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New Orleans' Population eclipses 300,000

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I can definitely believe we are up to 300,000 now. My wife is complaining more and more about the traffic each day. I know it's not scientific, but her commute time has increased by about 10 minutes coming from Slidell into the city since last fall. More cars usually means more people.

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Everything is adding up to more people at the moment. More kids registering for schools, trash pickups and mail deliveries to more homes, much more traffic, malls and stores are much more crowded, etc. etc. I doubt anyone in this city would've been happy to see more and more traffic on the roads 2 years ago, but now, at least for a short time, it's nice to see.

That is...until you get to the railroad underpass on I-10 and sit there for an hour...then decided to get off a West End to avoid most of the bumper to bumper traffic, but once you get into the Exit Only lane, you sit there for just as long because the people in front of you don't get the idea of an "Exit ONLY" lane and they're trying to merge onto I-10, and the people behind them, that are taking the exit to West End, are apparently afraid to go around on the shoulder. :angry:

And that was my semi-daily commute mini rant. :lol:

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Good news. I think his numbers are little conservative, but at least he's showing some growth. However...WWL needs to update the percentage from 54% to 60% based off the number given. There were 455,000 people in New Orleans before the storm according to the Census Bureau.

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Hey guys, I'm thinking about changing the name of this thread to "New Orleans Population Update" and pinning it at the top of the New Orleans forum. I would have a monthly update on the first post in this thread, keeping track of population increases starting with the 255,000 figure from May.

Three things about that:

1. What do you think about that idea?

2. Does anyone know if the Post Office/GNOCDC has released any new population numbers? Their last numbers were from May, and I'd like something more recent

3. Does anyone know if any demographers or other people/groups have released any recent population estimates for the metro area?

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New numbers from the GNOCDC and USPS...and it's broken down by zipcode for the number of households recieving mail. The St. Bernard Parish numbers are very depressing to look at, but also not surprising given the level of devastation there. My home Zip of 70460 in west Slidell has grown 2.2% since the storm. However...Slidell proper 70458 has declined by 11% since the storm.

Here is the link to the pages.

http://www.gnocdc.org/media/GNOCDCAug24-07.pdf

http://www.gnocdc.org/media/GNOCDCAug31-07.pdf

Based off the 2005 figures...I came up with a New Orleans population of around 306,000 and a metro population of a little over 1.1 million.

Here is the percent returned for each Zip Code in New Orleans. I consider an area 95% or higher to have seen little change or to be growing...an area between 80 and 95% to be mostly recovered...50% to 80% partially recovered...and anything between 20 and 50% to be barely recovered. If it is less than 20% no real recovery has taken place.

Orleans Parish:

70112 (Medical District)

100.5% (area has grown)

70113 (Central City)

107.0% (highest growth area in city)

70114 (Algiers Point/Behrman/Naval Support)

98.6% (little change)

70115 (Irish Channel/Uptown/Garden District/Touro/Milan)

90.0% (mostly recovered)

70116 (Treme/Marigny/French Quarter)

85.7% (mostly recovered)

70117 (Upper/Lower 9th Ward)

44.4% (barely recovered)

70118 (Carrollton/Hollygrove/University/Audubon Park)

87.3% (mostly recovered)

70119 (MidCity/7th Ward)

74.8% (partially recovered)

70122 (Gentilly)

52.7% (partially recovered)

70124 (Lakeview)

39.4% (barely recovered)

70125 (Broadmoore)

53.3% (partially recovered)

70126 (Pontchartrain Park/NOE west of Crowder)

34.8% (barely recovered)

70127 (Read Blvd. Area)

35.8% (barely recovered)

70128 (Bullard Ave. Area)

50.4% (partially recovered)

70129 (Village D'lest/Venetian Isles)

56.6% (partially recovered)

70130 (CBD/Warehouse District/Lower Garden District)

95.3% (little change)

70131 (English Turn/Lakewood/Lower Algiers)

101.3% (area has grown)

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Here are the latest numbers for the city and metro area from the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center using USPS statistics. According the GNOCDC the city has 69% of the population back, and the metro area is at 86% of pre-K numbers. You can find the data at this link...http://www.gnocdc.org/

New Orleans

313,000

6 Parish Area (excluding Plaquemines Parish)

1,112,000

The city proper is now up to the same level as Pittsburgh, PA, or about the 57th largest city in the nation. From 8/06 to 8/07 the city experienced a growth rate of 39.8%. Nearly 90,000 people have moved into the city.

The metro proper is now up to the same level as Birmingham, AL and Buffalo, NY or about the 47th largest metro in the nation. From 8/06 to 8/07 the 6 parish area experienced a growth rate of 11.5%. Around 115,000 have moved into the 6 parish region.

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Very nice to see the city finally break the 300,000 mark, along with some new estimates for the metro.

I've also been noticing that network news and other national media outlets have been using the newest population estimates for New Orleans, and not the outdated 212,000 figure from over 18 months ago. ESPN used the 313,000 figure this morning during the LSU-Tulane game, which was a nice suprise.

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Very nice to see the city finally break the 300,000 mark, along with some new estimates for the metro.

I've also been noticing that network news and other national media outlets have been using the newest population estimates for New Orleans, and not the outdated 212,000 figure from over 18 months ago. ESPN used the 313,000 figure this morning during the LSU-Tulane game, which was a nice suprise.

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Very nice to see the city finally break the 300,000 mark, along with some new estimates for the metro.

I've also been noticing that network news and other national media outlets have been using the newest population estimates for New Orleans, and not the outdated 212,000 figure from over 18 months ago. ESPN used the 313,000 figure this morning during the LSU-Tulane game, which was a nice suprise.

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Here is the percent returned for each Zip Code in New Orleans based off the latest numbers from the GNOCDC for 08/2007. I consider an area 95% or higher to have seen little change or to be growing...an area between 80 and 95% to be mostly recovered...50% to 80% partially recovered...and anything between 20 and 50% to be barely recovered. If it is less than 20% no real recovery has taken place.

I also found the 2005 Zip Code populations from the City-data website. All of the population numbers exclude group quarters populations...such as nursing home residents and college students...which are usually included in final census numbers. Thus...the 2005 population starts out at 437,174. The 2007 population excluding group quarters in August was 298,632. Adding in group quarters would easily push the number up by at least 15,000...which corresponds nicely with the total population of 313,000 figured up before.

Looking at these numbers Algiers has around 51,000 people...leaving around 247,000 people on the east bank of the parish. There are around 41,000 people living in New Orleans East right now compared to 97,000 before the storm. The East is around 40% back and based off that population it is absolutely amazing to me that more businesses have not reopened. It took until a couple of weeks ago to just get a grocery store. The area north of I-610 is about 50% back with around 32,000 people now compared to around 63,000 in 2005. The core of the city that flooded extending from Broadmoore through Midcity to the Upper/Lower 9th Ward mainly north of St. Charles and St. Claude has around 83,000 people back compared to 128,000 in 2005. This broad area is about 65% back. The high ground near the river hold the remaining 89,000 or so people...which is about 10,000 less than before the storm. This area is about 90% back.

Orleans Parish:

70112 (Medical District)

102.8% (area has grown)

2005: 5,645

2007: 5,803

70113 (Central City)

109.1% (area has grown)

2005: 9,282

2007: 10,127

70114 (Algiers Point/Behrman/Naval Support)

97.2% (little change)

2005: 25,603

2007: 24,886

70115 (Irish Channel/Uptown/Garden District/Touro/Milan)

91.2% (mostly recovered)

2005: 36,339

2007: 33,141

70116 (Treme/Marigny/French Quarter)

88.0% (mostly recovered)

2005: 15,052

2007: 13,246

70117 (Upper/Lower 9th Ward)

44.4% (barely recovered)

2005: 46,230

2007: 20,526

70118 (Carrollton/Hollygrove/University/Audubon Park)

90.9% (mostly recovered)

2005: 33,236

2007: 30,212

70119 (MidCity/7th Ward)

76.4% (partially recovered)

2005: 45,258

2007: 34,577

70122 (Gentilly)

53.4% (partially recovered)

2005: 41,973

2007: 22,414

70124 (Lakeview)

45.5% (barely recovered)

2005: 20,702

2007: 9,419

70125 (Broadmoore)

57.6% (partially recovered)

2005: 21,546

2007: 12,410

70126 (Pontchartrain Park/NOE west of Crowder)

35.4% (barely recovered)

2005: 36,691

2007: 12,989

70127 (Read Blvd. Area)

37.2% (barely recovered)

2005: 28,535

2007: 10,615

70128 (Bullard Ave. Area)

52.0% (partially recovered)

2005: 18,541

2006: 9,641

70129 (Village D'lest/Venetian Isles)

60.9% (partially recovered)

2005: 13,496

2007: 8,219

70130 (CBD/Warehouse District/Lower Garden District)

95.4% (little change)

2005: 13,431

2007: 12,813

70131 (English Turn/Lakewood/Lower Algiers)

101.3% (area has grown)

2005: 25,614

2007: 25,947

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Lakeview is suprising me the most with its slow recovery. I thought the general welath of the area would have helped it recover quicker and its close access to jeffereson parish. That is proving to be wrong! Im sure it will fully recover but it seems it will take longer than expected!

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I was surprised by that as well. It's just a short drive to all of the services one would need over in Jefferson Parish. I wonder if most people took the flood insurance money and purchased homes elsewhere in the city or the metro area, and have decided to stay in those homes and sell the Lakeview property to Road Home or another person.

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