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Why hasn't Lake Charles been able to keep up with the population growth of Lafayette?
Posted on 11/28/18 at 11:29 am
Posted on 11/28/18 at 11:29 am
Lake Charles, LA Lafayette, LA United States
Population 76,070 127,657 321,418,820
Population - 2010 71,224 118,803 308,745,538
Population - 2000 71,757 110,257 285,036,114
Population - 1990 70,580 94,440 251,960,433
Pop. 1990 to Now 7.78% 35.17% 27.57%
Pop. 2000 to Now 6.01% 15.78% 12.76%
Population 76,070 127,657 321,418,820
Population - 2010 71,224 118,803 308,745,538
Population - 2000 71,757 110,257 285,036,114
Population - 1990 70,580 94,440 251,960,433
Pop. 1990 to Now 7.78% 35.17% 27.57%
Pop. 2000 to Now 6.01% 15.78% 12.76%
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Posted on 11/28/18 at 11:30 am to Kingpenm3
B/c Lafayette is growing faster.
Your chart sucks.
Your chart sucks.
This post was edited on 11/28/18 at 11:31 am
Posted on 11/28/18 at 11:31 am to Kingpenm3
Nobody wants to live in a fancy city with a loop.
Posted on 11/28/18 at 11:32 am to Kingpenm3
If those numbers are right, I'm pretty surprised Lake Charles has only grown by ~6,000 people since 1990.
Posted on 11/28/18 at 11:32 am to Kingpenm3
Your chart is aids
Posted on 11/28/18 at 11:34 am to LSUBoo
Do those Lafayette numbers take in surrounding small towns? The Lake Charles number is strictly Lake Charles proper and doesn't include Sulphur, Westlake, Moss Bluff or Vinton.
This post was edited on 11/28/18 at 11:35 am
Posted on 11/28/18 at 11:34 am to VermilionTiger
Posted on 11/28/18 at 11:34 am to Kingpenm3
Lake Chuck didn’t take in everybody from the Berry like Lafayette did
Posted on 11/28/18 at 11:37 am to Kingpenm3
They crave the Lafayette culture enhanced by the surrounding areas.
Ever heard of a Sulphur haircut? Neither has anyone else.
Ever heard of a Sulphur haircut? Neither has anyone else.
Posted on 11/28/18 at 11:38 am to Kingpenm3
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This post was edited on 3/3/21 at 2:11 am
Posted on 11/28/18 at 11:38 am to Kingpenm3
that chart is sexy
Posted on 11/28/18 at 11:40 am to Kingpenm3
The Lake Charles area got hit hard by Hurricane Rita in '05 which probably is to blame for the stagnant population growth that appears between 2000 and 2010. After that, the growth begins again.
Posted on 11/28/18 at 11:40 am to Kingpenm3
If I recall (I'm 62), Lake Chuck and Las Vegas, Nevada had roughly the same population in the 1960 Census.
We took too long to build the casinos.
We took too long to build the casinos.
Posted on 11/28/18 at 11:40 am to LCBayou
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Do those Lafayette numbers take in surrounding small towns?
I don't think so. Everything I can find has Lafayette (city) around 127/128 and Lafayette (Parish) around 240. The Parish is pretty small so I don't think there would be that big of a difference if it was taking in surrounding areas.
Posted on 11/28/18 at 11:41 am to Kingpenm3
LC has grown enough. Stay out
Posted on 11/28/18 at 11:48 am to LCBayou
quote:
Do those Lafayette numbers take in surrounding small towns? The Lake Charles number is strictly Lake Charles proper and doesn't include Sulphur, Westlake, Moss Bluff or Vinton.
Lafayette metro 490k
Lake Charles metro 190k
Posted on 11/28/18 at 11:51 am to Ash Williams
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Lake Chuck didn’t take in everybody from the Berry like Lafayette did
Yep. Lafayette Parish is going to turn New Iberia into Opelousas/Ville Platte/Jeanerette within 10-20 years.
Posted on 11/28/18 at 11:57 am to NIH
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Yep. Lafayette Parish is going to turn New Iberia into Opelousas/Ville Platte/Jeanerette within 10-20 years.
It's sort of sad in Louisiana that these sorts of charming looking smaller towns (mostly New Iberia and Opelousas, not so much Ville Platte and Jeanerette) closer to bigger growing cities aren't able to become fashionable bedroom communities to those growing cities, like in a lot of other states. Instead they become sort of sad wastelands, while we create more bland suburbia around the growing cities for the people who lived in these towns to now move to.
Posted on 11/28/18 at 12:04 pm to Kingpenm3
Lafayette is like fricking high school
Big facts.
Big facts.
Posted on 11/28/18 at 12:04 pm to Kingpenm3
Lafayette MSA is closer to 650,000
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