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New Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS CSA

1,347,965 Population
4,684.8 square miles 287.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,083 ±$969 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$65,463 ±$2,658 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16.6% ±1.3% (219,365  ±16,892) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

27.1 minutes ±0.7 (15,269,455  ±474,842) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

552,188 ±5,114 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0 (1,320,515  ±418) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.7% ±0.8% (18,041  ±2,522) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

632,070 ±1,074 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$267,800 ±$4,363 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.7% ±0.9% (142,661  ±12,144.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.2% ±1.6% (841,010  ±15,466.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
34% ±1% (320,771  ±9,093.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

12.3% ±0.3% (156,996  ±3,596.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about half the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

8.6% (115,437  ±6,797) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.7% ±0.3% (59,832  ±3,572) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
59,832 Total veterans ±3,572 51,502 Male ±3,433 8,330 Female ±1,707

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