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Lafayette, LA
122,280 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 2240735 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Lafayette ranked #159 of 340 cities and 6th of 14 in its peer group, on 7 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Lafayette and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Midland TX, Odessa TX, Evansville IN, Wichita Falls TX, Little Rock AR, Lakeland FL, Beaumont TX, Macon-Bibb County GA, Roanoke VA, Chattanooga TN, Montgomery AL, Abilene TX, Columbia SC · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #159 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #144 | #124 | #249 | #118 | #206 | #217 | #148 | #211 | #133 | #124 | #183 | #134 | #298 | #211 | #219 | #214 | #133 | #273 | #159 | #152 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 113,740 | 117,035 | 117,517 | 118,500 | 120,058 | 121,836 | 122,674 | 123,587 | 124,873 | 126,036 | 126,922 | 127,221 | 126,526 | 126,371 | 126,185 | 121,450 | 121,471 | 121,506 | 121,767 | 122,280 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #51 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | +0.1 | +2.3 | -0.1 | +0.3 | +0.7 | — | +0.1 | +0.4 | +0.9 | +0.9 | +0.7 | -0.1 | -0.6 | -0.1 | -0.1 | +0.1 | +0.6 | +0.5 | +0.0 | +0.4 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #70 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | 18.3% | 16.1% | 19.6% | 18.6% | 20.4% | 19.0% | 22.7% | 22.5% | 19.6% | 20.5% | 20.5% | 20.9% | 24.5% | 20.7% | 19.9% | — | 18.8% | 24.1% | 19.3% | 21.0% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #228 of 304 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 7.0 | 8.5 | 12.8 | 8.4 | 5.8 | 9.8 | 4.9 | 8.9 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 15.0 | 8.6 | 17.4 | 7.1 | 11.1 | 11.5 | 18.9 | 18.1 | 23.0 | 10.6 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #248 of 295 cities with data · 7th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 175.8 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 92,407 | 100,590 | 101,244 | 102,201 | 99,432 | 98,495 | 104,681 | 105,201 | 104,639 | 103,603 | 102,745 | 99,157 | 99,332 | 97,823 | 97,659 | 94,418 | 95,388 | 99,050 | 98,959 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #300 of 329 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.3 | +0.4 | -2.7 | +1.0 | -4.0 | -1.2 | +2.0 | -0.9 | -0.9 | -0.3 | +0.0 | +2.0 | +0.4 | -1.6 | +0.2 | +0.5 | -0.1 | +0.0 | -2.9 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 62,500 | 61,208 | 63,357 | 65,468 | 66,571 | 64,304 | 59,820 | 60,519 | 62,176 | — | 61,359 | 57,764 | 61,298 | 59,132 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #213 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.9% | 6.5% | 6.7% | 5.2% | 4.6% | 3.8% | 5.9% | 6.1% | 6.2% | — | 4.3% | 5.7% | 2.3% | 5.5% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #130 of 314 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group | 19% | 17% | 27% | 25% | 19% | 19% | 19% | 21% | 21% | 16% | 18% | 24% | 15% | 12% | 2% | 19% | 16% | 22% | 21% | 27% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #190 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | $10,331 | $9,798 | $9,593 | $10,909 | $11,158 | $11,327 | $11,796 | $12,521 | $12,027 | $11,528 | $10,949 | $10,222 | $4,892 | $4,319 | $4,642 | $4,810 | $5,019 | $4,050 | $3,596 | $3,190 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Lafayette. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.