Lafayette Parish, Louisiana Basics:
Lafayette Parish Louisiana - Government Site
Population: 226,886
Area: 269 square miles
Parish seat: Lafayette
Area code(s) in use: 337
Time zone: CST
High school graduate or higher: 85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 27.5%
Median household income: $49,705
Persons in poverty: 16.6%
Home ownership rate: 64.8%
Mean travel time to work: 21.9 minutes
Adjacent counties:
Acadia Iberia St. Landry St. Martin Vermilion