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Lafayette, LA Urban Area

231,548 Population
161.2 square miles 1,436.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,473 ±$2,634 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$64,528 ±$6,178 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

17.1% ±2.6% (39,296  ±5,969) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

23.3 minutes ±0.7 (2,332,260  ±87,011) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

95,918 ±3,048 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (229,208  ±5,394) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

6.7% ±2.2% (3,716  ±1,241) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

107,349 ±1,886 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$242,700 ±$9,786 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

11.2% ±2.1% (25,615  ±4,717.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

90.7% ±3.9% (143,587  ±6,852.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
32.8% ±2.5% (51,927  ±4,125.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent 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

5.2% ±1.3% (12,084  ±2,943) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

4.8% ±0.9% (8,555  ±1,571) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
8,555 Total veterans ±1,571 7,626 Male ±1,479 929 Female ±529

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