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New Orleans, LA

364,136 Population
169.5 square miles 2,148.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±0.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 40 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 38.7 ±0.2

Economics

$42,396 ±$1,855 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $38,435 ±$1,072
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $34,102 ±$426
$55,580 ±$5,053 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $61,000 ±$1,556
  • a little less than the amount in Louisiana: $58,229 ±$1,143

22.6% ±2.3% (79,411  ±7,939) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 18.5% 174,297 (±1.3% / ±12,457)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 840,146 (±0.6% / ±27,162)

23.6 minutes ±0.9 (3,401,010  ±186,006) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 24.5 9,767,665 (±0.5 / ±307,658)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 47,593,008 (±0.2 / ±648,548)

Families

155,005 ±2,679 Number of households
  • the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 399,198 ±3,378
  • Louisiana: 1,833,915 ±8,374
2.3 ±0 (350,019  ±144) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 2.4 942,684 (±0 / ±206)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.4 4,450,122

4.1% ±1.5% (3,918  ±1,427) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 5.2% † 11,828 (±1% / ±2,272)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 59,199 (±0.5% / ±5,096)

Housing

196,556 ±130 Number of housing units
  • the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 466,902 ±800
  • Louisiana: 2,124,930 ±297

$306,400 ±$17,215 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $263,500 ±$6,252
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Louisiana: $215,600 ±$3,099

12.5% ±1.5% (45,002  ±5,342.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 10.4% 99,237 (±1% / ±9,340.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 11.1% 499,723 (±0.5% / ±21,179.9)

Social

91.2% ±3.3% (236,958  ±8,461.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 87.8% 596,101 (±2% / ±13,902.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 87.8% 2,724,676 (±0.9% / ±28,705.9)
44.7% ±2.1% (116,208  ±5,383.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 34.5% 234,503 (±1.2% / ±8,169.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 27% 837,518 (±0.5% / ±16,435.4)

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

6.7% (24,555  ±2,925) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 9.6% 92,084
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 222,672

4.7% ±0.7% (13,578  ±1,993) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 5% 37,299 (±0.5% / ±3,613)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 5.8% 203,031 (±0.2% / ±7,608)
13,578 Total veterans ±1,993 12,198 Male ±1,816 1,380 Female ±580

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