Total population by parish for the New Orleans metro

Published: Mar 14, 2024

What is Orleans Parish?

Orleans Parish is the city of New Orleans. New Orleans and Orleans Parish are interchangeable. Their boundaries are the same, and they contain the same population.

Total population by parish for the New Orleans metro

Decennial counts 1980-2020

Jefferson Orleans Plaquemines St. Bernard St. Charles St. James St. John St. Tammany Metro Area total
Census 1980 454,592 557,515 26,049 64,097 37,259 21,495 31,924 110,869 1,303,800
Census 1990 448,306 496,938 25,575 66,631 42,437 20,879 39,996 144,508 1,285,270
Census 2000 455,466 484,674 26,757 67,229 48,072 21,216 43,044 191,268 1,337,726
Census 2010 432,552 343,829 23,042 35,897 52,780 22,102 45,924 233,740 1,189,866
Census 2020 440,781 383,997 23,515 43,764 52,549  20,192 42,477 264,570  1,271,845 
Estimate 2021 434,134 377,346 23,310 44,324 52,470 19,794 42,109 270,147 1,263,634
Estimate 2022 426,030 369,917 22,618 44,419 51,058 19,388 39,955 273,237 1,246,622
Estimate 2023 421,777 364,136 22,386 44,463 50,620 19,191 39,592 275,583 1,237,748

Source: The Data Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau Decennial Census and Population Estimates 2023.