Lafayette Parish County
Population: 190,503 County
Houses: 78,122 Land
area: 269.8 sq. mi. Water
area: 0.5 sq. mi. Industries
providing employment: Educational,health and social
services (20.8%), Retail trade (12.9%), Agriculture,forestry,fishing
and hunting, and mining (10.0%). Races
in Lafayette Parish:
- White Non-Hispanic (72.3%)
- Black (23.8%)
- Hispanic (1.7%)
- Two or more races (0.9%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
- Other race (0.5%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted
in other races) |