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New Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS CSA

1,340,591 Population
4,684.8 square miles 286.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,100 ±$840 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$62,308 ±$1,740 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

17.6% ±1.1% (231,274  ±14,605) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

26.6 minutes ±0.4 (14,707,340  ±364,259) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

547,024 ±4,274 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0 (1,315,328  ±247) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.1% ±0.8% (16,069  ±2,496) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

629,969 ±805 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$260,800 ±$5,019 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

10.3% ±0.9% (136,735  ±11,264.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

88.4% ±1.7% (831,478  ±16,394.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
33.6% ±1% (315,538  ±9,623.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

11.9% ±0.2% (151,771  ±3,045.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about half the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

7.7% (103,444  ±7,107) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5.5% ±0.5% (57,211  ±4,721) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
57,211 Total veterans ±4,721 51,852 Male ±4,494 5,359 Female ±1,155

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