Lafayette Parish, LA Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on March 3, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 241.17K Lafayette Parish, LA population, 93.63K had Other Groups ancestry (38.82%), 42.81K had Unclassified ancestry (17.75%), and 40.69K had French (except Basque) ancestry (16.87%).
The chart below shows the top 10 ancestry groups by percentage, and the table below shows both the population and percentages for many ancestry groups.
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NB: People could belong to one or more ancestry groups.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Lafayette Parish, LA Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Population | Percent of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Other Groups | 93631 | 38.82 |
| Unclassified | 42812 | 17.75 |
| French (except Basque) | 40691 | 16.87 |
| German | 17491 | 7.25 |
| American | 14585 | 6.05 |
| French Canadian | 14516 | 6.02 |
| English | 12483 | 5.18 |
| Irish | 12246 | 5.08 |
| Italian | 8212 | 3.41 |
| Cajun | 7255 | 3.01 |
| Scottish | 2235 | 0.93 |
| European | 1773 | 0.74 |
| Scotch Irish | 1575 | 0.65 |
| Lebanese | 1104 | 0.46 |
| Dutch | 1081 | 0.45 |
| British | 1040 | 0.43 |
| Polish | 1035 | 0.43 |
| Subsaharan African | 761 | 0.32 |
| Russian | 713 | 0.30 |
| Welsh | 685 | 0.28 |
| African | 655 | 0.27 |
| West Indian (except Hispanic groups) | 565 | 0.23 |
| Norwegian | 515 | 0.21 |
| Swedish | 506 | 0.21 |
| Jamaican | 468 | 0.19 |
| Canadian | 361 | 0.15 |
| Belgian | 329 | 0.14 |
| Portuguese | 320 | 0.13 |
| Hungarian | 300 | 0.12 |
| Danish | 295 | 0.12 |
| Eastern European | 233 | 0.10 |
| Romanian | 217 | 0.09 |
| Scandinavian | 195 | 0.08 |
| Arab | 178 | 0.07 |
| Egyptian | 168 | 0.07 |
| Greek | 143 | 0.06 |
| Croatian | 136 | 0.06 |
| Northern European | 128 | 0.05 |
| Austrian | 98 | 0.04 |
| Iranian | 83 | 0.03 |
| Yugoslavian | 83 | 0.03 |
| Czechoslovakian | 81 | 0.03 |
| Maltese | 69 | 0.03 |
| Brazilian | 68 | 0.03 |
| Syrian | 64 | 0.03 |
| Lithuanian | 63 | 0.03 |
| Ukrainian | 57 | 0.02 |
| Swiss | 55 | 0.02 |
| Haitian | 53 | 0.02 |
| Palestinian | 38 | 0.02 |
| Nigerian | 33 | 0.01 |
| Iraqi | 32 | 0.01 |
| Jordanian | 29 | 0.01 |
| Slovak | 27 | 0.01 |
| Armenian | 26 | 0.01 |
| Finnish | 26 | 0.01 |
| Latvian | 23 | 0.01 |
| Trinidadian and Tobagonian | 23 | 0.01 |
| West Indian | 20 | 0.01 |
| Bulgarian | 19 | 0.01 |
| Turkish | 18 | 0.01 |
| Australian | 17 | 0.01 |
| Czech | 17 | 0.01 |
| Serbian | 16 | 0.01 |
| Celtic | 10 | 0.00 |
| New Zealander | 10 | 0.00 |
| Basque | 9 | 0.00 |
| South African | 9 | 0.00 |
| Slavic | 1 | 0.00 |
| Belizean | 1 | 0.00 |