Lafayette, Colorado Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Lafayette is 20th in Colorado out of 109 other cities in Female residents

Lafayette is 20th in Colorado out of 109 other cities in Race - Asian

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General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Lafayette	Rank	Colorado	US
Current population (2012)	25,733	26th	5,187,582	313,914,040
Size in square miles	9.5	48th	103,641.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	2,584.1	35th	48.5	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Lafayette	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents younger than 5	7.0%	59th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.4%	61st	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	8.1%	75th	11.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lafayette	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	92.1%	53rd	89.7%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	51.3%	24th	36.3%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lafayette	Rank	Colorado	US
Race - White	85.6%	57th	88.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.1%	58th	4.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.9%	52nd	1.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	3.8%	20th	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	96th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.2%	40th	2.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	46th	21.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	74.4%	60th	69.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lafayette	Rank	Colorado	US
Female residents	51.1%	20th	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	12.5%	26th	9.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Lafayette	Rank	Colorado	US
Housing units	9,997	30th	2,224,603	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	14.1%	71st	25.7%	25.9%
Households	9,758	30th	1,941,193	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	74.5%	38th	66.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$257,000	44th	$236,700	$186,200
People per household	2.5	69th	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Lafayette	Rank	Colorado	US
Income per capita	$36,616	32nd	$30,816	$27,915
Income per household	$69,840	38th	$57,685	$52,762
Income below poverty line	10.8%	53rd	12.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Lafayette	Rank	Colorado	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,057	29th	547,770	27,092,908
Retail sales	$203,434	46th	$65,896,788	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,086	62nd	$13,609	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$25,638	42nd	$11,440,395	$613,795,732

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