Reports

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.

The New Orleans Index at Twenty Collection includes contributions from The Data Center, the Brookings Institution, and local scholars, aiming to advance discussion and action among residents and leaders in greater New Orleans toward building resilience capacity in the face of increasing climate shocks.

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.

The New Orleans Youth Dashboard gives insight on the overall well-being of New Orleans youth and children. As well as provides basic demographic data to understand whether the youth population is growing or shrinking in Orleans.

How much wealth a household has can be an important indicator for understanding one’s ability to thrive and weather emergencies. Until now, we’ve had to rely on proxies for understanding the drivers of wealth and the local wealth gap. But we’ve innovated a new modeling technique, addressing the limited local data about wealth and providing needed insight to closing the wealth gap for our region.

Inspired by the inequities exposed during the COVID-19 pandemic and summer 2020’s national reckoning with social justice issues, this collection of essays seeks to identify the historical foundations of today's most pressing issues while providing relevant recommendations that would produce more equitable outcomes, increased economic inclusion, greater regional competitiveness, and broader prosperity for all.

As New Orleans completes her 300th year, the tricentennial is an important moment to reflect on the city’s history and achievements. But in addition to celebrating their storied past, New Orleanians are eager to learn from it. Since 2005, when Katrina struck and the levees failed, New Orleanians have worked hard to rebuild their city better than before, preserving that which they treasure, while reforming and strengthening their institutions, and increasing opportunities for prosperity. The tricentennial represents an auspicious occasion for both celebration and reflection.

With the update of the Louisiana Coastal Master Plan, the infusion of money from the BP settlement, and the existential issue of coastal land loss, Southeast Louisiana has the makings for a water management cluster.

This report is a statistical snapshot of the well-being of New Orleans children/youth, designed to inform the development of strategies that can improve the academic, social, and behavioral outcomes of children/youth age 0 to 24.

What are the transformative possibilities of the new "energy boom" in Southeast Louisiana? This report examines job openings by industry, announced projects, and employment rates to answer this question.