New Orleans, Louisiana Neighborhood Info

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New Orleans, Louisiana QuickFacts

	New Orleans, Louisiana	United States
Total population	484,674	281,421,906
State	Louisiana
City	new orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana Population

	New Orleans, Louisiana	%, New Orleans, Louisiana	United States
Male	227,094	46.85%	49.06%
Female	257,580	53.15%	50.94%
Median age (years)	33.1		35.3

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	New Orleans, Louisiana	%, New Orleans, Louisiana	United States
18 years and over	355,266	73.3%	74.31%
21 years and over	330,751	68.24%	69.97%
62 years and over	66,324	13.68%	14.66%
65 years and over	56,653	11.69%	12.43%

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	New Orleans, Louisiana	%, New Orleans, Louisiana	United States
White	135,956	28.05%	75.14%
Black or African American	325,947	67.25%	12.32%
Asian	10,972	2.26%	3.64%
Some other race	5,598	1.16%	5.46%
Two or more races	6,201	1.28%	2.43%

New Orleans, Louisiana Housing

	New Orleans, Louisiana	%, New Orleans, Louisiana	United States
Total households	188,251		105,480,101
Family households (families)	112,977	60.01%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	75,274	39.99%	31.94%

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	New Orleans, Louisiana	%, New Orleans, Louisiana	United States
Total housing units	215,091		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	26,840	12.48%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	188,251	87.52%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	87,589	40.72%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	100,662	46.8%	30.77%

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	New Orleans, Louisiana	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	9,204	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	35,535	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	12,778	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	6,775	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	5,246	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	3,170	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	1,466	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	233	0.57%
Median (dollars)	87,300	119,600

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	New Orleans, Louisiana	%, New Orleans, Louisiana	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	38,766	20.59%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	53,624	28.49%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	29,870	15.87%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	26,779	14.23%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	18,901	10.04%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	20,311	10.79%	9.65%

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, preschool	10,473	6.98%	6.47%
Kindergarten	6,947	4.63%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	62,172	41.42%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	30,879	20.57%	21.38%
College or graduate school	39,625	26.4%	22.81%

New Orleans, Louisiana Economy

	New Orleans, Louisiana	%, New Orleans, Louisiana	United States
Population 16 years and over	370,138		217,168,077
In labor force	213,819	57.77%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	211,942	57.26%	63.39%
- - Employed	191,739	51.8%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	20,203	5.46%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	9.5		5.8
- Armed Forces	1,877	0.51%	0.53%
Not in labor force	156,319	42.23%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	200,953	54.29%	51.66%
In labor force	109,782	29.66%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	109,268	29.52%	29.65%
- - Employed	99,078	26.77%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	35,533	9.6%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	22,243		12,787,501

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	New Orleans, Louisiana	%, New Orleans, Louisiana	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	188,365		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	39,617	21.03%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	17,991	9.55%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	29,760	15.8%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	25,460	13.52%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	26,399	14.01%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	23,724	12.59%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	10,802	5.73%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	7,920	4.2%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	2,620	1.39%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	4,072	2.16%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	27,133		41,994

	New Orleans, Louisiana	%, New Orleans, Louisiana	United States
With earnings	142,744	38.57%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	43,954		56,604
With Social Security income	46,612	12.59%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	9,710		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	14,637	3.95%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,117		6,320
With public assistance income	10,196	2.75%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	1,894		3,032
With retirement income	25,149	6.79%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	18,201		17,376

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