ane e ▁off ▁IL - 1 7 ▁( Mad ison ▁Street ). ▁The ▁population ▁was ▁ 2 2 3 ▁at ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁census , ▁down ▁from ▁ 2 2 7 ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 . ▁It ▁is ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Pe oria , ▁Illinois ▁Metropolitan ▁Statist ical ▁Area . ▁ ▁Geography ▁La ▁F ay ette ▁is ▁located ▁at ▁ ▁( 4 1 . 1 0 9 8 2 5 , ▁- 8 9 . 9 7 3 6 3 2 ). ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁census , ▁La ▁F ay ette ▁has ▁a ▁total ▁area ▁of ▁, ▁all ▁land . ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁the ▁census ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁there ▁were ▁ 2 2 7 ▁people , ▁ 9 1 ▁households , ▁and ▁ 6 3 ▁families ▁res iding ▁in ▁the ▁village . ▁The ▁population ▁density ▁was ▁ 1 , 2 3 5 . 2 ▁people ▁per ▁square ▁mile ▁( 4 8 6 . 9 / km ²). ▁There ▁were ▁ 9 3 ▁housing ▁units ▁at ▁an ▁average ▁density ▁of ▁ 5 0 6 . 0 ▁per ▁square ▁mile ▁( 1 9 9 . 5 / km ²). ▁The ▁ra cial ▁make up ▁of ▁the ▁village ▁was ▁ 9 6 . 4 8 % ▁White , ▁ 0 . 4 4 % ▁Asian , ▁ 1 . 7 6 % ▁from ▁other ▁races , ▁and ▁ 1 . 3 2 % ▁from ▁two ▁or ▁more