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Lafayette, LA Metro Area

414,288 Population
2,833.6 square miles 146.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,027 ±$1,697 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$57,311 ±$4,305 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

18.9% ±1.8% (77,693  ±7,307) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

25.3 minutes ±1.4 (4,499,295  ±284,583) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

166,896 ±3,087 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0.1 (410,382  ±47) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

8.2% ±1.8% (7,975  ±1,775) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

189,653 ±52 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$219,700 ±$8,113 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

10.2% ±1.5% (41,470  ±6,050.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

87.7% ±2.9% (244,513  ±8,241.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
25.9% ±1.7% (72,060  ±4,760.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds 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

3.8% ±5,130.7% (15,851  ±3,285) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

4.3% ±0.6% (13,508  ±1,897) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
13,508 Total veterans ±1,897 12,533 Male ±1,760 975 Female ±533

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