Lafayette Parish, Louisiana Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Lafayette Parish is 1st in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Lafayette Parish is 2nd in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Lafayette Parish is 2nd in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Income per capita

Lafayette Parish is 3rd in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Retail sales

Lafayette Parish is 4th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Lafayette Parish is 4th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Lafayette Parish is 4th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Lafayette Parish is 4th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Lafayette Parish is 5th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Lafayette Parish is 6th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Current population (2012)

Size Demographics
	Lafayette Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	227,055	6th	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	268.7	60th	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	824.6	4th	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lafayette Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	7.0%	23rd	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.2%	38th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.7%	60th	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lafayette Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	84.6%	9th	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	27.3%	5th	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lafayette Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	70.6%	24th	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	26.1%	43rd	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	40th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.6%	12th	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	9th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	20th	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	16th	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	67.0%	24th	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lafayette Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	51.2%	22nd	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.0%	7th	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lafayette Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	94,718	6th	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	22.6%	6th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	84,594	6th	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	64.8%	53rd	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$157,300	9th	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.5	51st	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,229	2nd	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lafayette Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$27,808	2nd	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$48,591	13th	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.1%	46th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lafayette Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	7,992	4th	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	122,637	4th	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	24,229	4th	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$3,814,288	3rd	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$18,588	1st	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$584,645	7th	$9,729,869	$613,795,732