Is Louisiana now gaining population?
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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We provide high demand briefs covering demographic shifts across the New Orleans metro, poverty in Southeast Louisiana, our growing Latino population, and the rise of single-person households.
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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Sep 12, 2024
This brief aims to make clear how a metro area is defined and why the parishes that make up a metro may change over time.
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Apr 02, 2024
This brief provides an in-depth look at the growth in Asian Indian, Chinese, Filipino and Vietnamese residents in our region, changing homeownership trends and age distribution, as well as growing shares of one-person households and housing being used only seasonally, declining shares of households with children, and the distribution of single-parent households.
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Oct 25, 2021
Metro New Orleans is now "majority minority" — but what does that really mean? This brief explores the changing definition of race in the census and demographic shifts across the metro. We find increasing diversity in every parish, and increasing numbers of people claiming more than one race for the first time.
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Oct 06, 2021
How many people live in group quarters—nursing homes, jails, college dorms, etc.—across the New Orleans metro? In this brief, we analyze trends and map group quarters populations and average household size. And we examine what it tells us about policies and practices for protecting New Orleanians during hurricanes and pandemics.
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Sep 14, 2021
From 2010 to 2020, New Orleans population grew 12%, likely driven by continued post-Katrina recovery in the early part of the decade. This brief examines neighborhood changes over the last decade and highlights the changing racial makeup of some neighborhoods, as well as where the most children live today.
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Aug 13, 2020
In the New Orleans metro area, people’s chances to experience a long, healthy, and prosperous life are often implied by their neighborhood, reflecting enduring legacies of residential segregation and economic exclusion.
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Aug 23, 2018
This brief examines where the most growth has happened in the last few years, as well as how much neighborhoods have recovered since Katrina. The latest Census and postal data suggest that population growth in New Orleans has slowed. The postal data shows that 58 of the city’s 72 neighborhoods experienced an increase in active residences from 2017 to 2018. On the other hand, 12 neighborhoods lost active residences from 2017 to 2018.
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Aug 14, 2012
This report examines the financial security of New Orleans families, including how many people in our community live without a checking or savings account, car, health insurance, a healthy credit score, and other assets.
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