Lafayette Parish, Louisiana (LA)

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• • 154,88863.4%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 63,67026.1%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 11,4504.7%Hispanic or Latino
  • 8,5353.5%Two or more races
  • 4,9732.0%Asian alone
  • 4040.2%Some other race alone
  • 2000.08%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 850.03%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2021:

Detached houses: $284,795

Here:	$284,795
State:	$248,872

Townhouses or other attached units: $206,996

Here:	$206,996
State:	$234,815

In 2-unit structures: $230,995

Here:	$230,995
State:	$397,295

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $149,353

Here:	$149,353
State:	$201,853

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $274,065

Here:	$274,065
State:	$238,209

Mobile homes: $109,936

Here:	$109,936
State:	$82,669

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $1,618

Here:	$1,618
State:	$61,857

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 17
• Robberies: 17
• Assaults: 144
• Burglaries: 156
• Thefts: 383
• Auto thefts: 89

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 3
• Rapes: 14
• Robberies: 17
• Assaults: 172
• Burglaries: 205
• Thefts: 566
• Auto thefts: 164

Health of residents in Lafayette Parish based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2021:

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2021: $1,403 (0.6%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2021: $1,112 (0.6%)

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: 89.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 34.4%

Number of foreign born residents: 11,028 (27.1% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 7,5092010 or later
• 1,7362000 to 2009
• 9751990 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: 72,651
• One, attached: 2,837
• Two: 2,836
• 3 or 4: 6,013
• 5 to 9: 3,851
• 10 to 19: 4,875
• 20 to 49: 2,721
• 50 or more: 3,411
• Mobile homes: 11,063

Housing units in Lafayette Parish with a mortgage: 36,729 (2,055 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 1,726 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 392

Religion statistics for Lafayette Parish

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Lafayette Parish:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Louisiana Hurricane Delta, Incident Period: October 6, 2020 - October 10, 2020, FEMA Id: 4570, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Louisiana Hurricane Laura, Incident Period: August 22, 2020 - August 27, 2020, FEMA Id: 4559, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Louisiana Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4484-LA: March 24, 2020, FEMA Id: 4484, Natural disaster type: Other
• Louisiana Hurricane Barry, Incident Period: July 10, 2019 - July 15, 2019, FEMA Id: 4458, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Louisiana Tropical Storm Harvey, Incident Period: August 28, 2017 - September 10, 2017, FEMA Id: 4345, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• 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
• 15 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.90% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($50,878 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.00% relocated from other counties in Louisiana ($32,973 average AGI)
1.90% relocated from other states ($17,905 average AGI)

Lafayette Parish:	1.90%
Louisiana average:	2.12%

from St. Landry Parish, LA	0.65% ($46,372 average AGI)
from St. Martin Parish, LA	0.64% ($40,831)
from Iberia Parish, LA	0.61% ($45,939)
from Vermilion Parish, LA	0.52% ($49,801)
from Acadia Parish, LA	0.48% ($42,752)
from Calcasieu Parish, LA	0.43% ($33,297)
from East Baton Rouge Parish, LA	0.25% ($51,810)

6.76% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($49,116 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.10% relocated to other counties in Louisiana ($25,831 average AGI)
2.66% relocated to other states ($23,285 average AGI)

Lafayette Parish:	2.66%
Louisiana average:	2.97%

to St. Landry Parish, LA	0.55% ($40,792 average AGI)
to St. Martin Parish, LA	0.55% ($35,578)
to Vermilion Parish, LA	0.53% ($47,823)
to Acadia Parish, LA	0.41% ($41,901)
to Harris County, TX	0.38% ($51,934)
to Iberia Parish, LA	0.36% ($37,540)
to East Baton Rouge Parish, LA	0.28% ($50,753)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 15.1
Births per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 14.1

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 6.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 7.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 7.4

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:

• Male householders: 44,541 (14,679 living alone), Female householders: 53,336 (15,784 living alone)

• 44,344 spouses (44,225 opposite-sex spouses), 5,938 unmarried partners, (5,312 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 75,064 children (71,544 natural, 762 adopted, 2,758 stepchildren), 4,844 grandchildren, 2,302 brothers or sisters, 984 parents, 100 foster children, 4,256 other relatives, 4,057 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 4,439

Size of family households: 30,738 2-persons, 12,594 3-persons, 10,161 4-persons, 6,197 5-persons, 1,010 6-persons, 988 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 30,463 1-person, 4,895 2-persons, 710 3-persons, 85 5-persons, 36 6-persons.

31,790 married couples with children.
20,637 single-parent households (3,459 men, 17,178 women).

91.1% of residents of Lafayette speak English at home.
3.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (41% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 25% don't speak English at all).
4.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (66% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).

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)

• Year house built in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
• 7162020 or later
• 23,8772010 to 2019
• 16,5782000 to 2009
• 10,7781990 to 1999
• 17,6011980 to 1989
• 16,9161970 to 1979
• 8,9681960 to 1969
• 8,5791950 to 1959
• 3,0781940 to 1949
• 3,1671939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
• 3141 room
• 02 rooms
• 1,0863 rooms
• 6,5194 rooms
• 14,9875 rooms
• 17,8026 rooms
• 10,7767 rooms
• 5,1508 rooms
• 8,5949+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
• 7021 room
• 8802 rooms
• 7,2673 rooms
• 8,4664 rooms
• 7,6635 rooms
• 4,8596 rooms
• 1,7507 rooms
• 3458 rooms
• 7179+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
• 314no bedroom
• 5781 bedroom
• 7,1292 bedrooms
• 42,2533 bedrooms
• 12,1044 bedrooms
• 2,8505+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
• 749no bedroom
• 6,5781 bedroom
• 14,7192 bedrooms
• 9,3743 bedrooms
• 1,2294 bedrooms
• 05+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Lafayette Parish in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 1,793no vehicle
• 17,2201 vehicle
• 34,5382 vehicles
• 8,3723 vehicles
• 2,4524 vehicles
• 8535+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Lafayette Parish in renter-occupied apartments
• 4,132no vehicle
• 18,8661 vehicle
• 8,4102 vehicles
• 1,2413 vehicles
• 04 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

85.4% of Lafayette Parish residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Louisiana.

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

• This state: 198,670
• Other state: 32,911
• Northeast: 2,887
• Midwest: 9,266
• South: 15,943
• West: 4,815

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+)"