Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 153,138 61.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 16,679 6.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 62,888 25.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 4,786 1.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 8,916 3.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 208 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 133 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,249 0.5%

• Under 18 59,948 24.2%
• 18–24 20,209 8.1%
• 25–44 72,710 29.3%
• 45–64 58,662 23.7%
• 65 and over 36,468 14.7%

Median household income

$66,072

90% interval $61,611–$70,533

+$5,034 vs LA · 14th of 64

Below poverty line

16.5%

90% interval 14.6%–18.4%

−2.1 pp vs LA · 52nd of 64

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.7%

−0.6 pp vs. state

County GDP

$19.8B

6.01% of state

Avg. annual pay

$59,616

Establishments

12,209

• Education & health services 31,248 22.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 28,247 20.3%
• Professional & business services 18,564 13.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 17,036 12.2%
• Manufacturing 9,942 7.1%
• Construction 7,303 5.2%
• Financial activities 6,759 4.9%
• Natural resources & mining 6,214 4.5%
• Public administration 3,610 2.6%
• Other services 3,441 2.5%
• Information 1,238 0.9%
• Unclassified 2 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 96.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

65.5%

−1.9 pp vs LA · 52nd of 64

Median gross rent

$1,057

−$7 vs LA · 16th of 64

Owner-occupied

66,072

Renter-occupied

34,831

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 56% of the parish workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $109,635/yr) pays 4.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,315/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 72,007 64.8%
• Democratic 37,170 33.5%
• Other / third-party 1,909 1.7%

• Spanish 10,071 4.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 6,765 2.9%
• Vietnamese 1,072 0.5%
• Arabic 565 0.2%
• Chinese 359 0.2%
• Tagalog 305 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 254 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 182 0.1%
• Korean 41 0.0%

Households

100,903

Family households

62,973

62.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

18,707

29.7% of families

Single-mother families

7,135

11.3% of families

Veterans

10,433

5.6% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 100,379 41.5%
• Evangelical Protestant 38,785 16.0%
• Black Protestant 20,392 8.4%
• Mainline Protestant 8,468 3.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,176 1.3%
• Orthodox 159 0.1%

Health insured

91.3%

±0.7 pp

Uninsured

8.7%

±0.7 pp

6th of 64

With a disability

12.5%

±0.6 pp

61st of 64

Bachelor's or higher

35.3%

±1.4 pp

+8.3 pp vs LA · 5th of 64

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.8%

90% interval 8.0%–9.6% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

15th Judicial District Court

Judges

13

Court seats

Acadia Parish Courthouse (Crowley, LA), Lafayette Parish Courthouse (Lafayette, LA), Vermilion Parish Courthouse (Abbeville, LA)

This judicial district spans multiple parishes.

Traffic fatalities

31

17.9 per 100k drivers

Injuries

4,525

2617.4 per 100k drivers

Fatal crashes

31

Licensed drivers

172,880