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New Orleans city, Orleans Parish, LA

371,853 Population
169.5 square miles 2,193.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Orleans Parish: 38.8 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$40,662 ±$782 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Orleans Parish: $40,662 ±$782
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
$56,631 ±$1,781 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Orleans Parish: $56,631 ±$1,781
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408

22.6% ±0.9% (81,072  ±3,389) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Orleans Parish: 22.6% 81,072 (±0.9% / ±3,389)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)

22.6 minutes ±0.3 (3,220,725  ±72,562) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Orleans Parish: 22.6 3,220,725 (±0.3 / ±72,562)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)

Families

155,821 ±1,188 Number of households
  • Orleans Parish: 155,821 ±1,188
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
2.3 ±0 (357,578  ±280) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Orleans Parish: 2.3 357,578 (±0 / ±280)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126

4.8% ±0.7% (4,737  ±682) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Orleans Parish: 4.8% † 4,737 (±0.7% / ±682)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)

Housing

195,552 ±155 Number of housing units
  • Orleans Parish: 195,552 ±155
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333

$315,700 ±$7,417 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Orleans Parish: $315,700 ±$7,417
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367

12.8% ±0.7% (47,147  ±2,689.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Orleans Parish: 12.8% 47,147 (±0.7% / ±2,689.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)

Social

89.6% ±1.4% (237,622  ±3,761.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Orleans Parish: 89.6% 237,622 (±1.4% / ±3,761.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
42.4% ±0.9% (112,385  ±2,448.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Orleans Parish: 42.4% 112,385 (±0.9% / ±2,448.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.6% (24,640  ±1,242) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Orleans Parish: 6.6% 24,640
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537

4.7% ±0.3% (13,858  ±769) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Orleans Parish: 4.7% 13,858 (±0.3% / ±769)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
13,858 Total veterans ±769 12,278 Male ±787 1,580 Female ±293

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