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New Orleans, LA

376,971 Population
169.5 square miles 2,224 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 39.4 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.2

Economics

$35,587 ±$1,365 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $34,354 ±$760
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $30,117 ±$463
$46,942 ±$2,638 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $56,837 ±$1,785
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $52,087 ±$750

24.8% ±2.1% (91,195  ±7,646) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 18.4% 228,787 (±1% / ±12,365)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 19.6% 883,236 (±0.7% / ±30,108)

22 minutes ±0.9 (2,967,000  ±165,992) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 25 12,265,600 (±0.6 / ±387,823)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.5 45,267,840 (±0.5 / ±1,048,957)

Families

158,827 ±2,670 Number of households
  • the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 507,992 ±4,409
  • Louisiana: 1,783,924 ±7,696
2.3 ±0 (366,710  ±1,991) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 2.5 1,243,924 (±0 / ±2,900)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,502,299 (±0)

5.3% ±1.1% (5,209  ±1,035) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 5.9% † 17,384 (±0.8% / ±2,445)
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 5.5% 59,760 (±0.5% / ±4,989)

Housing

194,701 ±859 Number of housing units
  • the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 576,669 ±1,541
  • Louisiana: 2,093,387 ±356

$279,100 ±$8,783 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $236,100 ±$4,663
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Louisiana: $192,800 ±$3,009

13.5% ±1.5% (50,366  ±5,474.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 11.9% 148,562 (±0.9% / ±11,600.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 12.8% 583,900 (±0.5% / ±23,024)

Social

89.8% ±2.8% (243,872  ±7,676.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 88.1% 778,839 (±1.7% / ±15,058.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 86.7% 2,701,889 (±0.9% / ±28,997.2)
41.5% ±1.8% (112,654  ±4,857.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 33.6% 296,889 (±1.1% / ±9,360.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 26.5% 824,369 (±0.5% / ±16,408.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

5.7% ±0.5% (21,395  ±1,938) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 7.8% 98,970 (±0.4% / ±5,547)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 4.3% 199,915 (±0.2% / ±9,492)

4.8% ±0.6% (14,257  ±1,861) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 5.9% 57,080 (±0.5% / ±4,344)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 6.3% 221,316 (±0.2% / ±8,461)
14,257 Total veterans ±1,861 13,310 Male ±1,752 947 Female ±369

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