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Lafayette Parish, LA

249,750 Population
268.8 square miles 929 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 38.7 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,644 ±$2,562 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $34,102 ±$426
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$63,116 ±$5,800 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $58,229 ±$1,143
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

17.5% ±2.5% (43,358  ±6,271) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 840,146 (±0.6% / ±27,162)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

22.1 minutes ±1.1 (2,401,470  ±154,759) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 47,593,008 (±0.2 / ±648,548)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

102,227 ±2,511 Number of households
  • Louisiana: 1,833,915 ±8,374
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (247,517  ±54) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 2.4 4,450,122
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

7.9% ±2.4% (4,800  ±1,445) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 59,199 (±0.5% / ±5,096)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

114,012 ±69 Number of housing units
  • Louisiana: 2,124,930 ±297
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$244,400 ±$10,069 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $215,600 ±$3,099
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

10.7% ±1.9% (26,374  ±4,708.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 11.1% 499,723 (±0.5% / ±21,179.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

90.8% ±4.1% (154,414  ±6,997.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 87.8% 2,724,676 (±0.9% / ±28,705.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
32.7% ±2.5% (55,530  ±4,233) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 27% 837,518 (±0.5% / ±16,435.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5% (12,536  ±3,142) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 222,672
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.8% ±0.9% (9,142  ±1,648) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 5.8% 203,031 (±0.2% / ±7,608)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
9,142 Total veterans ±1,648 8,240 Male ±1,553 902 Female ±521

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