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Lafayette-New Iberia-Opelousas, LA CSA

568,113 Population
4,332.4 square miles 131.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,664 ±$1,395 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$57,392 ±$2,714 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

20.1% ±1.7% (112,726  ±9,544) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26.4 minutes ±1 (5,993,750  ±281,841) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

225,503 ±3,091 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0 (562,406  ±187) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.1% ±1.4% (7,947  ±1,872) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

261,154 ±96 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$203,300 ±$6,211 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.2% ±1.3% (51,654  ±7,102) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

87.7% ±2.5% (332,095  ±9,812.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
26.2% ±1.4% (99,062  ±5,220.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

9.2% ±0.4% (48,248  ±1,935.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

3.7% (20,894  ±3,129) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.1% ±0.6% (21,810  ±2,563) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
21,810 Total veterans ±2,563 20,662 Male ±2,434 1,148 Female ±475

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