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Lafayette Parish
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parish in Louisiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Louisiana
- Founded
- January 17, 1823
- Named after
- Marquis de la Fayette
- Seat
- Lafayette
- Largest city
- Lafayette
- President
- Monique Blanco Boulet ( R )
- Total
- 269 sq mi (700 km )
- Land
- 269 sq mi (700 km )
- Water
- 0.5 sq mi (1.3 km ) 0.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 257,949
- Density
- 899/sq mi (347/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional districts
- 3rd , 6th
- Website
- www .lafayettetravel .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Louisiana
- Contains
- Lafayette
- Capital
- Lafayette
- Population
- 241753
- Area
- 700
- Shares border with
- Acadia Parish
- Official website
- lafayettela.gov
- Image
- Lafayette Parish Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 92476
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- different from
- Lafayette County
- Commons category
- Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
- topic's main category
- Category:Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
- inception
- 1823-01-17
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
- water as percent of area
- 0.2
- native label
- Lafayette Parish
- per capita income
- 33254
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Lafayette Parish (French: Paroisse de Lafayette) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. According to the 2020 U.S. census, the parish had a population of 241,753, up from 221,578 at the 2010 United States census. The parish seat and largest city is Lafayette. The parish was founded in 1823. Since 1996, the city and parish have operated as a consolidated government.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lafayette Parish” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.