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Lafayette, Louisiana
37,259 Black residents · 30.7% of the place
In the published counts, Lafayette, Louisiana, holds 37,259 Black residents among 121,374 people in all — a Black share of 30.7%, against the statewide 31.4%.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 121,374 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 37,259 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 30.7% |
| Rank by Black population among Louisiana places | 5 of 488 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
Population Trend
The published record across two censuses for Lafayette: 37,530 Black residents in 2010, 37,259 in 2020 — declined by 0.7% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 31.1% to 30.7%.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
The Record
Lafayette stands in the gazetteer as one of the 488 places the Census Bureau counts in Louisiana. Lafayette's Black population of 37,259 ranks 5 among them. The figures on this page are the published redistricting counts for Lafayette as the Bureau bounds it, reproduced as released and cited to their table.
Institutions
In Lafayette, a place of 121,374, institutions are carried close — the congregation, the school, the business on the main street. The federal counts record them as counts; this entry records Lafayette itself, fixed by name, state, population, and share like every other entry in the book.