Lafayette Parish, Louisiana QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Lafayette Parish Louisiana
?  Population, 2000 190,5034,468,976
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 15.6%5.9%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 7.3%7.1%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 27.4%27.3%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 9.5%11.6%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 73.4%63.9%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 23.8%32.5%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3%0.6%
?  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 1.1%1.2%
?  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) ZZ
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.5%0.7%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 0.9%1.1%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 51.5%51.6%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 1.7%2.4%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 72.3%62.5%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 71,2391,733,122
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 21,828409,123
?  Housing units, 2000 78,1221,847,181
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 66.0%67.9%
?  Households, 2000 72,3721,656,053
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.572.62
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 39.3%39.2%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $35,554$30,466
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 13.8%18.4%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 18.6%26.0%

Business QuickFacts Lafayette Parish Louisiana
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 6,575100,667
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 99,0521,577,220
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 39.8%24.1%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 12,787216,095
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 868,47080,423,978
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 2,465,35135,807,894
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $13,385$8,229
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 1,29329,784
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 4,38276,849
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 93917,836
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 622,90624,384,277
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 5,855169,976

Geography QuickFacts Lafayette Parish Louisiana
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 27043,562
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 705.6102.6
?  Metropolitan Area Lafayette, LA MSA 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

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X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown