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New Orleans, Louisiana Neighborhood Profile

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The approximate number of people residing in New Orleans, Louisiana is four hundred and eighty-four thousand, six hundred and seventy-four. The number of males living in New Orleans, Louisiana is 227,094, females - 257,580. The media age of New Orleans, Louisiana residents is 33.1 years old. Median household income in New Orleans, Louisiana is twenty-seven thousand, one hundred and thirty-three dollars. 12.48% of New Orleans, Louisiana housing units are vacant, eighty-seven point five two percent percent of New Orleans, Louisiana housing units are occupied, and 46.8% are renter-occupied units.

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 New Orleans, Louisiana United States
Total population484,674 281,421,906
StateLouisiana 
CityNew Orleans 

New Orleans, Louisiana Population

 New Orleans, Louisiana %, New Orleans, Louisiana United States
Male227,09446.85%49.06%
Female257,58053.15%50.94%
Median age (years)33.1  35.3
18 years and over355,26673.3%74.31%
21 years and over330,75168.24%69.97%
62 years and over66,32413.68%14.66%
65 years and over56,65311.69%12.43%

 New Orleans, Louisiana %, New Orleans, Louisiana United States
White135,95628.05%75.14%
Black or African American325,94767.25%12.32%
Asian10,9722.26%3.64%
Some other race5,5981.16%5.46%
Two or more races6,2011.28%2.43%

New Orleans, Louisiana Housing

 New Orleans, Louisiana %, New Orleans, Louisiana United States
Total housing units 215,091 115,904,641
- Vacant housing units 26,84012.48%8.99%
- Occupied housing units 188,25187.52%91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units 87,58940.72%60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units 100,66246.8%30.77%
 New Orleans, Louisiana %, New Orleans, Louisiana United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 200038,766 20.59%19.95%
1995 to 199853,624 28.49%28.9%
1990 to 199429,870 15.87%16.07%
1980 to 198926,779 14.23%15.58%
1970 to 197918,901 10.04%9.86%
1969 or earlier20,311 10.79%9.65%
 New Orleans, Louisiana %, New Orleans, Louisiana United States
Total households188,251  105,480,101
Family households (families)112,977 60.01%68.06%
Nonfamily households75,274 39.99%31.94%
 New Orleans, Louisiana United States
VALUE
Less than $50,0009,2045,457,817
$50,000 to $99,99935,53516,778,971
$100,000 to $149,99912,77813,110,384
$150,000 to $199,9996,7758,075,904
$200,000 to $299,9995,2466,583,049
$300,000 to $499,9993,1703,584,108
$500,000 to $999,9991,4661,308,116
$1,000,000 or more233313,759
Median (dollars)87,300119,600

New Orleans, Louisiana Education

 New Orleans, Louisiana %, New Orleans, Louisiana United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 150,096 76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool10,4736.98% 6.47%
Kindergarten6,9474.63% 5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)62,17241.42% 43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)30,87920.57% 21.38%
College or graduate school39,62526.4% 22.81%

New Orleans, Louisiana Economy

 New Orleans, Louisiana %, New Orleans, Louisiana United States
Population 16 years and over370,138  217,168,077
In labor force213,819 57.77%63.92%
- Civilian labor force211,942 57.26%63.39%
- - Employed191,739 51.8%59.73%
- - Unemployed20,203 5.46%3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force9.5  5.8
- Armed Forces1,877 0.51%0.53%
Not in labor force156,319 42.23%36.08%
Females 16 years and over200,953 54.29%51.66%
In labor force109,782 29.66%29.72%
- Civilian labor force109,268 29.52%29.65%
- - Employed99,078 26.77%27.92%
Own children under 6 years35,533 9.6%10.05%
All parents in family in labor force22,243  12,787,501
With earnings142,744 38.57%39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)43,954  56,604
With Social Security income46,612 12.59%12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)9,710  11,320
With Supplemental Security Income14,637 3.95%2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)6,117  6,320
With public assistance income10,196 2.75%1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)1,894  3,032
With retirement income25,149 6.79%8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)18,201  17,376
 New Orleans, Louisiana %, New Orleans, Louisiana United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households188,365  105,539,122
Less than $10,00039,617 21.03%9.54%
$10,000 to $14,99917,991 9.55%6.31%
$15,000 to $24,99929,760 15.8%12.83%
$25,000 to $34,99925,460 13.52%12.81%
$35,000 to $49,99926,399 14.01%16.53%
$50,000 to $74,99923,724 12.59%19.46%
$75,000 to $99,99910,802 5.73%10.23%
$100,000 to $149,9997,920 4.2%7.72%
$150,000 to $199,9992,620 1.39%2.2%
$200,000 or more4,072 2.16%2.37%
Median household income (dollars)27,133  41,994


The data is taken from www.census.gov reports.