Orleans Parish, Louisiana QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Orleans Parish Louisiana
?  Population, 2000 484,6744,468,976
?  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%
?  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%
?  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) ZZ
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.9%0.7%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 1.3%1.1%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 53.1%51.6%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 3.1%2.4%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 26.6%62.5%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 207,8571,733,122
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 68,451409,123
?  Housing units, 2000 215,0911,847,181
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 46.5%67.9%
?  Households, 2000 188,2511,656,053
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.482.62
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 35.3%39.2%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $25,200$30,466
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 27.9%18.4%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 40.1%26.0%

Business QuickFacts Orleans Parish Louisiana
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 10,762100,667
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 211,8271,577,220
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 3.8%24.1%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 21,227216,095
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 2,304,95780,423,978
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 2,771,30535,807,894
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $5,908$8,229
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 7,29129,784
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 8,61676,849
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 1,15117,836
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 4,811,68824,384,277
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 20,873169,976

Geography QuickFacts Orleans Parish Louisiana
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 18143,562
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 2,677.8102.6
?  Metropolitan Area New Orleans, LA MSA 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

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NA: Not available
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X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown