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People MapStats |
Lafayette |
Louisiana |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
114,214 | 4,287,768 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
1.7% | -4.1% |
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Population, net change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
1,906 | -181,190 |
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Population, 2000 |
110,257 | 4,468,976 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
6.4% | 7.1% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
25.1% | 27.3% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
11.2% | 11.6% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
51.8% | 51.6% |
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White persons, 2000 |
75,232 | 2,856,161 |
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Black or African American persons, 2000 |
31,434 | 1,451,944 |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, 2000 |
272 | 25,477 |
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Asian persons, 2000 |
1,584 | 54,758 |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, 2000 |
26 | 1,240 |
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Persons reporting some other race, 2000 |
641 | 31,131 |
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Persons reporting two or more races, 2000 |
1,068 | 48,265 |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, 2000 |
2,071 | 107,738 |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
68.2% | 63.9% |
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Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
28.5% | 32.5% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.3% | 0.6% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
1.4% | 1.2% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
Z | Z |
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Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 |
0.6% | 0.7% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
1.0% | 1.1% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
1.9% | 2.4% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
51.6% | 59.0% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
3.2% | 2.6% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
16.3% | 9.2% |
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High school graduates, persons age 25+, 2000 |
55,670 | 899,354 |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
31.3% | 18.7% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
21.9 | 25.7 |
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Households, 2000 |
43,506 | 1,656,053 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.43 | 2.62 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
46,865 | 1,847,181 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
58.3% | 67.9% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$103,700 | $85,000 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$35,996 | $32,566 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$21,031 | $16,912 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
16.3% | 19.6% |
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Very low-income (VLI) owner households, 2000 |
2,954 | 203,408 |
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Very low-income (VLI) renter households, 2000 |
6,396 | 229,717 |
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VLI owner households, pct of total owner households, 2000 |
11.8% | 18.4% |
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VLI renter households, pct of total renter households, 2000 |
36.3% | 44.1% |
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Critical housing needs, pct of VLI owner households 2000 |
37.4% | 37.0% |
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Critical housing needs, pct of total VLI renter hhlds, 2000 |
49.3% | 47.2% |
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Serious crimes known to police, 2000 |
8,259 | 242,344 |
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Serious crimes known to police per 100,000 population, 2000 |
6,917 | 5,423 |
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Property crimes known to police, 2000 |
7,403 | 211,904 |
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Violent crimes known to police, 2000 |
856 | 30,440 |
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Business MapStats |
Lafayette |
Louisiana |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
13,189 | 328,756 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
7.2% | 12.2% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
0.9% | 0.8% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
23.4% | 26.4% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | S |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
2.0% | 2.5% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
1.8% | 2.3% |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
1,531,861 | 47,192,153 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
2,216,845 | 41,885,192 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$19,800 | $9,360 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
350,844 | 7,411,702 |
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