|
|
People
Facts |
New
Orleans |
Louisiana |
|
Population, 2003 estimate
|
469,032 |
4,496,334 |
|
Population, percent change,
April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003
|
-3.2% |
0.6% |
|
Population, 2000
|
484,674 |
4,468,976 |
|
Population, percent change,
1990 to 2000
|
-2.5% |
5.9% |
|
Persons under 5 years old,
percent, 2000
|
6.9% |
7.1% |
|
Persons under 18 years old,
percent, 2000
|
26.7% |
27.3% |
|
Persons 65 years old and
over, percent, 2000
|
11.7% |
11.6% |
|
Female persons, percent, 2000
|
53.1% |
51.6% |
|
White persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
28.1% |
63.9% |
|
Black or African American
persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
67.3% |
32.5% |
|
American Indian and Alaska
Native persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
0.2% |
0.6% |
|
Asian persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
2.3% |
1.2% |
|
Persons reporting some other
race, percent, 2000
(a) |
0.9% |
0.7% |
|
Persons reporting two or
more races, percent, 2000
|
1.3% |
1.1% |
|
Persons of Hispanic or
Latino origin, percent, 2000
|
3.1% |
2.4% |
|
Living in same house in 1995
and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over
|
56.8% |
59.0% |
|
Foreign born persons,
percent, 2000
|
4.2% |
2.6% |
|
Language other than English
spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
|
8.3% |
9.2% |
|
High school graduates,
percent of persons age 25+, 2000
|
74.7% |
74.8% |
|
Bachelor's degree or higher,
pct of persons age 25+, 2000
|
25.8% |
18.7% |
|
Mean travel time to work
(minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
|
25.7 |
25.7 |
| |
|
Housing units, 2000
|
215,091 |
1,847,181 |
|
Homeownership rate, 2000
|
46.5% |
67.9% |
|
Median value of
owner-occupied housing units, 2000
|
$87,300 |
$85,000 |
| |
|
Households, 2000
|
188,251 |
1,656,053 |
|
Persons per household, 2000
|
2.48 |
2.62 |
|
Median household income,
1999
|
$27,133 |
$32,566 |
|
Per capita money income,
1999
|
$17,258 |
$16,912 |
|
Persons below poverty,
percent, 1999
|
27.9% |
19.6% |
