Lafayette County, Florida Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Lafayette County is 3rd in Florida out of 67 other counties in People per household

Lafayette County is 10th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Home ownership rate

Lafayette County is 17th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Income per household

Lafayette County, Florida Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Lafayette County	Rank	Florida	US
Current population (2012)	8,804	66th	19,317,568	313,914,040
Size in square miles	543.4	55th	53,624.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	16.3	65th	350.6	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Lafayette County	Rank	Florida	US
Residents younger than 5	5.5%	29th	5.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.5%	35th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.7%	53rd	18.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lafayette County	Rank	Florida	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	81.8%	39th	85.5%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	10.3%	56th	26.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lafayette County	Rank	Florida	US
Race - White	82.4%	36th	78.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	15.5%	25th	16.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	23rd	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	67th	2.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	59th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	58th	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	23rd	23.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	70.9%	39th	57.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lafayette County	Rank	Florida	US
Female residents	39.7%	65th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	5.6%	42nd	19.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Lafayette County	Rank	Florida	US
Housing units	3,386	66th	9,026,965	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	2.5%	64th	29.9%	25.9%
Households	2,474	66th	7,140,096	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	80.1%	10th	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$153,500	34th	$188,600	$186,200
People per household	3.2	3rd	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	14	61st	64,810	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Lafayette County	Rank	Florida	US
Income per capita	$19,201	47th	$26,733	$27,915
Income per household	$49,713	17th	$47,827	$52,762
Income below poverty line	14.8%	41st	14.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Lafayette County	Rank	Florida	US
Non-farm private establishments	98	65th	490,851	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	767	67th	6,732,639	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	247	67th	2,009,589	27,092,908
Retail sales	$66,528	61st	$262,341,127	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,292	48th	$14,353	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$2,663	67th	$41,922,059	$613,795,732

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