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New Orleans city, Orleans Parish, LA

380,408 Population
169.5 square miles 2,244.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Orleans Parish: 37.9 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$37,013 ±$725 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Orleans Parish: $37,013 ±$725
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $32,981 ±$265
$51,116 ±$1,705 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Orleans Parish: $51,116 ±$1,705
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $57,852 ±$468

22.9% ±1% (84,133  ±3,494) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Orleans Parish: 22.9% 84,133 (±1% / ±3,494)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 18.7% 842,038 (±0.3% / ±13,427)

23.4 minutes ±0.4 (3,561,665  ±83,761) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Orleans Parish: 23.4 3,561,665 (±0.4 / ±83,761)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 26 48,590,976 (±0.2 / ±384,117)

Families

155,669 ±1,148 Number of households
  • Orleans Parish: 155,669 ±1,148
  • Louisiana: 1,765,264 ±5,601
2.4 ±0 (366,169  ±366) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Orleans Parish: 2.4 366,169 (±0 / ±366)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.6 4,516,413

4.6% ±0.6% (4,591  ±645) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Orleans Parish: 4.6% † 4,591 (±0.6% / ±645)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,415 (±0.2% / ±2,599)

Housing

193,999 ±215 Number of housing units
  • Orleans Parish: 193,999 ±215
  • Louisiana: 2,080,371 ±430

$281,500 ±$5,065 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Orleans Parish: $281,500 ±$5,065
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Louisiana: $198,300 ±$1,310

13.2% ±0.7% (49,572  ±2,468.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Orleans Parish: 13.2% 49,572 (±0.7% / ±2,468.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 12.1% 554,115 (±0.2% / ±11,044.8)

Social

88.7% ±1.3% (239,778  ±3,490.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Orleans Parish: 88.7% 239,778 (±1.3% / ±3,490.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 86.7% 2,706,792 (±0.5% / ±14,010.4)
40.7% ±0.8% (110,142  ±2,185.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Orleans Parish: 40.7% 110,142 (±0.8% / ±2,185.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 26.1% 815,569 (±0.3% / ±8,004.1)

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

5.6% (21,209  ±1,164) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Orleans Parish: 5.6% 21,209
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 4.2% 196,671

5% ±0.3% (15,089  ±808) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Orleans Parish: 5% 15,089 (±0.3% / ±808)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 6.5% 228,359 (±0.1% / ±3,332)
15,089 Total veterans ±808 13,293 Male ±823 1,796 Female ±359

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