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New Orleans, LA Urban Area

928,503 Population
270.2 square miles 3,436.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,130 ±$1,224 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$62,098 ±$1,800 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

18.4% ±1.7% (167,271  ±15,306) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.7 minutes ±0.6 (9,876,515  ±354,486) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

389,049 ±4,251 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0 (907,781  ±5,125) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.3% ±1.1% (14,029  ±2,374) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

449,400 ±2,039 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$269,900 ±$5,556 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.1% ±1.1% (101,490  ±9,962.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

88.5% ±1.9% (578,226  ±12,959.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
35% ±1.1% (228,447  ±7,239) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

10.6% ±0.7% (98,699  ±6,489) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.7% ±0.4% (34,180  ±2,948) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
34,180 Total veterans ±2,948 28,939 Male ±2,731 5,241 Female ±1,530

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