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New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area

966,230 Population
2,358.6 square miles 409.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,890 ±$1,188 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$62,373 ±$2,086 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

18.1% ±1.6% (170,853  ±15,411) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.9 minutes ±0.6 (10,315,220  ±353,518) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

403,456 ±4,337 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0 (944,478  ±550) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.3% ±1% (14,431  ±2,377) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

467,937 ±1,096 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$267,900 ±$5,382 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.9% ±1.1% (103,847  ±10,062.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

88.3% ±1.9% (601,145  ±13,161.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
34.2% ±1.1% (232,941  ±7,268.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

10.3% (99,829  ±6,470) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.8% ±0.4% (36,143  ±2,913) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
36,143 Total veterans ±2,913 30,552 Male ±2,706 5,591 Female ±1,505

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