New Iberia

New Iberia

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Population (year 2000): 32,623
Males: 15,256 (46.8%), Females: 17,367 (53.2%)

Elevation: 17 feet

County: Iberia

Land area: 10.6 square miles

Zip codes: 70563, 70562, 70560.

Median resident age: 33.6 years
Median household income: $26,079 (year 2000)
Median house value: $70,800 (year 2000)

Races in New Iberia:

Ancestries: French (16.4%), United States (12.4%), French Canadian (7.6%), German (3.8%), English (2.8%), Irish (2.8%).

For population 25 years and over in New Iberia

• High school or higher: 64.9%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.3%
• Graduate or professional degree: 3.4%
• Unemployed: 11.7%
• Mean travel time to work: 22.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in New Iberia city

• Never married: 29.6%
• Now married: 47.1%
• Separated: 3.1%
• Widowed: 8.9%
• Divorced: 11.3%

2.3% Foreign born (1.6% Asia, 0.6% Latin America).

Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (20.0%), Retail trade (13.8%), Agriculture,forestry,fishing and hunting, and mining (11.6%).