Census Reporter

New Orleans, LA

393,292 Population
169.4 square miles 2,321.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 38.1 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 36.8 ±0.1

Economics

$28,297 ±$1,004 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $29,166 ±$562
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $25,885 ±$335
$36,999 ±$1,963 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $50,528 ±$989
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $46,145 ±$634

26.2% ±1.9% (99,735  ±7,419) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 18.6% 233,780 (±1% / ±12,260)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 19.8% 899,039 (±0.6% / ±27,219)

23.3 minutes ±0.6 (3,831,060  ±136,494) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 25.8 14,245,030 (±0.6 / ±349,795)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.3 48,954,365 (±0.3 / ±801,805)

Families

154,560 ±2,853 Number of households
  • the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 481,828 ±4,702
  • Louisiana: 1,737,123 ±11,255
2.5 ±0.1 (379,111  ±2,633) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 2.6 1,253,349 (±0 / ±2,807)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 2.6 4,554,744 (±0)

3.9% ±0.9% (4,071  ±971) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 4.8% † 14,796 (±0.7% / ±2,086)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 5.3% 58,623 (±0.5% / ±5,103)

Housing

191,688 ±1,075 Number of housing units
  • the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 558,376 ±1,426
  • Louisiana: 2,061,582 ±626

$227,800 ±$10,285 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $193,100 ±$3,486
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Louisiana: $162,500 ±$1,272

13.9% ±1.3% (54,011  ±5,074.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 11.5% 144,965 (±0.8% / ±9,905.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 12.9% 599,288 (±0.5% / ±21,852.5)

Social

86.2% ±2.4% (240,119  ±6,620.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 86.6% 763,803 (±1.5% / ±13,383.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 85.1% 2,656,458 (±0.8% / ±26,280.3)
35.3% ±1.4% (98,278  ±3,879.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 29.5% 260,416 (±0.9% / ±7,569.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 23.8% 742,525 (±0.4% / ±13,692.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2016 5-year data

5.3% ±0.4% (20,661  ±1,558) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 7.5% 95,362 (±0.4% / ±5,085)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 4.1% 191,403 (±0.2% / ±8,271)

4.8% ±0.5% (14,889  ±1,537) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 6.2% 60,975 (±0.4% / ±4,145)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 6.7% 237,672 (±0.2% / ±8,547)
14,889 Total veterans ±1,537 13,580 Male ±1,484 1,309 Female ±460

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