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Lafayette, LA Metro Area

481,125 Population
3,408.9 square miles 141.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$30,372 ±$1,101 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$50,837 ±$1,817 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

20.2% ±1.9% (96,101  ±8,932) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

24.7 minutes ±0.9 (4,774,785  ±229,874) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

194,293 ±3,023 Number of households
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.5 ±0 (476,233  ±292) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

6.9% ±1.8% (7,689  ±1,955) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

219,168 ±129 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$196,800 ±$8,080 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

10.8% ±1.4% (51,407  ±6,820) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

85.4% ±2.7% (276,457  ±8,878.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
25.9% ±1.6% (83,779  ±5,097.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

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

3% (14,274  ±2,052) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

5.4% ±0.7% (19,487  ±2,630) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
19,487 Total veterans ±2,630 17,153 Male ±2,199 2,334 Female ±966

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