New Iberia, LA Micro Area
The New Iberia, LA micro area is one parish in Louisiana: Iberia Parish. About 66,846 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 4.9% fewer than in April 2020.
- Population, July 2025
- 66,846 4.9% fewer than in April 2020
- Type
- Micropolitan statistical area
- Parish
- Iberia Parish
- Land area
- 575 sq mi (1,489 km²)
- Time zone
- Central TimeUTC-06:00 in January; UTC-05:00 in July
- State
- Louisiana
- Combined statistical area
- Lafayette-New Iberia-Opelousas, LA
- CBSA code
- 35340
The parish in the New Iberia, LA micro area
| Parish | Role | Population, July 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Iberia Parish | Central | 66,846 |
A central parish holds the area’s core, an urban area of 10,000 to 49,999 people. This area has no outlying parishes: no neighboring parish sends enough commuters to join it. A parish belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.
Principal city
- New Iberia27,571 people
OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.
Part of the Lafayette-New Iberia-Opelousas, LA combined statistical area
OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 2 areas in this one, largest first:
- Lafayette, LA Metro Area423,758 people
- Opelousas, LA Micro Area80,765 people
Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first
Areas with a parish on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.
- Lafayette, LA Metro Area19 mi northwest
- Morgan City, LA Micro Area43 mi southeast
- Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area51 mi northeast
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