Total population by parish for the New Orleans metro
Published: Apr 11, 2022
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, Population Estimates 2021
| 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 | 433,688 | 376,971 | 23,303 | 44,258 | 52,282 | 19,742 | 42,094 | 269,388 | 1,261,726 |
Source: The Data Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau Decennial Census and Population Estimates 2021..