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Lafayette Parish, LA

244,205 Population
268.8 square miles 908.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$33,739 ±$1,986 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $30,117 ±$463
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$59,093 ±$5,520 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $52,087 ±$750
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

18.4% ±2.8% (44,190  ±6,785) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 19.6% 883,236 (±0.7% / ±30,108)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

24.2 minutes ±0.7 (2,624,480  ±95,486) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.9 48,904,560 (±0.2 / ±385,647)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,757,208,800 (±0.1 / ±8,102,155)

Families

97,877 ±2,532 Number of households
  • Louisiana: 1,783,924 ±7,696
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.5 ±0.1 (239,766  ±1,465) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,502,299 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

4.2% ±1.4% (2,525  ±853) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 5.5% 59,760 (±0.5% / ±4,989)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

110,258 ±601 Number of housing units
  • Louisiana: 2,093,387 ±356
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$205,500 ±$14,108 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $192,800 ±$3,009
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

15.8% ±3.1% (38,190  ±7,368.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 12.8% 583,900 (±0.5% / ±23,024)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

89.6% ±4.5% (146,173  ±7,393.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 86.7% 2,701,889 (±0.9% / ±28,997.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
34.4% ±2.7% (56,089  ±4,443.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 26.5% 824,369 (±0.5% / ±16,408.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

4.5% ±0.7% (11,028  ±1,658) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 4.3% 199,915 (±0.2% / ±9,492)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

6.2% ±1.2% (11,614  ±2,150) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 6.3% 221,316 (±0.2% / ±8,461)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
11,614 Total veterans ±2,150 10,788 Male ±2,276 826 Female ±603

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