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64 and 11 3 were 65 years of age or older the gender makeup of the city was 48 7 male and 51 3 female 2000 census edit lafayette from main street bridge as of the 2000 united states census there were 56 397 people 24 060 households and 13 666 families in the city the population density was 2 806 5 inhabitants per square mile 1 083 6 km 2 there were 25 602 housing units at an average density of 1 274 1 units per square mile 491 9 units km 2 the racial makeup of the city was 88 91 white 3 22 african american 0 37 native american 1 22 asian 0 04 pacific islander 4 61 from other races and 1 62 from two or more races hispanic or latino of any race were 9 11 of the population there were 24 060 households out of which 27 0 had children under the age of 18 living with them 42 5 were married couples living together 10 2 had a female householder with no husband present and 43 2 were non families 33 2 of all households were made up of individuals and 9 4 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older the average household size was 2 31 individuals and the average family size was 2 98 the city population contained 23 2 under the age of 18 14 2 from 18 to 24 31 3 from 25 to 44 19 3 from 45 to 64 and 12 0 who were 65 years of age or older the median age was 32 years for every 100 females there were 97 7 males for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 95 3 males the median income for a household in the city was 35 859 and the median income for a family was 45 480 males had a median income of 32 892 versus 23 049 for females the per capita income for the city was 19 217 about 8 0 of families and 12 1 of the population were below the poverty line including 15 8 of those under age 18 and 4 6 of those age 65 or over economy edit wabash river and wind turbines at citybus facility companies located in lafayette include wabash national world s largest manufacturer of semi truck trailers subaru of indiana automotive the only non japanese producer of subaru vehicles evonik tippecanoe laboratories pharmaceuticals chemicals primient corn wet mill and refinery producing corn syrup 28 landis gyr manufacturer of electric meters for global ansi markets caterpillar large engine center 29 arts and culture edit main street south street historic row festivals edit a taste of tippecanoe public library edit the lafayette area has four branch locations of the tippecanoe county public library 30 downtown library 31 wyandotte branch 32 west lafayette klondike branch 33 wea prairie branch 34 points of interest edit haan mansion museum of indiana art notable buildings edit judge cyrus ball house listed on the national register of historic places james h ward house listed on the national register of historic places temple israel 17 south 7th st one of the nation s oldest surviving synagogue buildings trinity united methodist church trinity methodist episcopal church until 1969 the first church congregation in the lafayette area its current building was erected in 1869 by william heath and has remained intact to this day tippecanoe mall the city s main shopping center tippecanoe county courthouse built 1882 1884 at a cost of around 500 000 double the original estimate government edit tippecanoe county courthouse the government consists of a mayor elected in a citywide vote and a city council of nine members six are elected from individual districts three are elected at large education edit colleges edit ivy tech community college of indiana a location of the purdue polytechnic institute one of purdue university s academic colleges public school edit k 12 public education in the majority of the lafayette city limits is provided by the lafayette school corporation which operates jefferson high school and other schools the tippecanoe school corporation covers some outerlying portions of the lafayette city limits 35 its schools are nearby the tippecanoe district operates mccutcheon high school and william henry harrison high school which cover these outerlying parts 36 new community school was a tuition free elementary charter school sponsored by ball state university located on the north side of lafayette it closed in 2016 37 beacon academy was a charter school operated by the lafayette school corporation in west lafayette it closed in 2018 private edit elementary lafayette christian school st boniface elementary st lawrence elementary st mary cathedral elementary st james lutheran elementary middle school middle school st boniface middle school junior high school catholic central junior senior high school k 12 faith christian school media edit newspapers edit journal courier the newspaper which serves the greater lafayette area has its newsroom and offices located in downtown lafayette journal courier also has its own printing services for itself and other papers in the region on the eastside of lafayette purdue exponent purdue university s independent student newspaper serves purdue west lafayette and lafayette and has its newsroom and offices located off campus on northwestern avenue in west lafayette the lafayette leader television edit wpbi ld 16 fox nbc on ld2 abc on ld3 wlfi tv 18 cbs cw on dt2 ion on dt3 gettv on dt4 start tv on dt5 wpby ld 35 abc metv mynetworktv on ld2 from 1953 until the 2016 launch of wpbi ld wlfi tv had been the only big three abc cbs and nbc or including fox big four commercial network television broadcaster in the lafayette market with the 2017 launch of wpby ld local broadcasts of all big four networks became available 38 39 lafayette also remains one of few television markets without its own pbs station the market being served by wfyi in indianapolis for decades cable and satellite providers in lafayette had supplemented the area with indianapolis stations wrtv wthr wttv and wxin the respective abc nbc cbs and fox affiliates as out of market stations all remain viewable in the area via a large over the air antenna or in some cases via a subscription satellite or streaming service comcast xfinity the main cable provider in the city discontinued its remaining carriage of indianapolis based big four stations on march 7 2018 40 but resumed carriage of wthr and wrtv two days later 41 radio edit commercial edit wask wask fm wazy fm wkhy fm wkoa fm wlqq wbpe wshy am wxxb fm wycm non commercial edit wbaa am wbaa fm whpl fm wjef fm wqsg fm wtgo lp fm wwcc lp fm infrastructure edit transportation edit sagamore parkway as seen from west lafayette riehle plaza and the railway station airport edit no airports are located within lafayette city limits the nearest commercial airport which currently has scheduled airline service is the purdue university airport laf in west lafayette highways edit interstate 65 to gary indiana near chicago and indianapolis us 52 to joliet illinois also near chicago and indianapolis us 231 to rensselaer indiana and owensboro kentucky state road 25 state road 26 state road 38 railroads edit amtrak the national passenger rail system provides passenger rail service to lafayette through the cardinal to chicago washington d c and new york city norfolk southern csx transportation kankakee beaverville and southern railroad and toledo peoria and western railway railamerica provide freight rail service many lines that originally passed through the downtown were redirected in the mid 1990s to a rail corridor near the wabash river 42 43 see also lafayette station indiana buses and shuttles edit citybus local bus service by the greater lafayette public transportation corporation 44 greyhound intercity bus service flixbus stops here between chicago and indianapolis bloomington lafayette limo and reindeer shuttle to indianapolis international airport and o hare international airport express air coach to o hare international airport notable people edit for notable people associated with purdue university see list of purdue university people entertainment edit karen black actress attended lafayette jefferson high school 45 jeremy camp christian recording artist eric carlson lead guitarist songwriter founding member of the mentors embeth davidtz film and television actress louise fazenda film actor whose career spanned silent and talking movies circuit des yeux musician charles foley co inventor of the game twister mass giorgini musician and record producer troy hickman writer best known for his comic book work common grounds twilight guardian city of heroes witchblade turok shannon hoon former lead vocalist of rock band blind melon john korty director screenwriter known for the autobiography of miss jane pittman and documentary who are the debolts and where did they get nineteen kids claudia lee television actress hart of dixie jason marnocha voice actor curt mcdowell director writer actor artist citation needed larry mcneely musician banjo player with glen campbell and for film soundtracks tammy lynn michaels television actor 46 ken navarro smooth jazz guitarist 47 chubby parker country music radio personality and recording artist sydney pollack film actor director and producer victor potel silent film actor 48 axl rose co founder and lead vocalist of rock band guns n roses julia scheeres author best known for ala alex award winning memoir jesus land izzy stradlin songwriter co founder and former rhythm guitarist of rock band guns n roses henry stram actor citation needed sports edit william fritz afflis known professionally as dick the bruiser professional football player and wrestler graduated from lafayette jefferson high school eric bruntlett professional baseball player 49 clem crowe professional football and basketball player todd dunwoody professional baseball player ray ewry 10 time olympic champion in track and field bernard bernie flowers college and professional football player born in cleveland area lived in lafayette bob friend professional baseball player dustin keller professional football player graduated from lafayette jefferson high school pete halsmer professional race car driver charles kirkpatrick professional race car driver josh lindblom professional baseball player chukie nwokorie professional football player graduated from lafayette jefferson high school clayton richard professional baseball player graduated from mccutcheon high school erik sabel professional baseball player justin smith football player george souders professional race car driver 1927 business law politics edit roger d branigin governor of indiana 1965 1969 john burger member of the minnesota house of representatives steve carter indiana attorney general henry leavitt ellsworth first commissioner of the united states patent and trademark office real estate developer henry w ellsworth son of henry leavitt ellsworth attorney poet author and minister to sweden david w evans us representative 6th congressional district indiana 1975 1983 dan flanagan justice of the indiana supreme court lucinda florio 1947 2022 teacher and advocate for education and literacy who as the wife of former new jersey governor james florio served as the first lady of new jersey 50 clara shortridge foltz 1849 1934 first female lawyer on the west coast joseph garcia former lieutenant governor of colorado herman joseph justin founded justin boot company brian lamb founder of c span bill long state representative frank posegate journalist mayor of st joseph missouri john purdue purdue block tippecanoe county founder founding benefactor of purdue university barbara ringer first female register of copyrights alvah curtis roebuck founded sears roebuck and company neal mohan ceo of youtube academic science technology edit eric j barron 14th president of florida state university 18th president of penn state herbert c brown nobel prize laureate in chemistry christopher l eisgruber 20th president of princeton university daniel x freedman pioneer in biological psychiatry discovered link of hallucinogens to brain transmitters kenneth e goodson mechanical engineer j andrew mccammon physical and theoretical chemist donald e williams astronaut ian murdock software engineer created debian other edit emily thornton charles poet journalist benjaman kyle known for identity loss due to dissociative amnesia evaleen stein 1863 1923 author limner sister cities edit lafayette has two sister cities as designated by sister cities international 51 52 longkou shandong china ōta gunma japan october 1993 53 references edit 2020 u s gazetteer files united states census bureau retrieved march 16 2022 1 2 u s geological survey geographic names information system lafayette indiana us census website us census bureau retrieved january 31 2008 1 2 lafayette indiana geographic names information system united states geological survey united states department of the interior retrieved july 25 2016 smith 3 fletcher 2014 find a name national association of counties retrieved june 7 2011 cite web cs1 maint numeric names authors list link permanent dead link lafayette in quickfacts us census bureau archived from the original on september 26 2012 retrieved april 19 2012 feast of the hunters moon tippecanoe county historical association archived from the original on june 20 2009 retrieved june 1 2009 lafayette history home of purdue retrieved july 29 2019 a day in the life of tippecanoe county archived 6 september 2006 at the wayback machine tippecanoe county historical association guide to the henry leavitt ellsworth papers yale university library archived from the original on july 1 2010 retrieved november 20 2009 a day in the life of tippecanoe county tippecanoe county historical association archived 6 november 2007 at the wayback machine during the period of ellsworth s residence in lafayette two of his children came to national attention his son henry william ellsworth was confirmed as united states chargé d affaires at stockholm sweden in january 1846 and ellsworth s daughter annie suggested the words of the first telegraph message sent by her father s friend samuel f b morse in may 1844 dyer adina first air mail flight www rootsweb com archived from the original on november 18 2007 geographic identifiers 2010 census summary file 1 us census bureau retrieved july 29 2015 cite web cs1 maint deprecated archival service link neighborhoods city of lafayette indiana retrieved january 20 2024 1 2 3 nowdata noaa online weather data national oceanic and atmospheric administration retrieved january 15 2026 station lafayette 8 s in u s climate normals 2020 u s monthly climate normals 1991 2020 national oceanic and atmospheric administration retrieved may 29 2021 station lafayette purdue univ ap tn u s climate normals 2020 u s monthly climate normals 1991 2020 national oceanic and atmospheric administration retrieved may 29 2021 united states census bureau population division census of population and housing census gov retrieved june 4 2016 metropolitan statistical areas and components archived 26 may 2007 at the wayback machine office of management and budget 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