Municipal · Louisiana

City of Carencro

Carencro 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.

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Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)

Census ID (PID6): 127834
FIPS state: 22
FIPS county: 055
FIPS place: 12665
Census record name: CITY OF CARENCRO
Mailing address: PO BOX 10, CARENCRO 70520