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People QuickFacts | Lafayette | Louisiana
Population, 2012 estimate | 122,761 | 4,601,893
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 120,658 | 4,533,372
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 1.7% | 1.5%
Population, 2010 | 120,623 | 4,533,372
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 6.1% | 6.9%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 21.8% | 24.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 11.7% | 12.3%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 51.4% | 51.0%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 63.8% | 62.6%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 31.1% | 32.0%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.3% | 0.7%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.8% | 1.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.0%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 1.7% | 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 3.8% | 4.2%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 61.7% | 60.3%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 82.3% | 85.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 5.1% | 3.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 15.6% | 8.8%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 85.9% | 81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 33.0% | 21.1%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 8,375 | 314,677
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 20.3 | 24.9
Housing units, 2010 | 53,356 | 1,964,981
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 57.3% | 67.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 30.9% | 18.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $165,100 | $135,400
Households, 2007-2011 | 48,405 | 1,675,097
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.38 | 2.6
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $28,030 | $23,853
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $44,688 | $44,086
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 18.7% | 18.4%
Business QuickFacts | Lafayette | Louisiana
Total number of firms, 2007 | 15,659 | 375,808
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 13.6% | 15.9%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 0.7% | 0.7%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.5% | 2.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.8% | 2.9%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 22.5% | 27.4%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 1,055,462 | 205,054,723
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,389,237 | 51,415,553
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 3,273,043 | 56,543,203
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $28,818 | $12,921
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 516,465 | 9,729,869
Geography QuickFacts | Lafayette | Louisiana
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 49.23 | 43,203.90
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 2,450.1 | 104.9
FIPS Code | 40735 | 22
Counties | Lafayette Parish
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts