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The Lake Area
The Lake Area
Metropolitan statistical area
	Lake Charles, LA metropolitan statistical area
	Downtown Lake Charles
Interactive Map of Lake Charles–DeRidder, LA CSA	City of Lake Charles Lake Charles, LA MSA DeRidder, LA µSA
	City of Lake Charles Lake Charles, LA MSA DeRidder, LA µSA
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Largest city	Lake Charles
Other cities	- Sulphur; - Jennings; - Westlake
Population (2020)
• Total	254,652
• Estimate (2023)	240,082
• Rank	US: 199th
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)

The Lake Charles metropolitan statistical area is a metropolitan area in the Acadiana region of southwest Louisiana that covers three parishes—Calcasieu, Cameron, and Jefferson Davis. According to a 2023 census estimate, the MSA had a population of 240,082.^[1] It is also part of the larger Lake Charles–DeRidder combined statistical area which had a population of 276,909 in 2023.^[1] The Lake Charles MSA also shares borders with the Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area to the west. Metropolitan Lake Charles, the principal city, is commonly referred to as the Lake Area.

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Vinton

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Demographics

By 2021, its population was 208,680 according to statistics from the American Community Survey.^[2] In 2021, the racial and ethnic makeup was an estimated 67% non-Hispanic white, 24% African American or Black, 1% Asian, 3% two or more races, and 4% Hispanic or Latino of any race. At the 2000 census, its racial makeup was 74.63% White, 22.94% African American, 0.31% Native American, 0.63% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.44% from other races, and 1.02% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.38% of the population.

In 2000, the median income for a household in the MSA was $34,802, and the median income for a family was $40,783. Males had a median income of $33,868 versus $20,252 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $16,529. At the 2021 ACS census-estimates, its median household income increased to $58,736 with a per capita income of $30,000. Approximately 18.7% of the metropolitan population lived at or below the poverty line, with 24% of children under age 18 considered in poverty.^[2]