | ||
| R | 2,276 | 2,711 | 5,146 | ||
| D | 996 | 789 | 1,785 | ||
| D | 1,653 | 449 | 3,473 | ||
| D | 2,226 | 759 | 2,985 | ||
| D | 2,677 | 528 | 3,205 | ||
| D | 2,181 | 549 | 2,730 | ||
| D | 2,319 | 146 | 2,465 | ||
| D | 1,513 | 468 | 1,981 | ||
| D | 1,191 | 235 | 1,427 | ||
| D | 1,146 | 202 | 1,362 | ||
| D | 968 | 59 | 1,029 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
10.2%
German
9.1%
Irish
8.9%
American
7.4%
French
7.1%
Scottish
1.5%
Italian
1.0%
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: 37.2 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
$65,944
DeRidder, LA ranks near the middle of US counties.
DeRidder, LA$65,944
Louisiana$60,756
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
14.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1817.3%
Working age (18–64)13.9%
Seniors (65+)7.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.6%
speak English only
Other Indo-European1.5%
Spanish1.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 29.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
DeRidder, LA sits in the Gulf South. For nearly a century after Reconstruction, the metro voted Democratic — not because of New Deal politics, but because of the long memory of the Civil War. The Democratic party of the Solid South was the party of segregation, and in DeRidder, LA as throughout the former Confederacy, Republican identification was politically untenable until the second half of the twentieth century.
The shift began with civil rights. 1984 marked the realignment in DeRidder, LA, by a twenty-seven points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at seventy-one points in 2024. The 2024 margin was seventy-one points.
The political shift has tracked, in DeRidder, LA, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 80% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $65,944, and a 14% poverty rate describe the demographic context.
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Frequently asked questions
How did DeRidder, LA, Louisiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, DeRidder, LA, Louisiana voted Republican by 71.3 points (R+71), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 15,874 votes cast, 2,192 went Democratic and 13,504 went Republican.
What is DeRidder, LA, Louisiana's political archetype?
Akashic classifies DeRidder, LA, Louisiana as a "Old Confederacy" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 14 times, Republican 13 times, and other 1 times.
When did DeRidder, LA, Louisiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which DeRidder, LA, Louisiana voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in DeRidder, LA, Louisiana?
DeRidder, LA, Louisiana has a population of 36,676 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in DeRidder, LA, Louisiana?
Median household income in DeRidder, LA, Louisiana is $65,944 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of DeRidder, LA, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in DeRidder, LA, Louisiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.