Lafayette is located in Contra Costa County. The population estimate for July 1, 1998 was 27,138, an increase of 3,772 since 1990.
Lafayette is located on 14 square miles in Contra Costa County, one of nine counties of the San Francisco Bay Area. Located between Berkeley and Walnut Creek, Lafayette has its own Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), (BART), station and is only a 45 minute BART ride from San Francisco. The City was incorporated in 1968, although settlement of the area began in 1848.
Accommodations in Lafayette include Lafayette Park Hotel. There is also a Lafayette, Alabama.
Lafayette is part of the Oakland, California metro area.