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New Orleans, LA Urban Area

918,752 Population
270.2 square miles 3,400.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,501 ±$1,145 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$60,502 ±$2,137 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

19% ±1.4% (170,845  ±12,590) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

24.1 minutes ±0.5 (9,147,605  ±301,610) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

383,023 ±3,736 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0 (900,182  ±5,478) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.2% ±1.1% (11,321  ±2,326) 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

447,450 ±2,083 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$267,200 ±$6,434 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

10.7% ±1% (97,203  ±9,219.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

87.9% ±2.1% (569,443  ±13,695.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
35% ±1.2% (227,145  ±7,986.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

10% ±0.7% (91,387  ±6,506) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5% ±0.5% (35,794  ±3,616) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
35,794 Total veterans ±3,616 31,737 Male ±3,301 4,057 Female ±1,032

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