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New Orleans city, Orleans Parish, LA

376,035 Population
169.5 square miles 2,218.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Orleans Parish: 38.4 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$39,698 ±$832 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Orleans Parish: $39,698 ±$832
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$55,339 ±$1,552 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Orleans Parish: $55,339 ±$1,552
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

22.6% ±1% (82,338  ±3,610) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Orleans Parish: 22.6% 82,338 (±1% / ±3,610)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

22.8 minutes ±0.4 (3,359,720  ±82,083) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Orleans Parish: 22.8 3,359,720 (±0.4 / ±82,083)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

155,060 ±1,231 Number of households
  • Orleans Parish: 155,060 ±1,231
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.3 ±0 (362,806  ±331) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Orleans Parish: 2.3 362,806 (±0 / ±331)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

4.7% ±0.6% (4,679  ±633) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Orleans Parish: 4.7% † 4,679 (±0.6% / ±633)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

194,758 ±244 Number of housing units
  • Orleans Parish: 194,758 ±244
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$296,400 ±$5,463 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Orleans Parish: $296,400 ±$5,463
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

13% ±0.7% (48,508  ±2,664.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Orleans Parish: 13% 48,508 (±0.7% / ±2,664.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

89.2% ±1.4% (238,923  ±3,702.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Orleans Parish: 89.2% 238,923 (±1.4% / ±3,702.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
42% ±0.9% (112,435  ±2,368.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Orleans Parish: 42% 112,435 (±0.9% / ±2,368.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

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

6.6% (24,645  ±1,483) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Orleans Parish: 6.6% 24,645
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

4.7% ±0.2% (13,987  ±685) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Orleans Parish: 4.7% 13,987 (±0.2% / ±685)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
13,987 Total veterans ±685 12,471 Male ±595 1,516 Female ±325

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