2022 population: 188,717 ( 15,937 from 2010 , 2,468 from 2020)
Land area: 498.9 square miles
Population density: 378.3 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	139,405	73.87%	0.4%
Black:	11,598	6.15%	72.3%
Indian:	387	0.21%	10.9%
Asian:	15,570	8.25%	45.2%
2+ races:	4,203	2.23%	42.9%
Hispanic:	17,554	9.30%	35.6%

Total non-White:	49,312	26.13%	45.4%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	4,694	12.6
Deaths:	3,102	8.3
Net Migration:	-1,691	-4.5
Net Immigration:	2,386	6.4

Change in White population:	550	0.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	15,387	8.9

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
172,780
138,855	80.37%
6,731	3.90%
349	0.20%
10,720	6.20%
2,941	1.70%
12,947	7.49%
33,925	19.63%

2000
148,955
128,653	86.37%
3,698	2.48%
350	0.23%
6,661	4.47%
1,539	1.03%
7,834	5.26%
20,302	13.63%

1990
130,598
121,222	92.82%
2,470	1.89%
213	0.16%
4,938	3.78%
n/a
1,755	1.34%
9,376	7.18%

1980
121,702
116,533	95.75%
1,873	1.54%
92	0.08%
1,754	1.44%
n/a
1,351	1.11%
5,169	4.25%

1970
109,378
106,189	97.08%
1,025	0.94%
94	0.09%
641	0.59%
n/a
1,109	1.01%
3,189	2.92%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
19,448	13.1
9,412	6.3
1,340	0.9
8,524	5.7

10,202	6.8
13,623	9.1

Number	Rate
1990's
18,051	13.8
9,435	7.2
-2,813	-2.2
1,766	1.4

7,431	5.7
10,926	8.4

Number	Rate
1980's
17,644	14.5
8,437	6.9
-463	-0.4
n/a

4,689	3.9
4,207	3.5

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
1,286	1.2
n/a

10,344	9.5
1,980	1.8

Age, Family & Household Data for Lafayette, IN Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
29.1
39,679	21.0%
149,038	79.0%
23,786	12.6%

76,639
2.34

41,588	54.3%
31,661	76.1%
4,022	9.7%
35,051	45.7%

2010
Number	Percent
27.7
35,717	20.7%
137,063	79.3%
16,379	9.5%

65,532
2.42

37,003	56.5%
27,781	75.1%
4,055	11.0%
28,529	43.5%

2000
Number	Percent
27.5
31,082	20.9%
117,873	79.1%
13,462	9.0%

55,239
2.42

32,644	59.1%
26,219	80.3%
3,052	9.3%
22,595	40.9%

1990
Number	Percent
26.8
27,429	21.0%
103,169	79.0%
12,275	9.4%

45,509
2.51

28,975	63.7%
24,592	84.9%
1,931	6.7%
16,534	36.3%

1980
Number	Percent
24.7
28,041	23.0%
93,661	77.0%
9,926	8.2%

40,759
2.58

27,634	67.8%
24,099	87.2%
1,669	6.0%
13,125	32.2%

2022 Housing Data for Lafayette, IN Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	6,480	8.5%
$10,000 to $14,999	3,365	4.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	2,642	3.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	4,053	5.3%
$25,000 to $29,999	4,363	5.7%
$30,000 to $34,999	3,862	5.0%
$35,000 to $39,999	3,180	4.1%
$40,000 to $44,999	3,367	4.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	2,640	3.4%
$50,000 to $59,999	6,584	8.6%
$60,000 to $74,999	6,846	8.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	9,320	12.2%
$100,000 to $124,999	7,262	9.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	4,584	6.0%
$150,000 to $199,999	4,255	5.6%
$200,000 or more	3,836	5.0%

Median Household Income	56,467
Per Capita Income	30,961

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	87

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	2,649	3.5%
Public Assistance	922	1.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	6,017	7.9%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	83,955	67.0%
Unemployed	3,262	2.6%
In Armed Forces	123	0.1%

Total Labor Force	87,340	69.7%
Not in Labor Force	38,009	30.3%

Real Unemployment Rate		32.9%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	36,451	26,441	58.0%
Non-Profit	3,546	5,248	40.3%
Self-Employed	4,175	2,109	66.4%

Local Government	1,708	3,056	35.9%
State Government	6,552	5,572	54.0%
Federal Government	459	403	53.2%

Total Private + Self	40,626	28,550	58.7%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	12,265	14,279	46.2%
Total	52,891	42,829	55.3%

Pct. Govt.	18.5%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	12,109	12.6%
Sales and Office Occupations	16,582	17.3%
Professional, Technical	28,053	29.3%
Service Occupations	16,062	16.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	294	0.3%
All others	23,076	24.1%

White Collar		59.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Educational services	20,941	514.0%
Manufacturing	18,024	442.4%
Health care and social assistance	10,320	253.3%
Retail trade	9,398	230.7%
Accommodation and food services	7,929	194.6%
Construction	4,829	118.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	4,556	111.8%
Other services	3,816	93.7%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	2,927	71.8%
Transportation and warehousing	2,771	68.0%
Finance and insurance	2,431	59.7%
Public administration	2,067	50.7%
Wholesale trade	1,509	37.0%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,187	29.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	950	23.3%
Real estate and rental and leasing	916	22.5%
Information	802	19.7%
Utilities	425	10.4%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	75	1.8%
Management	9	0.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	11,761	6.02%
Puerto Rican	892	0.46%
Cuban	584	0.30%
Dominican	59	0.03%

Total Central American	1,423	0.73%
Costa Rican	50	0.03%
Guatemalan	691	0.35%
Honduran	30	0.02%
Nicaraguan	79	0.04%
Panamanian	437	0.22%
Salvadoran	136	0.07%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	1,354	0.69%
Argentinean	107	0.05%
Bolivian	34	0.02%
Chilean	9	0.00%
Colombian	389	0.20%
Ecuadorian	247	0.13%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	158	0.08%
Uruguayan	20	0.01%
Venezuelan	390	0.20%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	787	0.40%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	4,838	2.48%
Chinese	4,620	2.36%
Korean	1,551	0.79%
Japanese	793	0.41%
Filipino	601	0.31%
Vietnamese	552	0.28%
Taiwanese	394	0.20%
Thai	297	0.15%
Indonesian	230	0.12%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	160,159	86.7%
Spanish	8,714	4.7%
Chinese	3,943	2.1%
Other Indo-European	3,598	1.9%
Other Asian	2,565	1.4%
Korean	1,272	0.7%
Other	1,128	0.6%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	757	0.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun	697	0.4%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	37,844	19.4%
Irish	18,361	9.4%
English	18,340	9.4%
American	8,834	4.5%
Italian	5,339	2.7%
Polish	5,059	2.6%
European	4,347	2.2%
Scottish	4,304	2.2%
Dutch	3,555	1.8%
French	3,103	1.6%
Swedish	2,138	1.1%
Norwegian	1,471	0.8%
British	1,429	0.7%
Scotch-Irish	1,255	0.6%
Welsh	994	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	179,969	92.1%
Not a citizen	15,440	7.9%

Native	173,225	88.6%
Foreign-born	22,184	11.4%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
3,209	2.9%	5,511	5.0%	30,552	27.8%	28,788	26.2%	23,789	21.7%	17,882	16.3%
Average years of education: 13.9

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	3,209	2.9%
9-12 Years	5,511	5.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	30,552	27.8%
Some College	28,788	26.2%
Bach. Degree	23,789	21.7%
Grad Degree	17,882	16.3%
Average years of education: 13.9

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	69,468	67,581	1,887	2.7%
1991	69,014	67,111	1,903	2.8%
1992	69,921	67,457	2,464	3.5%
1993	72,437	70,152	2,285	3.2%
1994	74,178	71,735	2,443	3.3%
1995	76,915	74,843	2,072	2.7%
1996	77,084	75,022	2,062	2.7%
1997	77,489	75,715	1,774	2.3%
1998	78,193	76,603	1,590	2.0%
1999	79,209	77,533	1,676	2.1%

2000	82,384	80,231	2,153	2.6%
2001	83,410	80,505	2,905	3.5%
2002	84,497	80,827	3,670	4.3%
2003	82,016	78,178	3,838	4.7%
2004	82,297	78,349	3,948	4.8%
2005	84,082	80,070	4,012	4.8%
2006	85,286	81,698	3,588	4.2%
2007	86,358	82,946	3,412	4.0%
2008	88,700	84,541	4,159	4.7%
2009	89,514	81,170	8,344	9.3%

2010	90,760	82,888	7,872	8.7%
2011	91,947	85,208	6,739	7.3%
2012	92,744	86,370	6,374	6.9%
2013	93,957	87,740	6,217	6.6%
2014	95,462	90,631	4,831	5.1%
2015	97,205	93,077	4,128	4.2%
2016	98,598	94,618	3,980	4.0%
2017	99,505	96,341	3,164	3.2%
2018	102,242	99,043	3,199	3.1%
2019	102,157	99,163	2,994	2.9%

2020	98,148	91,996	6,152	6.3%
2021	98,542	95,006	3,536	3.6%
2022	102,014	99,139	2,875	2.8%
2023	103,264	100,230	3,034	2.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	81,776
Median Value	$197,150

Occupied	76,639	93.7%
Vacant	5,137	6.3%

Owned	41,485	54.1%
Rented	35,154	45.9%
Median Rent	$1,012

Single-Family Units	51,376	62.8%
Detached	49,117	60.1%
Attached	2,259	2.8%
Buldings with 5+ Units	20,611	25.2%
Mobile Homes	2,508	3.1%

Lafayette, IN Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Lafayette, IN Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Lafayette, IN Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Lafayette, IN Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Lafayette, IN Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Lafayette, IN Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Lafayette, IN Market Area