| ZIP Codes: | 8 ZIP Codes (6 Standard, 2 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 337 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:53:44 PM |
| Population: | 54,750 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 22113 |
| CBSA: | Lafayette, LA |
| Land Area: | 844 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 127 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 29.9534, -92.1902 |
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54,750 residents live across 8 ZIPs covering 844 sq mi, served by 7 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 57,327 to 54,750 from 2014 to 2024 — a -4.5% change. 4 ZIPs gained residents, 3 lost.
The parish's wealthiest ZIP 70555 (Maurice, $76,213 median) and poorest ZIP 70542 (Gueydan, $41,971) are 28.1 miles apart — a 1.8× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 2.4× across this parish — from $93,500 in 70542 (Gueydan) to $224,900 in 70555 (Maurice).
Density varies 15× across the parish — from 13 people/sq mi in 70542 (Gueydan) to 186 in 70555 (Maurice).
Educational attainment ranges from 9.5% bachelor's+ in 70548 (Kaplan) to 22.7% in 70555 (Maurice) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Louisiana, this is the #19 most populous of 64 parishes and ranks #35 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $54,800 across the parish — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
17.1% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (6,304 of 36,775 reporting).
6 Standard delivery, 2 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this parish.
A frontier parish — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
| ZIP | City | Type | Population | Median Income | Area (sq mi) | 10-yr Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70510 | Abbeville | Standard | 24,107 | $49,717 | 274.1 | -6.7% |
| 70548 | Kaplan | Standard | 8,780 | $51,875 | 164.5 | -14.3% |
| 70555 | Maurice | Standard | 8,759 | $76,213 | 47.0 | 5.9% |
| 70533 | Erath | Standard | 7,099 | $56,995 | 90.6 | 5.6% |
| 70542 | Gueydan | Standard | 3,186 | $41,971 | 248.7 | -10.0% |
| 70528 | Delcambre | Standard | 2,745 | $49,676 | 18.6 | 3.2% |
| 70575 | Perry | PO Box | 74 | — | 0.0 | 124.2% |
| 70511 | Abbeville | PO Box | — | — | 0.0 | — |