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New Orleans Metro Area Statistics Back to top

Population (2000): 1,273,466
Land Area (2000): 7,600.231 square kilometers
Water Area (2000): 9,879.998 square kilometers

New Orleans Metro Area Population By Year

Year	Population	Year	Population	Year	Population
1999	1,310,328	2002	1,341,821	2005	Not Available
2000	1,334,426	2003	1,319,270	2006	1,250,582
2001	1,336,665	2004	1,323,234	2007	1,026,639

Urban/Rural	Population	Percent
Urban	2,399,498	94.18%
Rural, Farm	2,190	0.09%
Rural, Non-farm	145,974	5.73%

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New Orleans Metro Area Labor Force By Month

Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Total	Percent	Rate
1990	1,168,801	1,098,334	70,467	6.03%	104
1991	1,198,091	1,114,079	84,012	7.01%	118
1992	1,195,379	1,087,064	108,316	9.06%	114
1993	1,171,937	1,066,238	105,699	9.02%	140
1994	1,203,234	1,101,281	101,953	8.47%	144
1995	1,214,239	1,122,876	91,364	7.52%	128
1996	1,231,968	1,147,767	84,202	6.83%	94
1997	1,246,172	1,176,358	69,814	5.60%	96
1998	1,258,975	1,194,004	64,971	5.16%	88
1999	1,251,423	1,195,002	56,422	4.51%	90
2000	1,251,691	1,192,979	58,712	4.69%	80
2001	1,237,831	1,176,880	60,951	4.92%	78
2002	1,219,570	1,153,129	66,442	5.45%	92
2003	1,217,001	1,150,925	66,076	5.43%	91
2004	1,223,227	1,163,582	59,644	4.88%	91
2005	999,091	936,324	62,767	6.28%	102
2006	486,779	465,617	21,162	4.35%	38
2007	507,460	489,889	17,572	3.46%	27
2008	516,546	495,876	20,670	4.00%	40

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1990	1,153,290	1,081,728	71,562	6.21%	124
Feb 1990	1,153,049	1,087,317	65,732	5.70%	114
Mar 1990	1,157,130	1,093,396	63,734	5.51%	11
Apr 1990	1,161,324	1,098,118	63,206	5.44%	108
May 1990	1,169,016	1,104,558	64,458	5.51%	11
Jun 1990	1,185,235	1,109,772	75,463	6.37%	127
Jul 1990	1,181,221	1,106,442	74,779	6.33%	126
Aug 1990	1,169,524	1,097,101	72,423	6.19%	124
Sep 1990	1,167,690	1,095,071	72,619	6.22%	124
Oct 1990	1,177,529	1,105,011	72,518	6.16%	123
Nov 1990	1,177,422	1,102,747	74,675	6.34%	127
Dec 1990	1,173,177	1,098,742	74,435	6.34%	127

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1991	1,173,060	1,094,339	78,721	6.71%	134
Feb 1991	1,176,815	1,099,765	77,050	6.55%	131
Mar 1991	1,180,579	1,104,880	75,699	6.41%	128
Apr 1991	1,189,293	1,114,525	74,768	6.29%	126
May 1991	1,197,750	1,116,775	80,975	6.76%	135
Jun 1991	1,216,895	1,124,550	92,345	7.59%	152
Jul 1991	1,212,879	1,121,814	91,065	7.51%	15
Aug 1991	1,197,779	1,111,740	86,039	7.18%	144
Sep 1991	1,199,002	1,113,975	85,027	7.09%	142
Oct 1991	1,210,515	1,124,053	86,462	7.14%	143
Nov 1991	1,213,075	1,123,574	89,501	7.38%	147
Dec 1991	1,209,449	1,118,957	90,492	7.48%	15

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1992	1,215,081	1,117,889	97,192	8.00%	16
Feb 1992	1,221,002	1,123,183	97,819	8.01%	16
Mar 1992	1,227,729	1,130,001	97,728	7.96%	159
Apr 1992	1,238,834	1,139,243	99,591	8.04%	161
May 1992	1,248,383	1,143,911	104,472	8.37%	168
Jun 1992	1,272,956	1,152,214	120,742	9.49%	19
Jul 1992	1,164,588	1,042,380	122,208	10.49%	209
Aug 1992	1,148,003	1,032,924	115,079	10.02%	20
Sep 1992	1,146,248	1,031,967	114,281	9.97%	20
Oct 1992	1,153,382	1,043,004	110,378	9.57%	192
Nov 1992	1,156,607	1,045,278	111,329	9.63%	193
Dec 1992	1,151,740	1,042,773	108,967	9.46%	189

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1993	1,151,008	1,039,445	111,563	9.69%	194
Feb 1993	1,152,584	1,048,489	104,095	9.03%	181
Mar 1993	1,156,702	1,054,449	102,253	8.84%	176
Apr 1993	1,160,490	1,061,835	98,655	8.50%	17
May 1993	1,170,885	1,069,558	101,327	8.65%	173
Jun 1993	1,189,700	1,076,327	113,373	9.53%	19
Jul 1993	1,185,937	1,073,929	112,008	9.44%	189
Aug 1993	1,171,368	1,066,018	105,350	8.99%	18
Sep 1993	1,167,918	1,065,775	102,143	8.75%	175
Oct 1993	1,183,663	1,077,969	105,694	8.93%	179
Nov 1993	1,189,801	1,081,120	108,681	9.13%	183
Dec 1993	1,183,184	1,079,940	103,244	8.73%	175

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1994	1,187,447	1,077,286	110,161	9.28%	186
Feb 1994	1,189,891	1,085,788	104,103	8.75%	175
Mar 1994	1,193,398	1,091,806	101,592	8.51%	171
Apr 1994	1,196,802	1,098,646	98,156	8.20%	164
May 1994	1,204,921	1,105,109	99,812	8.28%	166
Jun 1994	1,219,795	1,109,051	110,744	9.08%	181
Jul 1994	1,216,886	1,107,028	109,858	9.03%	18
Aug 1994	1,203,175	1,099,814	103,361	8.59%	172
Sep 1994	1,199,871	1,102,185	97,686	8.14%	163
Oct 1994	1,211,043	1,111,710	99,333	8.20%	164
Nov 1994	1,212,486	1,115,355	97,131	8.01%	16
Dec 1994	1,203,092	1,111,597	91,495	7.60%	152

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1995	1,201,016	1,105,545	95,471	7.95%	159
Feb 1995	1,203,122	1,112,538	90,584	7.53%	15
Mar 1995	1,208,209	1,118,651	89,558	7.41%	148
Apr 1995	1,213,323	1,123,144	90,179	7.43%	149
May 1995	1,217,605	1,126,953	90,652	7.45%	149
Jun 1995	1,232,515	1,130,748	101,767	8.26%	165
Jul 1995	1,230,028	1,128,631	101,397	8.24%	165
Aug 1995	1,209,872	1,118,999	90,873	7.51%	15
Sep 1995	1,210,238	1,122,588	87,650	7.24%	145
Oct 1995	1,216,088	1,129,282	86,806	7.14%	143
Nov 1995	1,218,295	1,131,040	87,255	7.16%	143
Dec 1995	1,210,561	1,126,391	84,170	6.95%	139

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1996	1,211,419	1,121,072	90,347	7.46%	149
Feb 1996	1,215,126	1,130,130	84,996	6.99%	14
Mar 1996	1,222,760	1,138,972	83,788	6.85%	137
Apr 1996	1,226,678	1,144,973	81,705	6.66%	133
May 1996	1,236,933	1,152,145	84,788	6.85%	137
Jun 1996	1,250,304	1,156,514	93,790	7.50%	15
Jul 1996	1,248,468	1,154,590	93,878	7.52%	15
Aug 1996	1,228,973	1,145,769	83,204	6.77%	136
Sep 1996	1,231,540	1,150,455	81,085	6.58%	132
Oct 1996	1,239,040	1,158,487	80,553	6.50%	13
Nov 1996	1,239,077	1,161,694	77,383	6.25%	125
Dec 1996	1,233,302	1,158,397	74,905	6.07%	122

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1997	1,229,714	1,152,654	77,060	6.27%	125
Feb 1997	1,230,936	1,158,982	71,954	5.85%	117
Mar 1997	1,239,758	1,169,769	69,989	5.65%	113
Apr 1997	1,241,849	1,175,987	65,862	5.30%	106
May 1997	1,251,972	1,182,087	69,885	5.58%	112
Jun 1997	1,263,192	1,183,925	79,267	6.28%	125
Jul 1997	1,259,465	1,183,704	75,761	6.02%	12
Aug 1997	1,242,017	1,173,055	68,962	5.55%	111
Sep 1997	1,242,745	1,176,249	66,496	5.35%	107
Oct 1997	1,249,777	1,184,258	65,519	5.24%	105
Nov 1997	1,254,097	1,189,144	64,953	5.18%	104
Dec 1997	1,248,546	1,186,486	62,060	4.97%	10

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1998	1,243,147	1,178,065	65,082	5.24%	105
Feb 1998	1,245,809	1,185,362	60,447	4.85%	97
Mar 1998	1,253,594	1,192,622	60,972	4.86%	98
Apr 1998	1,259,587	1,199,561	60,026	4.77%	96
May 1998	1,268,611	1,204,675	63,936	5.04%	101
Jun 1998	1,278,269	1,202,979	75,290	5.89%	118
Jul 1998	1,274,616	1,198,981	75,635	5.93%	119
Aug 1998	1,255,549	1,186,552	68,997	5.50%	11
Sep 1998	1,257,883	1,191,659	66,224	5.26%	105
Oct 1998	1,257,819	1,194,915	62,904	5.00%	10
Nov 1998	1,259,262	1,197,621	61,641	4.90%	98
Dec 1998	1,253,555	1,195,052	58,503	4.67%	93

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1999	1,248,176	1,187,544	60,632	4.86%	97
Feb 1999	1,249,781	1,192,724	57,057	4.57%	92
Mar 1999	1,251,729	1,199,228	52,501	4.19%	84
Apr 1999	1,251,475	1,200,330	51,145	4.09%	82
May 1999	1,254,945	1,203,083	51,862	4.13%	83
Jun 1999	1,265,879	1,202,951	62,928	4.97%	99
Jul 1999	1,260,220	1,198,425	61,795	4.90%	98
Aug 1999	1,243,139	1,185,206	57,933	4.66%	93
Sep 1999	1,244,474	1,187,662	56,812	4.57%	91
Oct 1999	1,250,068	1,193,042	57,026	4.56%	92
Nov 1999	1,252,115	1,197,018	55,097	4.40%	88
Dec 1999	1,245,079	1,192,809	52,270	4.20%	84

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2000	1,247,254	1,188,092	59,162	4.74%	95
Feb 2000	1,249,754	1,193,764	55,990	4.48%	9
Mar 2000	1,254,516	1,200,305	54,211	4.32%	86
Apr 2000	1,254,488	1,203,538	50,950	4.06%	81
May 2000	1,261,694	1,204,816	56,878	4.51%	9
Jun 2000	1,269,446	1,202,950	66,496	5.24%	104
Jul 2000	1,260,366	1,195,219	65,147	5.17%	103
Aug 2000	1,243,621	1,181,666	61,955	4.98%	99
Sep 2000	1,241,286	1,183,624	57,662	4.65%	93
Oct 2000	1,245,602	1,186,576	59,026	4.74%	95
Nov 2000	1,248,627	1,188,668	59,959	4.80%	96
Dec 2000	1,243,633	1,186,526	57,107	4.59%	92

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2001	1,239,836	1,177,383	62,453	5.04%	101
Feb 2001	1,239,179	1,181,269	57,910	4.67%	94
Mar 2001	1,243,994	1,188,351	55,643	4.47%	9
Apr 2001	1,242,025	1,188,451	53,574	4.31%	87
May 2001	1,245,873	1,189,739	56,134	4.51%	9
Jun 2001	1,254,055	1,188,023	66,032	5.27%	106
Jul 2001	1,245,889	1,182,067	63,822	5.12%	103
Aug 2001	1,225,825	1,164,318	61,507	5.02%	10
Sep 2001	1,229,484	1,169,367	60,117	4.89%	98
Oct 2001	1,229,916	1,166,506	63,410	5.16%	103
Nov 2001	1,233,185	1,167,193	65,992	5.35%	107
Dec 2001	1,224,709	1,159,894	64,815	5.29%	106

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2002	1,214,294	1,145,783	68,511	5.64%	113
Feb 2002	1,217,682	1,152,910	64,772	5.32%	107
Mar 2002	1,219,288	1,156,695	62,593	5.13%	102
Apr 2002	1,220,520	1,159,100	61,420	5.03%	101
May 2002	1,227,102	1,161,903	65,199	5.31%	106
Jun 2002	1,234,573	1,160,438	74,135	6.00%	12
Jul 2002	1,227,625	1,157,296	70,329	5.73%	115
Aug 2002	1,211,238	1,142,950	68,288	5.64%	113
Sep 2002	1,214,572	1,150,560	64,012	5.27%	105
Oct 2002	1,215,335	1,149,718	65,617	5.40%	108
Nov 2002	1,220,162	1,152,912	67,250	5.51%	11
Dec 2002	1,212,452	1,147,280	65,172	5.38%	107

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2003	1,207,140	1,141,955	65,185	5.40%	108
Feb 2003	1,213,558	1,148,934	64,624	5.33%	107
Mar 2003	1,218,377	1,154,305	64,072	5.26%	106
Apr 2003	1,218,907	1,156,695	62,212	5.10%	102
May 2003	1,226,432	1,159,051	67,381	5.49%	11
Jun 2003	1,232,970	1,156,735	76,235	6.18%	124
Jul 2003	1,226,375	1,152,491	73,884	6.02%	12
Aug 2003	1,208,110	1,138,410	69,700	5.77%	115
Sep 2003	1,207,995	1,144,327	63,668	5.27%	106
Oct 2003	1,211,356	1,150,083	61,273	5.06%	101
Nov 2003	1,219,348	1,156,005	63,343	5.19%	104
Dec 2003	1,213,444	1,152,106	61,338	5.05%	101

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2004	1,209,041	1,144,272	64,769	5.36%	107
Feb 2004	1,211,629	1,152,479	59,150	4.88%	98
Mar 2004	1,216,271	1,159,781	56,490	4.64%	93
Apr 2004	1,218,740	1,163,978	54,762	4.49%	9
May 2004	1,227,280	1,167,550	59,730	4.87%	97
Jun 2004	1,234,621	1,168,601	66,020	5.35%	107
Jul 2004	1,233,206	1,170,819	62,387	5.06%	101
Aug 2004	1,215,216	1,157,891	57,325	4.72%	95
Sep 2004	1,219,247	1,161,613	57,634	4.73%	94
Oct 2004	1,226,716	1,168,005	58,711	4.79%	96
Nov 2004	1,236,035	1,175,770	60,265	4.88%	98
Dec 2004	1,230,716	1,172,227	58,489	4.75%	95

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2005	1,228,034	1,164,020	64,014	5.21%	105
Feb 2005	1,230,804	1,171,343	59,461	4.83%	96
Mar 2005	1,235,426	1,180,531	54,895	4.44%	89
Apr 2005	1,241,128	1,189,285	51,843	4.18%	83
May 2005	1,250,611	1,193,808	56,803	4.54%	9
Jun 2005	1,258,880	1,195,109	63,771	5.07%	101
Jul 2005	1,258,900	1,196,505	62,395	4.96%	99
Aug 2005	1,243,983	1,185,036	58,947	4.74%	95
Sep 2005	542,453	460,147	82,306	15.17%	152
Oct 2005	504,802	426,802	78,000	15.45%	155
Nov 2005	515,451	433,484	81,967	15.90%	159
Dec 2005	478,624	439,823	38,801	8.11%	81

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2006	465,018	434,698	30,320	6.52%	65
Feb 2006	468,249	444,183	24,066	5.14%	51
Mar 2006	476,110	453,925	22,185	4.66%	47
Apr 2006	478,196	459,022	19,174	4.01%	4
May 2006	482,163	462,157	20,006	4.15%	41
Jun 2006	494,278	469,849	24,429	4.94%	49
Jul 2006	493,099	473,759	19,340	3.92%	39
Aug 2006	489,684	469,955	19,729	4.03%	4
Sep 2006	489,518	469,493	20,025	4.09%	41
Oct 2006	500,032	481,233	18,799	3.76%	38
Nov 2006	503,276	484,584	18,692	3.71%	37
Dec 2006	501,725	484,549	17,176	3.42%	34

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2007	497,370	477,247	20,123	4.05%	4
Feb 2007	497,300	481,181	16,119	3.24%	32
Mar 2007	504,630	488,389	16,241	3.22%	32
Apr 2007	504,654	489,332	15,322	3.04%	3
May 2007	507,548	489,990	17,558	3.46%	35
Jun 2007	515,130	493,696	21,434	4.16%	42
Jul 2007	515,940	496,733	19,207	3.72%	37
Aug 2007	507,385	489,001	18,384	3.62%	36
Sep 2007	505,181	487,266	17,915	3.55%	35
Oct 2007	510,874	495,474	15,400	3.01%	3
Nov 2007	513,246	497,160	16,086	3.13%	31
Dec 2007	510,266	493,194	17,072	3.35%	33

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Month	Labor Force	Employed	Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2008	505,027	484,368	20,659	4.09%	41
Feb 2008	502,551	486,949	15,602	3.10%	31
Mar 2008	508,007	488,552	19,455	3.83%	38
Apr 2008	513,585	497,656	15,929	3.10%	31
May 2008	511,521	494,526	16,995	3.32%	33
Jun 2008	525,276	502,175	23,101	4.40%	44
Jul 2008	526,495	504,961	21,534	4.09%	41
Aug 2008	528,798	503,892	24,906	4.71%	47
Sep 2008	527,655	499,807	27,848	5.28%	53
Oct, 2008	--	--	--	--%	--
Nov, 2008	--	--	--	--%	--
Dec, 2008	--	--	--	--%	--

New Orleans Metro Area Employment By Industry

Male, with percent of employed male population
1.	Construction	70,380	12.34%
2.	Accommodation and Food Services	44,238	7.75%
3.	Professional / Scientific / Tech Services	35,260	6.18%
4.	Public Administration	33,990	5.96%
5.	Health Care	28,604	5.01%
6.	Educational Services	27,376	4.80%
7.	Admin, Support, and Waste Management	23,606	4.14%
8.	Other Transportation	17,856	3.13%
9.	Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	17,270	3.03%
10.	Finance and Insurance	17,004	2.98%
11.	Repair and Maintenance	15,708	2.75%
12.	Arts / Entertainment / Recreation	14,824	2.60%
13.	Food and Beverage Stores	13,134	2.30%
14.	Mining	12,516	2.19%
15.	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	11,546	2.02%
16.	Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers	11,176	1.96%
17.	Truck Transportation	9,316	1.63%
18.	Utilities	8,918	1.56%
19.	Chemical Manufacturing	8,678	1.52%
20.	Broadcasting and Telecommunications	7,196	1.26%

Female, with percent of employed female population
1.	Health Care	88,814	16.58%
2.	Educational Services	74,678	13.94%
3.	Accommodation and Food Services	53,168	9.92%
4.	Professional / Scientific / Tech Services	31,590	5.90%
5.	Finance and Insurance	29,962	5.59%
6.	Public Administration	29,072	5.43%
7.	Admin, Support, and Waste Management	17,482	3.26%
8.	Social Assistance	16,298	3.04%
9.	Arts / Entertainment / Recreation	14,818	2.77%
10.	Food and Beverage Stores	14,800	2.76%
11.	Department and Other General Stores	14,454	2.70%
12.	Personal and Laundry Services	13,806	2.58%
13.	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	11,110	2.07%
14.	Religious / Grantmaking / Civic / Similar Organizations	8,878	1.66%
15.	Construction	8,472	1.58%
16.	Clothing and Apparel Including Shoes	6,166	1.15%
17.	Broadcasting and Telecommunications	5,556	1.04%
18.	Used Merchandise / Gift / Misc. Stores	5,546	1.04%
19.	Private Household Services	4,950	0.92%
20.	Other Transportation	4,426	0.83%

New Orleans Metro Area Employment By Job

Male, with percent of employed male population
1.	Other Management Occupations	27,198	4.77%
2.	Other Installation / Maintenance	24,820	4.35%
3.	Other Sales and Related Occupations	23,770	4.17%
4.	Driver / Sales Workers and Truckers	22,366	3.92%
5.	Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	20,560	3.60%
6.	Other Production Occupations	19,630	3.44%
7.	Sales Reps / Wholesale and Manufact	19,332	3.39%
8.	Recording / Scheduling / Dispatching	18,490	3.24%
9.	Vehicle Mechanics	15,310	2.68%
10.	Retail Sales, Not cashiers	14,380	2.52%
11.	Laborers and Material Movers / Handlers	13,894	2.44%
12.	Engineers	13,000	2.28%
13.	Metal Workers and Plastic Workers	12,470	2.19%
14.	Top Executives	12,308	2.16%
15.	Other Construction Trades	11,886	2.08%
16.	Carpenters	11,386	2.00%
17.	Other Office and Admin Support	10,562	1.85%
18.	Law Enforcement Workers	10,424	1.83%
19.	Lawyers	10,330	1.81%
20.	Cooks and Food Preparation Workers	10,238	1.79%

Female, with percent of employed female population
1.	Other Office and Admin Support	35,740	6.67%
2.	Secretaries and Admins	34,128	6.37%
3.	Teachers, Pre/Primary School	28,898	5.39%
4.	Cashiers	25,348	4.73%
5.	Informaion and Record Clerks, Not Customer Service	20,560	3.84%
6.	Other Management Occupations	19,758	3.69%
7.	Other Sales and Related Occupations	19,624	3.66%
8.	Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	19,126	3.57%
9.	Registered Nurses	19,014	3.55%
10.	Retail Sales, Not cashiers	18,958	3.54%
11.	Health Technologists and Technicians	14,824	2.77%
12.	Bookkeeping / Accounting / Auditing	13,412	2.50%
13.	Waiters and Waitresses	13,200	2.46%
14.	Cooks and Food Preparation Workers	11,816	2.21%
15.	Nursing / Psychiatric / Home Health	11,150	2.08%
16.	Financial Clerks, Non-bookkeeping	10,924	2.04%
17.	Sales Reps / Wholesale and Manufact	10,228	1.91%
18.	Business Operations Specialists	10,052	1.88%
19.	Counselors / Social Workers / Etc.	9,986	1.86%
20.	Recording / Scheduling / Dispatching	9,876	1.84%

New Orleans Metro Area Hours Worked Per Week In 1999

Hours Per Week	Population	Percent
35 or more hours	1,025,422	52.59%
15-35 hours	215,719	11.06%
1-14 hours	53,476	2.74%
No regular hours	655,275	33.61%

New Orleans Metro Area Time Left For Work

Time	Population	Percent
Midnight-4:59 AM	36,522	3.43%
5 AM-5:29 AM	32,908	3.09%
5:30 AM-5:59 AM	46,393	4.36%
6 AM-6:29 AM	104,033	9.78%
6:30 AM-6:59 AM	117,470	11.04%
7 AM-7:29 AM	163,793	15.39%
7:30 AM-7:59 AM	157,799	14.83%
8 AM-8:29 AM	122,479	11.51%
8:30 AM-8:59 AM	55,407	5.21%
9:00 AM-9:59 AM	62,028	5.83%
10:00 AM-10:59 AM	25,456	2.39%
11:00 AM-11:59 AM	10,092	0.95%
Noon-3:59 PM	59,890	5.63%
4 PM-11:59 PM	69,961	6.57%

New Orleans Metro Area Length Of Commute In Minutes

Minutes	Population	Percent
Less than 5	24,212	2.28%
5-9	87,492	8.22%
10-14	146,319	13.75%
15-19	182,117	17.11%
20-24	167,492	15.74%
25-29	60,683	5.70%
30-34	165,583	15.56%
35-39	26,232	2.46%
40-44	31,496	2.96%
45-59	88,271	8.29%
60-89	55,231	5.19%
At least 90	29,103	2.73%

New Orleans Metro Area Length Of Commute In Mintues - Public vs. Private Transportation

Minutes	Population (public)	Percent	Population (private)	Percent
Under 30	18,576	1.75%	649,739	61.05%
30-44	18,482	1.74%	204,829	19.25%
45-59	10,802	1.02%	77,469	7.28%
At least 60	15,891	1.49%	68,443	6.43%

New Orleans Metro Area Type Of Commute

Type	Population	Percent
Bicycle	6,618	0.61%
Car / truck / van, carpool	159,493	14.62%
Car / truck / van, solo	793,024	72.68%
Motorcycle	1,406	0.13%
Other	9,700	0.89%
Public transportation	63,751	5.84%
Walked	30,239	2.77%
Worked at home	26,849	2.46%

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New Orleans Metro Area Family Information Back to top
: 969,058 (2,494,312 people)
: 652,582 (2,068,876 people)
: 209,277
: 1,405,013
New Orleans Metro Area Household Income in 1999

Income	Population	Percent
Under $10,000	136,990	14.13%
$10,000-$14,999	75,616	7.80%
$15,000-$19,999	69,738	7.19%
$20,000-$24,999	68,846	7.10%
$25,000-$29,999	67,739	6.99%
$30,000-$34,999	63,072	6.51%
$35,000-$39,999	55,416	5.72%
$40,000-$44,999	51,968	5.36%
$45,000-$49,999	45,346	4.68%
$50,000-$59,999	75,939	7.83%
$60,000-$74,999	86,969	8.97%
$75,000-$99,999	80,712	8.33%
$100,000-$124,999	38,894	4.01%
$125,000-$149,999	17,297	1.78%
$150,000-$199,999	15,385	1.59%
$200,000 or more	19,394	2.00%

New Orleans Metro Area Household Type

Type	Population	Percent
Nonfamily, 1 person	133,279	27.52%
Family, 2 people	122,145	25.22%
Nonfamily, 2 people	22,577	4.66%
Family, 3 people	83,783	17.30%
Nonfamily, 3 people	2,837	0.59%
Family, 4 people	67,361	13.91%
Nonfamily, 4 people	873	0.18%
Family, 5 people	31,617	6.53%
Nonfamily, 5 people	263	0.05%
Family, 6 people	11,681	2.41%
Nonfamily, 6 people	115	0.02%
Family, 7 or more people	7,694	1.59%
Nonfamily, 7 or more people	79	0.02%

New Orleans Metro Area Household Income Type

Type	Population	Percent
Earnings	771,022	31.06%
Interest / Dividend / Rent	281,712	11.35%
Public Assistance	34,627	1.40%
Retirement	141,010	5.68%
Self Employment	97,393	3.92%
Social Security	239,398	9.65%
Supplemental Security	55,256	2.23%
Wage / Salary	745,022	30.02%
Other	116,581	4.70%

New Orleans Metro Area Family Type

Type	Population	Percent
No children under 18	235,707	53.99%
With children under 18	200,890	46.01%

New Orleans Metro Area Marital Status - Male (for those 15+ in 2000)

Type	Population	Percent
Divorced	94,724	10.15%
Married	492,526	52.80%
Never Married	318,471	34.14%
Widowed	27,128	2.91%

New Orleans Metro Area Marital Status - Female (for those 15+ in 2000)

Type	Population	Percent
Divorced	131,006	12.39%
Married	497,384	47.04%
Never Married	309,482	29.27%
Widowed	119,434	11.30%

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New Orleans Metro Area Education Information Back to top
New Orleans Metro Area Highest Degree Earned (18 or older)

Degree	Population	Percent
Less than 9th grade	126,297	6.75%
9th-12th grade, no diploma	303,750	16.23%
High school diploma or equivalent	521,375	27.85%
Some college, no degree	455,508	24.33%
Associate degree	72,288	3.86%
Bachelors degree	255,614	13.65%
Graduate or professional degree	137,236	7.33%

New Orleans Metro Area Population In School (3 or older)

School Level	In Public School	Percent	In Private School	Percent	Total	Percent
Nursery or preschool	25,180	1.98%	29,893	2.35%	55,073	4.32%
Kindergarten	26,908	2.11%	10,995	0.86%	37,903	2.98%
Grades 1-4	121,106	9.51%	39,224	3.08%	160,330	12.59%
Grades 5-8	120,433	9.46%	40,144	3.15%	160,577	12.61%
Grades 9-12	121,813	9.57%	37,083	2.91%	158,896	12.48%
Undergrad college	83,499	6.56%	43,194	3.39%	126,693	9.95%
Graduate or professional school	17,566	1.38%	15,590	1.22%	33,156	2.60%
Total	516,505	40.56%	216,123	16.97%	732,628	57.53%

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New Orleans Metro Area Business Information Back to top
New Orleans Metro Area Businesses Changes By Year

Year	Business Births	Business Deaths
2001	3,259	3,179
2002	2,833	2,814
2003	2,903	2,611
2004	2,770	2,907

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New Orleans Metro Area Public Benefits Information Back to top
New Orleans Metro Area Above Or Below Poverty Level In 1999

Above/Below	Population	Percent
At Or Above Poverty Level	2,037,750	81.60%
Below Poverty Level	459,352	18.40%

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New Orleans Metro Area Criminal Information Back to top
: 8,103
New Orleans Metro Area Crimes Per 1,000 People By Type And Year

Year	Aggravated Assault	Forcible Rape	Murder / Manslaughter	Robbery	Total Violent Crimes	Arson	Burglary	Larceny / Theft	Motor Vehicle Theft	Total Property Crimes
1999	4.889	0.382	0.160	2.966	8.396	0.000	9.859	34.166	8.966	52.991
2000	4.312	0.318	0.201	2.670	7.501	0.000	8.992	30.359	9.062	48.413
2001	4.377	0.307	0.200	2.975	7.858	0.000	8.963	31.041	9.533	49.537
2002	4.093	0.292	0.244	2.286	6.915	0.000	8.047	28.517	8.240	44.805
2003	3.610	0.342	0.255	2.388	6.595	0.000	8.496	26.610	8.010	43.116
2004	3.882	0.365	0.255	2.222	6.724	0.000	8.776	27.441	7.940	44.157
2005	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available
2006	3.520	0.222	0.213	1.339	5.294	0.000	8.687	18.164	4.734	31.584
2007	4.999	0.299	0.282	2.148	7.727	0.000	12.087	26.710	6.381	45.178

New Orleans Metro Area Crime Index

Year	Index
1999	80,437
2000	74,613
2001	76,719
2002	69,399

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New Orleans Metro Area Immigration & Civil Rights Information Back to top
New Orleans Metro Area Population By Age

Age	Population	Percent
0-9 Years	181,797	14.28%
10-19 Years	193,863	15.22%
20-29 Years	173,334	13.61%
30-39 Years	189,422	14.87%
40-49 Years	198,595	15.59%
50-59 Years	143,331	11.26%
60-69 Years	87,088	6.84%
70-79 Years	71,182	5.59%
80-89 Years	29,256	2.30%
90+ Years	5,598	0.44%

New Orleans Metro Area Population - Male/Female

Male/Female	Population	Percent
Male	608,813	47.81%
Female	664,653	52.19%

New Orleans Metro Area Population By Ethnicity

Ethnicity	Population	Percent
Caucasian	699,030	54.89%
African-American	468,921	36.82%
Hispanic/Latino	57,185	4.49%
Asian	28,113	2.21%
Multiracial	13,428	1.05%
Amerindian	4,425	0.35%
Other Race	2,091	0.16%
Pacific Islander	273	0.02%

New Orleans Metro Area Top Specified Ancestries

Rank	Ancestry	Population	Percent Of Specified Ancestries
1.	French Non-Basque	360,092	22.87%
2.	German	267,907	17.02%
3.	Irish	215,118	13.66%
4.	Italian	213,368	13.55%
5.	English	127,270	8.08%
6.	United States Or American	124,190	7.89%
7.	French Canadian	35,608	2.26%
8.	Scotch Irish	25,450	1.62%
9.	Scottish	22,416	1.42%
10.	African	20,799	1.32%

New Orleans Metro Area Top Languages Spoken At Home

Rank	Language	Population	Percent Of Reported Languages
1.	Only English	2,152,181	90.59%
2.	Spanish Or Spanish Creole	110,138	4.64%
3.	French	37,670	1.59%
4.	Vietnamese	28,514	1.20%
5.	German	5,206	0.22%
6.	Chinese	5,076	0.21%
7.	Arabic	4,668	0.20%
8.	Italian	3,954	0.17%
9.	Tagalog	2,934	0.12%
10.	Korean	2,054	0.09%

New Orleans Metro Area Citizen Type

Type	Population	Percent
Citizen by birth	2,421,403	95.04%
Naturalized immigrant	66,050	2.59%
Not a citizen	60,209	2.36%

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New Orleans Metro Area Counties Back to top

Alphabetical | By Population

Jefferson County	Plaquemines County	Saint Charles County
Orleans County	Saint Bernard County	Saint Tammany County

New Orleans Metro Area Cities Back to top

Alphabetical | By Population

Abita Springs	Grand Isle	Pearl River
Ama	Gretna	Pilottown
Arabi	Hahnville	Pointe A La Hache
Avondale	Harahan	Port Sulphur
Barataria	Harvey	Poydras
Bayou Gauche	Jean Lafitte	River Ridge
Belle Chasse	Jefferson	Saint Benedict
Boothville	Kenner	Saint Bernard
Boutte	Killona	Slidell
Braithwaite	Lacombe	St. Rose
Bridge City	Lafitte	Sun
Buras	Luling	Taft
Bush	Madisonville	Talisheek
Chalmette	Mandeville	Terrytown
Covington	Marrero	Timberlane
Des Allemands	Meraux	Venice
Destrehan	Metairie	Violet
Eden Isle	Montz	Waggaman
Elmwood	New Orleans	Westwego
Empire	New Sarpy	Woodmere
Estelle	Norco
Folsom	Paradis

Orleans County (484,674)	Saint Tammany County (191,268)	Saint Charles County (48,072)
Jefferson County (455,466)	Saint Bernard County (67,229)	Plaquemines County (26,757)