Demographics of Lafayette city, Louisiana

Lafayette city, Louisiana had 123,311 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +1,854 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Lafayette city, in four figures

123,311
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 121,715 ±89.; +1.5%
Change since July 2020: +1,854 people.; 36.9 ±1.0
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $61,915 ±$2,564
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Lafayette city, Louisiana's population grew 1.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Lafayette city, Louisiana's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Lafayette city, Louisiana's population grew 1.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Lafayette city, Louisiana's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	121,457	100.0	100.0
2021	121,536	100.1	100.2
2022	121,736	100.2	100.7
2023	122,020	100.5	101.6
2024	122,688	101.0	102.5
2025	123,311	101.5	103.1

Population of Lafayette city, Louisiana on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	121,457	—
2021	121,536	+79
2022	121,736	+200
2023	122,020	+284
2024	122,688	+668
2025	123,311	+623

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 36.9 ±1.0: for men 35.4 ±0.8 and for women 38.4 ±1.1. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Lafayette city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Under 5	7,559 ±620	6.2% ±0.5	6.2% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	17,907 ±1,061	14.7% ±0.9	17.3% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	11,767 ±864	9.7% ±0.7	9.1% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	35,621 ±1,402	29.3% ±1.2	26.6% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	27,847 ±1,302	22.9% ±1.1	24.1% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	21,014 ±1,214	17.3% ±1.0	16.7% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $61,915 ±$2,564, and income per person $40,517 ±$1,703, in 2024 dollars. The median is $60,756 ±$408 in Louisiana and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Lafayette city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Louisiana	United States
Under $25,000	11,982 ±1,071	22.6% ±2.0	22.4% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	10,018 ±900	18.9% ±1.7	20.2% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	7,962 ±866	15.0% ±1.6	15.9% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	6,909 ±708	13.0% ±1.3	11.7% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	7,798 ±950	14.7% ±1.8	14.8% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	3,751 ±505	7.1% ±0.9	7.3% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	4,546 ±567	8.6% ±1.1	7.8% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Lafayette city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Louisiana	United States
All ages	21,882 ±2,105	18.3% ±1.8	18.9% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	6,236 ±928	24.6% ±3.3	25.4% ±0.5	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	11,721 ±1,265	17.8% ±1.8	17.7% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	3,925 ±608	13.9% ±2.0	15.2% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Lafayette city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Lafayette city	Louisiana	United States
Housing units	59,363 ±931	2,108,902 ±333	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	89.2% ±1.1	85.6% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	10.8% ±1.0	14.4% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	53.1% ±1.7	67.4% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	46.9% ±2.0	32.6% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$257,000 ±$8,693	$216,500 ±$1,367	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,100 ±$27	$1,064 ±$8	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1981 ±1	1983 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Lafayette city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Hispanic or Latino	9,853 ±1,005	8.1% ±0.8	7.2% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	68,304 ±1,796	56.1% ±1.5	55.7% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	35,285 ±1,858	29.0% ±1.5	30.5% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	2,699 ±479	2.2% ±0.4	1.7% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	51 to 159	< 0.1% to 0.1%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 246	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	204 to 702	0.2% to 0.6%	0.5% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	4,913 ±903	4.0% ±0.7	3.8% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Lafayette city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Born in the state	95,565 ±1,708	78.5% ±1.4	77.2% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	16,922 ±1,222	13.9% ±1.0	17.2% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	695 ±226	0.6% ±0.2	0.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	8,533 ±1,301	7.0% ±1.1	4.9% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	2,897 ±730	2.4% ±0.6	2.0% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	5,636 ±1,088	4.6% ±0.9	2.9% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Lafayette city among the places of Louisiana

4th of 102 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Louisiana page.

Places of Louisiana near Lafayette city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Baton Rouge city	222,771 ±54
Shreveport city	180,982 ±68
Metairie CDP	139,729 ±2,981
Lafayette city	121,715 ±89
Lake Charles city	81,143 ±50
Kenner city	64,904 ±42
Bossier City city	62,901 ±46
Monroe city	47,004 ±43
Alexandria city	44,060 ±69

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Lafayette city, Louisiana

Rankings this appears in

No. 12 Places in Louisiana by foreign-born share
No. 13 Places in Louisiana by per capita income
No. 15 Places in Louisiana by median home value
No. 18 Places in Louisiana by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 20 Places in Louisiana by median age
No. 28 Places in Louisiana by median household income

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026