Of the population in 2019, New Iberians lived in 13,455 housing units there were 11,030 households. At the census of 2000, there were 32,623 people, 11,756 households, and 8,335 families residing in the city. census, the population of New Iberia was 30,617. The 2019 American Community Survey estimated 29,456 people resided in the city limits. Demographics Historical populationДЄs of the 2020 United States census, there were 28,555 people, 11,030 households, and 7,338 families residing in the city. As of 2021, annual average high temperature is 79В вЏ (26В вЊ) and the annual low is 59В вЏ (15В вЊ). New Iberia enjoys a sub-tropical climate with above average rainfall. This region has many natural features of interest, such as Avery Island, famous for its Tabasco sauce factory, deposits of rock salt, and Jungle Gardens. There is also Lake Tasse, better known as Spanish Lake. The lake is now a 1,300-foot (400В m) deep salt water lake, having been refilled by the Gulf of Mexico via the Delcambre Canal. ДЄmong the lakes near the city is Lake Peigneur, which was formerly a 10-foot (3.0В m) deep freshwater lake until a 1980 disaster involving oil drilling and a salt mine. New Iberia lies approximately 16 to 20 feet above sea level. There were 12,880 housing units at an average density of 1,219.5 per square mile (470.9/km 2). In 2000, the population density was 3,088.8 people per square mile (1,192.8/km 2). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 10.6 square miles (27.4 km 2), all land. The city of New Iberia is a part of the Lafayette metropolitan area. New Iberia is located in southern Louisiana, in the Acadiana region. The lakes overflowed and filled the city, flooding it under several feet of dirty, brown water. In September 2008, New Iberia was struck by Hurricane Ike. That year the current courthouse was built along Iberia Street, two blocks from the New Iberia downtown commercial district. That courthouse served Iberia Parish until 1940. By 1884 a new courthouse was completed on a landscaped lot in downtown New Iberia, at the present-day site of Bouligny Plaza. State senator Samuel Wakefield and his family fled to New Orleans after their son was lynched by a white mob. At first, only rented space served for the courthouse. In 1868, Iberia Parish was established, and New Iberia became the seat of parish government. The dreary days dragged by, and the men grumbled as they plowed through the freezing rain and deep mud in performing the regular routines of camp life.' Banks' men from New Iberia foraged for supplies in the swamps near the city. Winters of Louisiana Tech University in his The Civil War in Louisiana, 'found the weather each day more and more severe. The soldiers spent the winter of 1862вЂ“1863 at New Iberia and, according to historian John D. Дuring the American Civil War, New Iberia was occupied by Union forces under General Nathaniel P. The town was incorporated as the 'Town of Iberia' in 1839, but the state legislature amended the town's charter in 1847, recognizing New Iberia as the town's name. government opened a post office in the town, officially recognizing the name as New Iberia, but postmarks from 1802 show the town being called вЂњNova IberiaвЂќ (Latin for 'new'). The Spanish settlers called the town 'Nueva Iberia' in honor of the Iberian Peninsula French-speakers referred to the town as 'Nouvelle IbГ©rie' while the English settlers arriving after the Louisiana Purchase called it 'New Town.' In 1814, the U.S. Flooding in New Iberia due to Hurricane Ike, September 2008

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