The U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 American Community Survey determined 126,199 people lived in the city limits, and 244,390 within the consolidated city–parish. The 2010 U.S. census reported 120,623 people, 43,506 households, and 27,104 families were residing in the city proper, up from 94,440 in the 1990 United States census. The growth of Lafayette and its metropolitan area's population from the later 20th and earlier 21st century has been attributed to the oil and gas industry, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and Acadiana tourism.