Compare Lafayette Metro Area, LA vs Louisiana (LA) vs United States

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Metric	Lafayette Metro Area, LA Metro Area	Louisiana (LA) State	United States Country
Overview
Total population	413,428	4,611,961	334,922,499
Rent	$977	$1,064	$1,413
Year built	1987	1983	1980
Household income	$60,892	$60,756	$80,734
Per capita income	$35,892	$35,038	$44,673
Poverty rate	18.4%	18.9%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.3%	4.0%
Household size	2.5	2.5	2.5
Rent over 30% of income	44.8%	47.7%	47.6%
Demographics
Total population	413,428	4,611,961	334,922,499
Adults over 25	278,503	3,107,436	230,807,303
Total households	164,378	1,804,780	129,227,496
Household size	2.5	2.5	2.5
Income & Poverty
Household income	$60,892	$60,756	$80,734
Per capita income	$35,892	$35,038	$44,673
Poverty rate	18.4%	18.9%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.3%	4.0%
Rent over 30% of income	44.8%	47.7%	47.6%
Housing
Rent	$977	$1,064	$1,413
Year built	1987	1983	1980
Households that rent	31.8%	32.6%	34.8%
Households that own	68.2%	67.4%	65.2%
Rooms per home (all homes)	5.4	5.5	5.5
Race
White	66.9%	56.9%	61%
Black	22.8%	30.7%	12.2%
Asian	1.6%	1.7%	6%
Two or more races	7.3%	7.4%	12.6%
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	7.2%	19.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	94.4%	92.8%	80.7%
Commute
Commute rate	91.1%	91.9%	84.9%
Commute time to work	25.0 min	26.0 min	26.0 min
Work from home	8.9%	8.1%	15.1%
Education
Less than high school	27.3%	30.4%	27.5%
High school graduate or GED	34.7%	32.5%	26%
Some college or associate degree	10.3%	10%	10.7%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	27.6%	27%	35.7%