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Regional Planning Commission 6--New Orleans City (Northeast) PUMA, LA

140,392 Population
126.6 square miles 1,109 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 38.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,575 ±$3,941 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $35,440 ±$571
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$58,431 ±$4,639 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Louisiana: $60,986 ±$803
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

18.9% ±4.3% (26,350  ±6,119) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 18.7% 835,267 (±0.6% / ±28,512)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

25.1 minutes ±0.5 (1,320,805  ±58,104) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

57,825 ±2,783 Number of households
  • Louisiana: 1,848,965 ±8,172
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (139,016  ±8,203) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 2.4 4,474,016
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

7.4% ±3.6% (2,391  ±1,196) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 5.8% 61,866 (±0.4% / ±4,761)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

67,384 ±2,869 Number of housing units
  • Louisiana: 2,138,882 ±318
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$266,800 ±$11,684 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $223,200 ±$2,575
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.8% ±2.5% (13,620  ±3,580.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 10.6% 480,382 (±0.5% / ±22,340.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.7% ±3.5% (88,332  ±5,457.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 88.2% 2,749,670 (±0.9% / ±28,980.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
36.5% ±2.4% (35,907  ±2,945) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 27.8% 867,511 (±0.5% / ±16,543.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

8.6% ±3.1% (11,573  ±4,249) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 8.5% 366,868 (±0.1% / ±5,689.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

5% ±1% (7,067  ±1,472) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 5.2% 239,225
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.8% ±1.1% (5,205  ±1,185) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 6% 211,934 (±0.2% / ±7,249)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,205 Total veterans ±1,185 4,355 Male ±1,118 850 Female ±501

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