Moving to Carencro, Louisiana
About Carencro, Louisiana

Carencro (; historically French: Saint-Pierre) is a city in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a suburb of the nearby city of Lafayette. The population was 7,526 at the 2010 census, up from 6,120 in 2000; at the 2020 census, its population was 9,272. The name of the city is derived from the Cajun French word for buzzard; the spot where the community was settled was one where large flocks of American black vultures roosted in the bald cypress trees. The name means "carrion crow." Carencro is part of the Lafayette metropolitan area.
Gender
Gender | Carencro | Louisiana | Country |
---|---|---|---|
Female | 48% | 51.2% | 50.8% |
Male | 52% | 48.8% | 49.2% |
Gender
Female Male
Household Income
< $10000 $10K to $15K $15K to $25K $25K to $35K $35K to $50K $50K to $75K $75K to $100K $100K to $150K $150K to $200K $200K or more
Income | Carencro | Louisiana | Country |
---|---|---|---|
Less than $10,000 | 10.4% | 8.9% | 5.8% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 5% | 5.5% | 4.1% |
$15,000 to $24,999 | 14% | 12.2% | 8.5% |
$25,000 to $34,999 | 7.7% | 10.2% | 8.6% |
$35,000 to $49,999 | 15.3% | 12.5% | 12.0% |
$50,000 to $74,999 | 13.8% | 16.3% | 17.2% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 9.1% | 11.4% | 12.8% |
$100,000 to $149,999 | 20.2% | 13% | 15.6% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 3.5% | 5.3% | 7.1% |
$200,000 or more | 1% | 4.7% | 8.3% |
Education
< 9th Grade 9-12th Grade High School or GED Other College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Masters Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree
Education | Carencro | Louisiana | Country |
---|---|---|---|
< 9th Grade | 5% | 5% | 5.0% |
9-12th Grade | 8% | 9% | 7.0% |
High School or GED | 38% | 33% | 27.0% |
Other College | 22% | 21% | 20.0% |
Associate's Degree | 7% | 7% | 9% |
Bachelor's Degree | 15% | 16% | 20.0% |
Master's Degree | 5% | 6% | 9.0% |
Professional Degree | 0% | 2% | 2.0% |
Doctorate Degree | 0% | 1% | 1.0% |
Household Income
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Education
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Race / Ethnicity
White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other
Ethnicity | Carencro | Louisiana | Country |
---|---|---|---|
White | 49.8% | 58.3% | 60.1% |
African American | 48.6% | 31.9% | 12.2% |
American Indian | 0% | 0.5% | 0.6% |
Asian | 0.3% | 1.7% | 5.6% |
Hawaiian | 0% | 0% | 0.2% |
Other | 0% | 0.3% | 0.3% |
Multiracial | 0.5% | 2% | 2.8% |
Hispanic | 0.8% | 5.2% | 18.2% |
Race / Ethnicity
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