DECEMBER 2007 POPULATION UPDATE


Since Hurricane Katrina struck the New Orleans region in August 2005, GCR has played an active role in quantifying and analyzing the storm’s impact as well as the region’s recovery. One of our most important endeavors is tracking the recovery of Orleans Parish through a variety of indicators and determining the degree to which the city’s population has returned. Periodically, we publish population estimates to help the public better understand the pace at which residents have returned to various neighborhoods.

GCR is eager to support the recovery by providing unique, accurate, and meaningful data to our leaders as well as our clients.

We have a full suite of demographic and GIS services to support the strategic needs of public, non-profit, and private clients. For more information, please contact Greg Rigamer.

GCR’s latest population estimate for the Metro New Orleans area is 1, 236,505 or approximately 87% of its pre-Katrina population. While Orleans and St. Bernard Parishes remain below their pre-storm population, other parishes in the area have recaptured or surpassed their pre-storm levels. Analysis of this latest estimate, an overview of repopulation patterns throughout the city, and an update on the population of the metropolitan area are available for review in the PowerPoint presentation linked below.

To see a detailed report of the latest population estimates
published by GCR:

Powerpoint slideshow
Acrobat (PDF) document