Marital Status in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana (Parish)

Marital Status#1

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of Louisiana and Lafayette Parish
Female Male
Louisiana
Lafayette Parish
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedMarriedSeparated/DivorcedWidowed-35.308497%-32.168884%-35.308497%35%35.308497%5.665123%32.168884%6.082943%40.973620%41%34,23334.2k37,26137.3k-41.217485%-41.586104%-41.217485%41%41.217485%4.483480%41.586104%4.054452%45.700964%46%39,96240.0k41,56041.6k-11.131638%-4.785189%-13.080363%-3.190477%-15.916827%16%11.131638%13.080363%11.131638%11%15,43215.4k10,12310.1k-2.193778%-5.363414%-3.027254%-6.946919%-7.557192%8%2.193778%3.027254%2.193778%2%7,3271,995
F number of females of given marital status
M number of males of given marital status

Detailed Marital Status#2

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of Louisiana and Lafayette Parish
Female Male
Louisiana
Lafayette Parish
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedNow MarriedSeparatedAbsent SpouseWidowedDivorced-35.308497%-32.168884%-35.308497%35%35.308497%5.665123%32.168884%6.082943%40.973620%41%34,23334.2k37,26137.3k-39.523898%-39.553917%-39.523898%40%39.523898%4.056964%39.553917%3.322013%43.580862%44%38,32038.3k39,63239.6k-1.585678%-1.031027%-2.283708%-0.773773%-2.616705%3%1.585678%2.283708%1.585678%2%2,5371,442-1.693587%-2.032187%-1.693587%2%1.693587%0.426516%2.032187%0.732439%2.120102%2%1,6421,928-2.193778%-5.363414%-3.027254%-6.946919%-7.557192%8%2.193778%3.027254%2.193778%2%7,3271,995-9.545959%-3.754162%-10.796655%-2.416704%-13.300122%13%9.545959%10.796655%9.545959%10%12,89512.9k8,681
F number of females of given marital status
M number of males of given marital status

The Married by Sex and Age#4

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Louisiana and Lafayette Parish
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1715.082%15.1%59.597%59.6%34.632%34.6%70.882%70.9%54.340%54.3%70.080%70.1%55.185%55.2%67.377%67.4%54.891%54.9%66.173%66.2%56.477%56.5%56.890%56.9%52.813%52.8%60.223%60.2%54.424%54.4%63.025%63.0%51.554%51.6%51.487%51.5%53.896%53.9%50.022%50.0%30.777%30.8%23.387%23.4%8.803%8.80%6.520%6.52%0.579%0.58%0.595%0.59%0.656%0.66%0.132%0.13%
F percentage of married females in age cohort
M percentage of married males in age cohort

The Divorced1 by Sex and Age#5

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Louisiana and Lafayette Parish
Female
Male
0%5%10%15%20%25%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1713.803%13.8%6.718%6.72%15.753%15.8%10.417%10.4%18.631%18.6%13.595%13.6%25.777%25.8%18.348%18.3%26.406%26.4%19.721%19.7%23.413%23.4%21.240%21.2%26.480%26.5%18.580%18.6%22.246%22.2%17.615%17.6%19.677%19.7%11.758%11.8%12.704%12.7%6.646%6.65%6.755%6.75%4.298%4.30%1.286%1.29%0.769%0.77%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.197%0.20%0.000%0%
F percentage of divorced females in age cohort
M percentage of divorced males in age cohort
1and Separated

The Never Married by Sex and Age#6

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Louisiana and Lafayette Parish
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%100%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 171.965%1.97%1.152%1.15%4.459%4.46%6.024%6.02%7.485%7.48%7.525%7.52%6.567%6.57%10.343%10.3%11.607%11.6%12.752%12.8%15.866%15.9%20.140%20.1%17.975%18.0%20.373%20.4%22.992%23.0%18.196%18.2%28.044%28.0%36.755%36.8%32.925%32.9%43.267%43.3%62.468%62.5%72.315%72.3%89.911%89.9%92.711%92.7%99.421%99.4%99.405%99.4%99.147%99.1%99.868%99.9%
F percentage of never married females in age cohort
M percentage of never married males in age cohort

The Widowed by Sex and Age#7

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Louisiana and Lafayette Parish
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1769.150%69.1%32.534%32.5%45.155%45.2%12.676%12.7%19.544%19.5%8.800%8.80%12.470%12.5%3.932%3.93%7.097%7.10%1.354%1.35%4.243%4.24%1.731%1.73%2.732%2.73%0.824%0.82%0.338%0.34%1.164%1.16%0.726%0.73%0.000%0%0.475%0.47%0.065%0.07%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%
F percentage of widowed females in age cohort
M percentage of widowed males in age cohort

The Married by Age#8

Percentage of age cohort. Gray areas represent percentile bands from the counties in Louisiana.
Scope: population of Louisiana and Lafayette Parish
Lafayette Parish
Louisiana
Percentile:
0th - 100th
10th - 90th
20th - 80th
30th - 70th
40th - 60th
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%Count85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 179513,9219,4647,7639,2318,9928,1088,1968,2569,4895,6491,4303636
Count number of married in age cohort in Lafayette Parish

Marital Status by Race#9

Percentage of each ethno-racial group.
Scope: population of Louisiana and Lafayette Parish
Lafayette Parish
Louisiana
Divorced
Widowed
Separated
Married
Never Married
60%40%20%0%20%40%CountAsian2White1Other2White HispanicBlack2Mixed2-37.982973%-1.407990%-2.685003%-34.863069%-1.120909%-5.185369%-42.075966%42%52.554028%5.370007%54.626467%4.204186%57.924034%58%3,054-31.763263%-1.341005%-12.106318%-26.974621%-1.882322%-12.356394%-45.210585%45%49.510809%5.278606%51.787664%6.999000%54.789415%55%128,784129k-40.185759%-5.758514%-9.783282%-36.803114%-3.825684%-9.954335%-55.727554%56%42.600619%1.671827%45.551759%3.865107%44.272446%44%1,615-42.845286%-4.399070%-9.428951%-40.148338%-3.144387%-8.987800%-56.673307%57%40.687251%2.639442%43.896649%3.822826%43.326693%43%6,024-53.962750%-3.954026%-10.684376%-50.117404%-4.225140%-12.266749%-68.601152%69%26.901771%4.497078%26.865291%6.525417%31.398848%31%45,85245.9k-56.747270%-1.482059%-10.842434%-48.143192%-3.326609%-11.124377%-69.071763%69%26.560062%4.368175%33.504879%3.900943%30.928237%31%2,564
Count number of people of given race
1non-Hispanic 2including Hispanic

Map of Marital Status by County Subdivision in Lafayette Parish

Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#10

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
23%29%35%41%46%52%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by County Subdivision#11

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
11.0%12.4%13.8%15.2%16.6%18.1%

Widowed Marital Status by County Subdivision#12

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
3.9%4.5%5.1%5.7%6.3%6.9%

Never Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#13

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
30%36%42%48%53%59%
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Map of Marital Status by Tract in Lafayette Parish

Married Marital Status by Tract#14

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
13%23%33%42%52%62%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Tract#15

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
5.9%9.4%12.8%16.3%19.7%23.2%

Widowed Marital Status by Tract#16

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
1.6%3.5%5.2%7.0%8.8%10.6%

Never Married Marital Status by Tract#17

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
21%32%42%53%63%74%
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Map of Marital Status by Block Group in Lafayette Parish

Married Marital Status by Block Group#18

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
6%21%36%51%65%80%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Block Group#19

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
1%7%13%20%26%32%

Widowed Marital Status by Block Group#20

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%3.4%6.7%10.1%13.4%16.8%

Never Married Marital Status by Block Group#21

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
13%29%44%59%74%90%
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Marital Status by Place in Lafayette Parish

There are 8 places that are fully or partially contained within Lafayette Parish (6 fully and 2 partially). This section compares all 8 of those to each other, Lafayette Parish, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Lafayette Parish.

Married by Place#22

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Lafayette Parish, selected places in Lafayette Parish, and entities that contain Lafayette Parish
0%20%40%Count#MiltonYoungsvilleBroussardScottWest South CentralUnited StatesSouthLafayetteLouisianaLafayette ParLafayetteLafayetteCarencroDusonOssun59.422750%59.422750%59%1,400157.989950%57.989950%58%4,616253.506364%53.506364%54%4,288349.381687%49.381687%49%3,554448.707119%48.707119%49%14,691,67414.7M48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M45.505420%45.505420%46%174,096174k43.547391%43.547391%44%1,618,2551.62M43.387460%43.387460%43%81,52281.5k43.387460%43.387460%43%81,52281.5k38.316444%38.316444%38%39,55139.6k538.036530%38.036530%38%2,499635.167977%35.167977%35%492732.888540%32.888540%33%4198
Count number of this marital status
# rank of place out of 8 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County Subdivision in Lafayette Parish

There are 7 county subdivisions in Lafayette Parish. This section compares all 7 of those to each other, Lafayette Parish, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Lafayette Parish.

Married by County Subdivision#26

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Lafayette Parish, selected county subdivisions in Lafayette Parish, and entities that contain Lafayette Parish
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#District FDistrict GWest South CentralUnited StatesSouthDistrict BLafayetteDistrict ALouisianaLafayette ParLafayetteDistrict EDistrict CDistrict D51.955603%51.955603%52%13,76213.8k151.618324%51.618324%52%24,87924.9k248.707119%48.707119%49%14,691,67414.7M48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M46.219600%46.219600%46%19,19519.2k345.505420%45.505420%46%174,096174k43.753032%43.753032%44%9,921443.547391%43.547391%44%1,618,2551.62M43.387460%43.387460%43%81,52281.5k43.387460%43.387460%43%81,52281.5k33.439619%33.439619%33%6,607525.575695%25.575695%26%3,443623.539475%23.539475%24%3,7157
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county subdivision out of 7 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County in the Lafayette Area

There are 5 counties in the Lafayette Area. This section compares Lafayette Parish to all of the counties in the Lafayette Area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Lafayette Parish.

Married by County#30

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Lafayette Parish, selected other counties in the Lafayette Area, and entities that contain Lafayette Parish
0%10%20%30%40%Count#St. MartinWest South CentralVermilionUnited StatesSouthAcadiaLafayetteIberiaLouisianaLafayette ParLafayette49.296740%49.296740%49%20,85420.9k148.707119%48.707119%49%14,691,67414.7M48.633115%48.633115%49%22,59322.6k248.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.685510%47.685510%48%23,09623.1k345.505420%45.505420%46%174,096174k45.273666%45.273666%45%26,03126.0k443.547391%43.547391%44%1,618,2551.62M43.387460%43.387460%43%81,52281.5k43.387460%43.387460%43%81,52281.5k5
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county out of 5 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County in Louisiana

There are 64 counties in Louisiana. This section compares Lafayette Parish to the 50 most populous counties in Louisiana and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Lafayette Parish. The least populous of the compared counties has a population of 16,452.

Married by County#34

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Lafayette Parish, selected other counties in Louisiana, and entities that contain Lafayette Parish
0%20%40%Count#BeauregardVernonAscensionSt. TammanySabinePlaqueminesLivingstonSt. CharlesLafourcheSt. MartinUnionWest South CentralVermilionAssumptionUnited StatesBossierTerrebonneSouthWest Baton RougeAcadiaJefferson DavisRichlandCalcasieuSt. JamesGrantDe SotoLafayetteSt. John the BaptistIberiaAvoyellesWebsterRapidesTangipahoaWashingtonSt. LandryLouisianaJeffersonLafayette ParLafayetteEvangelinePointe CoupeeSt. BernardMorehouseEast FelicianaFranklinConcordiaOuachitaNatchitochesAllenSt. MaryIbervilleCaddoEast Baton RougeClaiborneLincolnOrleans54.150566%54.150566%54%15,69515.7k153.897595%53.897595%54%21,60021.6k253.745164%53.745164%54%48,34748.3k352.879017%52.879017%53%103,985104k451.480272%51.480272%51%9,929551.343397%51.343397%51%9,421650.168744%50.168744%50%53,21853.2k749.679334%49.679334%50%20,76020.8k849.365489%49.365489%49%38,66738.7k949.296740%49.296740%49%20,85420.9k1048.782231%48.782231%49%8,8731148.707119%48.707119%49%14,691,67414.7M48.633115%48.633115%49%22,59322.6k1248.113157%48.113157%48%8,9631348.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M48.028699%48.028699%48%47,19347.2k1447.951943%47.951943%48%42,50742.5k1547.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.688748%47.688748%48%9,4811647.685510%47.685510%48%23,09623.1k1747.445521%47.445521%47%11,75711.8k1847.065250%47.065250%47%7,7541946.861459%46.861459%47%73,21473.2k2046.661683%46.661683%47%8,1142146.603216%46.603216%47%8,5202245.813126%45.813126%46%9,9192345.505420%45.505420%46%174,096174k45.381491%45.381491%45%15,75615.8k2445.273666%45.273666%45%26,03126.0k2545.097920%45.097920%45%14,87614.9k2644.639137%44.639137%45%14,57214.6k2744.271783%44.271783%44%46,35346.4k2844.073012%44.073012%44%44,40444.4k2943.796820%43.796820%44%16,25316.3k3043.672644%43.672644%44%28,29928.3k3143.547391%43.547391%44%1,618,2551.62M43.510408%43.510408%44%154,532155k3243.387460%43.387460%43%81,52281.5k43.387460%43.387460%43%81,52281.5k3343.384349%43.384349%43%11,50911.5k3443.188726%43.188726%43%7,8153542.856722%42.856722%43%14,54614.5k3642.783092%42.783092%43%9,0793742.662505%42.662505%43%7,1083842.615614%42.615614%43%6,8563942.004330%42.004330%42%6,7904041.249665%41.249665%41%50,78750.8k4139.935013%39.935013%40%12,53612.5k4239.897113%39.897113%40%8,3764339.503835%39.503835%40%16,68816.7k4439.304067%39.304067%39%10,70810.7k4539.086945%39.086945%39%78,70078.7k4638.867415%38.867415%39%140,173140k4737.188062%37.188062%37%5,1714835.916312%35.916312%36%14,19714.2k4929.941547%29.941547%30%94,71294.7k50
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county out of 50 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County in the United States

There are 3,142 counties in the United States. This section compares Lafayette Parish to the 50 most populous counties in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Lafayette Parish. The least populous of the compared counties has a population of 941,618.

Married by County#38

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Lafayette Parish, selected other counties in the United States, and entities that contain Lafayette Parish
0%20%40%Count#FairfaxSanta ClaraMontgomeryNassauOaklandSalt LakeContra CostaWakeSuffolkFairfieldOrangeHonoluluMiddlesexWestchesterKingTarrantWest South CentralAlamedaSt. LouisRiversideUnited StatesSouthSan DiegoHarrisHennepinPalm BeachMaricopaLafayetteQueensAlleghenySan BernardinoMecklenburgSacramentoPimaDallasHillsboroughBexarClarkFresnoTravisLouisianaLafayette ParLafayetteBrowardOrangeLos AngelesFranklinCookMiami-DadeCuyahogaKingsWayneFultonMilwaukeeNew YorkBronxPhiladelphia55.728918%55.728918%56%505,225505k153.294394%53.294394%53%809,423809k253.282824%53.282824%53%439,757440k353.245234%53.245234%53%593,014593k452.141990%52.141990%52%528,360528k551.927590%51.927590%52%431,457431k651.731163%51.731163%52%462,130462k751.579426%51.579426%52%407,446407k851.112208%51.112208%51%627,478627k950.910406%50.910406%51%387,194387k1050.294014%50.294014%50%1,277,3881.28M1150.234299%50.234299%50%405,114405k1249.887583%49.887583%50%649,460649k1349.779598%49.779598%50%392,203392k1449.697098%49.697098%50%851,934852k1549.287172%49.287172%49%742,044742k1648.707119%48.707119%49%14,691,67414.7M48.279556%48.279556%48%635,456635k1748.178006%48.178006%48%393,649394k1848.085207%48.085207%48%875,082875k1948.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.276963%47.276963%47%1,251,0951.25M2047.227045%47.227045%47%1,613,8101.61M2147.204219%47.204219%47%463,578464k2247.008209%47.008209%47%551,403551k2346.897917%46.897917%47%1,517,5651.52M2445.505420%45.505420%46%174,096174k45.377673%45.377673%45%868,275868k2545.369877%45.369877%45%470,384470k2645.337491%45.337491%45%739,678740k2745.335632%45.335632%45%363,609364k2845.220904%45.220904%45%533,102533k2945.056972%45.056972%45%370,125370k3044.988475%44.988475%45%873,606874k3144.942383%44.942383%45%479,986480k3244.529699%44.529699%45%646,276646k3344.195458%44.195458%44%732,568733k3443.786151%43.786151%44%319,610320k3543.621650%43.621650%44%402,654403k3643.547391%43.547391%44%1,618,2551.62M43.387460%43.387460%43%81,52281.5k43.387460%43.387460%43%81,52281.5k43.023143%43.023143%43%659,232659k3742.666240%42.666240%43%434,574435k3842.518919%42.518919%43%3,471,3473.47M3942.460539%42.460539%42%418,331418k4041.889718%41.889718%42%1,776,1191.78M4140.824687%40.824687%41%901,939902k4240.298035%40.298035%40%417,644418k4340.197400%40.197400%40%840,930841k4438.194735%38.194735%38%540,737541k4537.957569%37.957569%38%305,782306k4637.805425%37.805425%38%286,798287k4733.355074%33.355074%33%477,149477k4831.190048%31.190048%31%352,504353k4929.523746%29.523746%30%374,491374k50
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county out of 50 by percentage of this marital status

Definitions

This page reports on the marital status of the residents of Lafayette Parish aged 15 and older. The following definitions are used in this page:

  • Never Married: a person over the age of 15 that has never been married
  • Married: married and not separated at the time of the survey, including cases where one spouse is absent for reasons other than a separation
  • Separated: including legal and de-facto separations for reasons of marital discord
  • Divorced: and not remarried at the time of the survey
  • Widowed: and not remarried at the time of the survey

These definition were taken directly from the US Census Bureau, and reflect the marital status at the time of the survey.

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Principal City:
Lafayette
Cities:
Broussard, Carencro, Lafayette, Scott, Youngsville
Districts:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G
Towns:
Duson
Unincorporated Places:
Milton, Ossun
ZIP Codes:
70501, 70503, 70506, 70507, 70508, 70517, 70518, 70520, 70529, 70555, 70558, 70578, 70583, 70592
Unified School District:
Lafayette Parish
Congressional District:
LA-3
State Senate Districts:
LA-22, LA-23, LA-24, LA-26
State House Districts:
LA-31, LA-39, LA-42, LA-43, LA-44, LA-45, LA-48, LA-96
Neighboring Parishes:
Acadia, Iberia, St. Landry, St. Martin, Vermilion
Nearby Parishes:
Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Iberville, Jefferson Davis, Pointe Coupee, St. Mary, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana