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Lafayette, LA Metro Area

419,704 Population
2,833.6 square miles 148.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,427 ±$1,657 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$60,527 ±$3,290 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

18.5% ±1.9% (76,775  ±8,070) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26.6 minutes ±1.1 (4,543,280  ±235,244) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

165,589 ±2,545 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0 (415,792  ±109) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.7% ±1.7% (5,536  ±1,681) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

191,970 ±66 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$222,100 ±$7,824 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.3% ±1.3% (38,614  ±5,527.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.2% ±3% (251,492  ±8,672.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
29.5% ±1.7% (83,261  ±4,783.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

4.3% (18,223  ±2,833) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.2% ±0.7% (16,524  ±2,234) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
16,524 Total veterans ±2,234 15,531 Male ±2,121 993 Female ±463

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