Aug 05, 2025
As shocks increase, the 20th anniversary of Katrina is a key milestone for examining Metro New Orleans’ ability to absorb, adapt to, and recover from shocks. The New Orleans Index at Twenty examines regional resilience capacity organized by housing and infrastructure, economy and workforce, wealth, and people.
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Aug 01, 2025
Increased investment in cross-parish, public transportation can help spur economic and business opportunity and decrease the cost-burden of owning a private vehicle in Metro New Orleans. This paper identifies opportunities for improving the regions public transportation system and highlights investments already made toward this effort.
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Jul 31, 2025
Hurricane Katrina was a wake-up call for the region. New Orleanians realized we need to innovate and adapt to be able to remain in the places we love. This paper highlights how residents of Metro New Orleans have addressed the increasing impacts of climate change through partnerships and ingenuity.
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Jul 30, 2025
In New Orleans, civic engagement thrives through deep-rooted participation in cultural traditions and social clubs, which double as networks for mutual aid, professional opportunity, and community service. But in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the failure of the federal levees, voter participation has steadily declined. This paper offers recommendations to increase electoral engagement as residents work toward a more resilient future.
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Jul 28, 2025
Focused on capacity for building greater resilience by coalescing around a shared vision for infrastructure investment and workforce development in the water management sector, this paper highlights past efforts to lessen the region’s vulnerability to extreme weather, as well as provides insights on strengthening it further.
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Jul 28, 2025
Mitigating against climate-related risks is an ongoing effort, not a destination. This paper examines whether Metro New Orleans has sufficiently invested in flood mitigation efforts and what it’ll take to be resilient against ever more frequent extreme weather events.
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Jul 25, 2025
If you want to understand pre-Katrina New Orleans, use 2000 Census Decennial numbers. Data from 2005 estimates and 2005 ACS just aren't reliable. Here's why.
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Feb 12, 2025
These 24 one pagers provide data on severe weather impacts for our state as well economic opportunities, to support Louisiana’s future resiliency against more frequent extreme weather shocks.
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Feb 03, 2025
2024 estimates suggest Louisiana’s population grew for the first time since 2020. Does this mean Louisiana’s population loss worries are over?
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Sep 16, 2024
The 2023 official definition of the Ne Orleans metro are now excludes St. Tammany Parish. This research note explains the change and why it's important.
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