Have you ever wondered how many people are crammed into Lafayette in California? Here is the answer:
Lafayette, California has a population density of 606.42 inhabitants per square kilometer (1570.87 / sq mi)
That means the whole population of 23,893 people are living within an area of 39.4 sq km (15.21 sq mi).
As a reference: New York City has a population density of 6918 inhabitants per square kilometer (17918 / sq mi), thanks to it’s population of 8,398,748 inhabitants within an area of 1214 sq km (468.73 sq mi).
Lafayette (formerly La Fayette) is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. As of 2010, the city’s population was 23,893. It was named after the Marquis de Lafayette, a French military hero of the American Revolutionary War.
Cities with a similar population density as Lafayette
Other cities that have a similar population density as Lafayette, California are:
- Greeley, Colorado with a population density of 748 people per sq km (1,937 / sq mi).
- Menifee, California with a population density of 642 people per sq km (1,663 / sq mi).
- Orinda, California with a population density of 550 people per sq km (1,425 / sq mi).
- Grand Junction, Colorado with a population density of 583 people per sq km (1,511 / sq mi).
- Chaska, Minnesota with a population density of 514 people per sq km (1,332 / sq mi).
- Mayfield, Kentucky with a population density of 578 people per sq km (1,496 / sq mi).
- North Salt Lake, Utah with a population density of 741 people per sq km (1,918 / sq mi).
- Griffin, Georgia with a population density of 625 people per sq km (1,619 / sq mi).
- Sugar Hill, Georgia with a population density of 646 people per sq km (1,673 / sq mi).
- North Royalton, Ohio with a population density of 551 people per sq km (1,428 / sq mi).
Cities with a similar population size as Lafayette
Here a list of cities that have a similar number of inhabitants like Lafayette, California:
- Havelock, North Carolina with a population of 20,735 people
- Chillicothe, Ohio with a population of 21,796 people
- Laurel, Maryland with a population of 25,115 people
- Monroe, North Carolina with a population of 26,228 people
- Sapulpa, Oklahoma with a population of 20,544 people
- Prairie Village, Kansas with a population of 21,447 people
- Mason City, Iowa with a population of 27,909 people
- Perrysburg, Ohio with a population of 20,623 people
- Bainbridge Island, Washington with a population of 23,025 people
- Solon, Ohio with a population of 23,348 people
Cities with a similar size as Lafayette
If you want to check which cities have a similar size as Lafayette, California, here you go:
- Dublin, Georgia with 41.57 square kilometers (41.57 sq mi), population: 16,201
- Poplar Bluff, Missouri with 34.22 square kilometers (34.22 sq mi), population: 17,023
- Manitowoc, Wisconsin with 47.07 square kilometers (47.07 sq mi), population: 33,736
- Sebring, Florida with 41.34 square kilometers (41.34 sq mi), population: 10,648
- Alton, Illinois with 43.35 square kilometers (43.35 sq mi), population: 30,496
- East St. Louis, Illinois with 36.99 square kilometers (36.99 sq mi), population: 31,542
- San Leandro, California with 40.25 square kilometers (40.25 sq mi), population: 84,950
- Clermont, Florida with 42.43 square kilometers (42.43 sq mi), population: 29,358
- Cambridge, Maryland with 33.52 square kilometers (33.52 sq mi), population: 12,326
- Forrest City, Arkansas with 42.35 square kilometers (42.35 sq mi), population: 15,435
Cities with the same name “Lafayette”
Same name but different game – do we have sister cities from other states:
- Lafayette, Indiana with a population of 67,140 residents
- Lafayette, Colorado with a population of 24,453 residents
- Lafayette, Louisiana with a population of 120,623 residents