Lafayette, Louisiana

Lafayette population, 2020 to 2024

Lafayette added 830 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +513. Among 59 Louisiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 17th; the median place changed by -2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Louisiana has 11,686 people, so Lafayette is 10.5 times that size.

Lafayette covers 56.19 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 2,176 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Lafayette is denser than the typical town.

What county Lafayette is in

All of Lafayette's residents live in Lafayette Parish, which had 254,241 residents in 2024. Lafayette holds 48.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lafayette

5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Lafayette by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 70501, 70503, 70506, 70507, 70508. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Lafayette is

The Census internal point of Lafayette is at 30.205600, -92.028100. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 53.1 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Baton Rouge, LA (220,907 people), 55.8 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 12 m (39 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Lafayette

At 30.21° N, Lafayette gets about 14 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Lafayette daylight page.

Places near Lafayette

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Scott, 4.6 miles away, with 9,468 people.