Lafayette, Colorado


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Lafayette
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Population 2002:23,809
Population 2000:23,197
Elevation:5,236 feet
Population growth:+612 (+2.64%)
Foreign born:9.8% (5.2% Latin America, 3.0% Asia, 1.3% Europe)
Land area:8.9 square miles
County:Boulder
Industries:Educational,health and social services (19.5%), Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (15.1%), Manufacturing (14.0%), Retail trade (11.1%).
Races
White Non-Hispanic:77.6%
Hispanic:16.4%
Other race:6.8%
Two or more races:2.6%
American Indian:1.4%
Other Asian:1.1%
Black:0.9%
Chinese:0.8%
Marital Status
Now married:57.5%
Never married:26.3%
Divorced:11.5%
Widowed:3.1%
Separated:1.6%
Median
House value:$193,700
Household income:$56,376
Resident age:33.8 years
Lafayette Compared to Colorado State Average
House age:much below
Number of rooms per house:much above
Hispanic race population percentage:above
Length of stay since moving in:much below
Black race population percentage:much below
Unemployed percentage:much below
Population density:below
Renting percentage:much below
Education
High school or higher:91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher:45.6%
Graduate or professional degree:17.0%
Unemployed:2.6%
Crime Statistics
2002 larceny counts:515 (2119.0 per 100,000)
2002 crime index:300.6 - nationwide average is 329, higher means more crime
2002 assaults:149 (613.1 per 100,000)
2002 burglaries:125 (514.3 per 100,000)
2002 auto thefts:36 (148.1 per 100,000)
2002 rapes:10 (41.1 per 100,000)
2002 robberies:9 (37.0 per 100,000)
2002 murder:1 (4.1 per 100,000)
Ancestries
German:22.8%
Irish:13.2%
English:13.0%
Italian:5.1%
United States:4.3%
Scottish:4.1%
 

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Lafayette, Colorado ZIP Codes: 80026