Lafayette, California

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The 2000 Census showed that Lafayette had a population of 23,908 people^<1>. This represents 0.07% of the total population of California.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Lafayette had 9,334 Housing Units^<2> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Lafayette has an area^<3> of 15.2 square miles [39.38 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Lafayette had a 2000 population density of 1,572 people per square mile [607 people/km²].

Contra Costa County

The city of Lafayette is located in Contra Costa County.

The county had a population of 953,304 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 23,908 people, Lafayette contained 2.51% of the Contra Costa County total.

In addition, where the community of Lafayette has a population density of 1,572 people per square mile [607 people/km²], Contra Costa County averages 1,324 people per square mile [511 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Contra Costa County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Lafayette and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Lafayette. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<4>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they haven't created a QuickFact for Lafayette, there are QuickFacts available for the following nearby communities:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Pleasant Hill	QF-0657764	NE	4 mi [6.44 km]<5>	32,862	---
	Walnut Creek	QF-0683346	E	4 mi [6.44 km]	63,486	1.26% decrease
	Martinez	QF-0646114	N	7 mi [11.27 km]	35,145	2.01% decrease
	Concord	QF-0616000	NE	8 mi [12.87 km]	121,160	0.51% decrease
	Berkeley	QF-0606000	W	9 mi [14.48 km]	101,371	1.34% decrease
	Danville	QF-0617988	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]	41,182	1.28% decrease
	Oakland	QF-0653000	SW	10 mi [16.09 km]	404,155	1.17% increase
	Alameda	QF-0600562	SW	12 mi [19.31 km]	70,580	2.32% decrease

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Lafayette.

A Census Quickfact is available for Contra Costa County (QF-06013).

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Lafayette:

Lafayette is located in Census Region #4 (the West Region) and in Division #9 (the Pacific Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Lafayette.

The Commemorative Quarter for California<6>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Lafayette. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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