New Iberia (Spanish:Nueva Iberia, French:La Nouvelle-Ibérie) is the tenth-largest city in the U.S state of Louisiana. Located 30 miles (48km) southeast of Lafayette, it is the parish seat of Iberia Parish.
In 1900, 6,815 people lived in New Iberia; in 1910, 7,499; and in 1940, 13,747. The population was 32,623 at the 2000 census and 30,617 in 2010, a decrease of 2,006, or 6.2 percent, over the past decade.