Lafayette Parish, Louisiana (LA)

Races in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana:

Mean price in 2016:

Detached houses: $244,689

Here:	$244,689
State:	$210,583

Townhouses or other attached units: $187,439

Here:	$187,439
State:	$219,575

In 2-unit structures: $132,461

Here:	$132,461
State:	$308,068

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $138,035

Here:	$138,035
State:	$247,758

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $174,080

Here:	$174,080
State:	$255,460

Mobile homes: $85,058

Here:	$85,058
State:	$73,199

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $11,607

Here:	$11,607
State:	$164,562

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 5
• Rapes: 22
• Robberies: 33
• Assaults: 180
• Burglaries: 442
• Thefts: 879
• Auto thefts: 160

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 25
• Robberies: 26
• Assaults: 196
• Burglaries: 501
• Thefts: 902
• Auto thefts: 150

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2016: $1,249 (0.6%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $829 (0.5%)

Area name: Lafayette, LA MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Lafayette Parish is $494 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $548 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $703 a month.

Cities in this county include: Lafayette, Scott, Carencro, Broussard, Youngsville, Milton, Ossun, Duson.

Neighboring counties: Cameron Parish , Chambers County, Texas , St. Bernard Parish , Hardin County, Texas , Presidio County, Texas .

Current college students: 13,951
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 88.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 31.9%

Number of foreign born residents: 10,850 (49.9% naturalized citizens)

Note: State values scaled to Lafayette Parish population

• 3,1532010 or later
• 3,6572000 to 2009
• 1,5181990 to 1999
• 1,1201980 to 1989
• 7081970 to 1979
• 632Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 23.8 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 86.2%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 66,938
• One, attached: 2,180
• Two: 2,374
• 3 or 4: 5,721
• 5 to 9: 4,091
• 10 to 19: 5,742
• 20 to 49: 2,812
• 50 or more: 1,513
• Mobile homes: 9,654
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 82

Housing units in Lafayette Parish with a mortgage: 33,517 (547 second mortgage, 2,372 home equity loan, 51 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 24,483

Religion statistics for Lafayette Parish

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Lafayette Parish:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Louisiana Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: August 11, 2016 to August 31, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4277: August 14, 2016, FEMA Id: 4277, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Louisiana Hurricane Gustav, Incident Period: September 01, 2008 to September 11, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1786: September 02, 2008, FEMA Id: 1786, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Louisiana Hurricane Gustav, Incident Period: August 27, 2008 to September 11, 2008, Emergency Declared EM-3289: August 29, 2008, FEMA Id: 3289, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Louisiana Hurricane Rita, Incident Period: September 23, 2005 to November 01, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1607: September 24, 2005, FEMA Id: 1607, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Louisiana Hurricane Rita, Incident Period: September 20, 2005 to November 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3260: September 21, 2005, FEMA Id: 3260, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Louisiana Hurricane Katrina, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to November 01, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1603: August 29, 2005, FEMA Id: 1603, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Louisiana Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: May 12, 2004 to May 19, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1521: June 08, 2004, FEMA Id: 1521, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Louisiana Loss of the Space Shuttle <span class="italic">Columbia</span>, Incident Period: February 01, 2003, Emergency Declared EM-3172: February 01, 2003, FEMA Id: 3172, Natural disaster type: Other
• Louisiana Hurricane Lili, Incident Period: October 01, 2002 to October 16, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1437: October 03, 2002, FEMA Id: 1437, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Louisiana Tropical Storm Allison, Incident Period: June 05, 2001 to June 22, 2001, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1380: June 11, 2001, FEMA Id: 1380, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• 10 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.68% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($39,484 average adjusted gross income)

0.03% of residents moved from foreign countries ($211 average AGI)

Lafayette Parish:	0.03%
Louisiana average:	0.05%

4.58% relocated from other counties in Louisiana ($25,152 average AGI)
2.07% relocated from other states ($14,122 average AGI)

Lafayette Parish:	2.07%
Louisiana average:	2.51%

from St. Landry Parish, LA	0.64% ($34,600 average AGI)
from St. Martin Parish, LA	0.58% ($31,382)
from Iberia Parish, LA	0.55% ($35,643)
from Vermilion Parish, LA	0.51% ($42,126)
from Acadia Parish, LA	0.45% ($33,034)
from East Baton Rouge Parish, LA	0.30% ($39,025)
from Harris County, TX	0.19% ($66,922)

6.53% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($41,758 average adjusted gross income)

0.04% of residents moved to foreign countries ($423 average AGI)

Lafayette Parish:	0.04%
Louisiana average:	0.06%

4.02% relocated to other counties in Louisiana ($21,733 average AGI)
2.46% relocated to other states ($19,602 average AGI)

Lafayette Parish:	2.46%
Louisiana average:	2.51%

to St. Martin Parish, LA	0.62% ($32,286 average AGI)
to St. Landry Parish, LA	0.49% ($38,026)
to Vermilion Parish, LA	0.46% ($35,553)
to Acadia Parish, LA	0.43% ($31,997)
to Iberia Parish, LA	0.38% ($30,709)
to Harris County, TX	0.38% ($60,125)
to East Baton Rouge Parish, LA	0.31% ($43,020)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 15.1
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 14.7

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 6.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 7.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 7.3

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 10.1

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Lafayette Parish

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 187,789 (28,180 male householders, 27,137 female householders)

  35,851 spouses, 73,065 children (68,939 natural, 850 adopted, 3,276 stepchildren), 3,820 grandchildren, 3,706 brothers or sisters, 2,089 parents, 5,311 other relatives, 8,630 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 48,791 (14,694 male householders (9,956 living alone)), 19,119 female householders (14,611 living alone)), 14,978 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 4,818

Size of family households: 23,680 2-persons, 14,407 3-persons, 9,724 4-persons, 5,479 5-persons, 1,295 6-persons, 732 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 24,567 1-person, 8,194 2-persons, 874 3-persons, 101 4-persons, 77 6-persons.

27,923 married couples with children.
24,239 single-parent households (3,585 men, 20,654 women).

87.1% of residents of Lafayette speak English at home.
4.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
6.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (49% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (60% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $874,687,000 ($4,469 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $33,299,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $345,456,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $207,127,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $10,027,000
Federal grants: $194,383,000
Federal procurement contracts: $48,383,000 ($7,632,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $69,311,000 ($10,080,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,190,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $102,445,000
Federal Government insurance: $1,189,194,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-11 per 1000 residents
State:	-20 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 21.35 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Note: State values scaled to Lafayette Parish population

• 2,8282014 or later
• 8,1222010 to 2013
• 19,3862000 to 2009
• 10,7371990 to 1999
• 18,4791980 to 1989
• 16,2031970 to 1979
• 10,1661960 to 1969
• 7,9681950 to 1959
• 4,3471940 to 1949
• 2,8711939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Lafayette Parish population

• 1871 room
• 652 rooms
• 1,8043 rooms
• 7,8114 rooms
• 11,6605 rooms
• 14,4596 rooms
• 8,1507 rooms
• 6,9898 rooms
• 6,8759+ rooms

Note: State values scaled to Lafayette Parish population

• 9011 room
• 1,5092 rooms
• 5,8803 rooms
• 8,4074 rooms
• 9,0795 rooms
• 3,3416 rooms
• 1,5107 rooms
• 2548 rooms
• 2499+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Lafayette Parish population

• 187no bedroom
• 5401 bedroom
• 7,7302 bedrooms
• 35,5803 bedrooms
• 12,2314 bedrooms
• 1,7325+ bedrooms

Note: State values scaled to Lafayette Parish population

• 953no bedroom
• 6,3141 bedroom
• 13,7192 bedrooms
• 9,5833 bedrooms
• 5614 bedrooms
• 05+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Lafayette Parish population

• 1,474no vehicle
• 18,0151 vehicle
• 27,1412 vehicles
• 8,4823 vehicles
• 2,2334 vehicles
• 6555+ vehicles

Note: State values scaled to Lafayette Parish population

• 3,881no vehicle
• 15,4501 vehicle
• 9,5992 vehicles
• 1,8283 vehicles
• 3364 vehicles
• 365+ vehicles

83.9% of Lafayette Parish residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Louisiana.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 192,446
• Other state: 35,627
• Northeast: 3,186
• Midwest: 4,734
• South: 23,937
• West: 3,770

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 5,385
• Number of aged recipients: 543
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 4,842
• Number of recipients under 18: 945
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 3,292
• Number of recipients older than 64: 1,148
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,989
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 2,357

Lafayette Parish on our top lists:

• #38 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant adherents"
• #38 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant adherents (pop. 50,000+)"