Editing Abbeville, Louisiana (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 545
|1880= 255
|1890= 637
|1900= 1536
|1910= 2907
|1920= 3461
|1930= 4356
|1940= 6672
|1950= 9338
|1960= 10414
|1970= 10996
|1980= 12391
|1990= 11187
|2000= 11887
|2010= 12257
|2020= 11186
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015|df=mdy }}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Abbeville racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2200100&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-19|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|4,970
|44.43%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|4,732
|42.3%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|39
|0.35%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|613
|5.48%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|392
|3.5%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|440
|3.93%
|}
Abbeville is the principal city of the Abbeville [[Micropolitan Statistical Area|micropolitan statistical area]], which includes all of Vermilion Parish, also part of the [[Lafayette metropolitan area, Louisiana|Lafayette metropolitan statistical area]] and the larger [[Lafayette, Louisiana|Lafayette]]–[[Acadiana]] [[Lafayette-Opelousas-Morgan City combined statistical area|combined statistical area]].

According to the [[2000 United States census|2000 U.S. census]], there were 11,887 people, 4,698 households, and 3,014 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|2,027.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 5,257 housing units at an average density of {{convert|907.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.<ref name="cen44">{{harvnb|U. S. Census Bureau|2012|pp=44–45}}</ref><ref name="cen173" /><ref>{{harvnb|U. S. Census Bureau|2012|p=284}}</ref> At the 2020 [[Population Estimates Program|population estimates program]], 11,927 people lived in the city.<ref name=":0" /> By the publication of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 11,186 people, 4,761 households, and 2,752 families residing in the city.

In 2000, the racial and ethnic makeup was 54.29% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 38.56% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.19% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 5.50% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.39% [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.06% two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino Americans]] of any race were 1.93% of the population. In 2000, 76.0% of the population over the age of five spoke [[English language|English]] at home, 16.5% of the population spoke [[French language|French]] or [[Cajun French|Cajun]], and 5.5% spoke [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]].<ref>{{harvnb|Anon|2000}}</ref> The 2019 [[American Community Survey]] estimated the racial and ethnic makeup was 49.6% [[Non-Hispanic whites|non-Hispanic white]], 42.8% African American, 0.5% Native American, 4.8% Asian, 0.9% some other race, and 1.3% two or more races.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Geography Profile: Abbeville city, Louisiana|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2200100|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-10|website=data.census.gov|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210810171734/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2200100  |archive-date = August 10, 2021  }}</ref>

The [[2010 United States census|2010 U.S. census]] reported there were 4,698 households, of which 60.34% had children under the age of 18 present, 33.35% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 24.44% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.72% were non-families; 31.55% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.32% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.20.<ref name="cen173">{{harvnb|U. S. Census Bureau|2012|p=173}}</ref>

In 2019, the median household income was $38,900. Males had a median income of $46,182 versus $37,958 for females; approximately 30.4% of the population lived at or below the poverty line.<ref name=":1" />