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Orleans Parish, Louisiana

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People QuickFacts	Orleans Parish	Louisiana
Population, 2013 estimate	378,715	4,625,470
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base	343,829	4,533,372
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013	10.1%	2.0%
Population, 2010	343,829	4,533,372
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013	6.2%	6.7%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013	20.6%	24.1%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013	11.7%	13.3%
Female persons, percent, 2013	52.0%	51.1%

White alone, percent, 2013 (a)	35.0%	63.5%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a)	60.1%	32.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent, 2013 (a)	0.4%	0.8%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a)	3.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a)	0.1%	0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013	1.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b)	5.5%	4.7%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013	31.0%	59.6%

Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012	80.4%	85.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012	5.6%	3.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012	9.8%	8.7%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012	84.7%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012	33.0%	21.4%
Veterans, 2008-2012	19,464	313,006
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012	22.8	24.9

Housing units, 2013	191,540	1,990,835
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012	47.6%	67.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012	41.6%	18.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012	$183,800	$137,700
Households, 2008-2012	143,851	1,696,499
Persons per household, 2008-2012	2.29	2.59
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012	$26,131	$24,264
Median household income, 2008-2012	$36,681	$44,673
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012	27.2%	18.7%

Business QuickFacts	Orleans Parish	Louisiana
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012	8,565	104,059¹
Private nonfarm employment, 2012	157,986	1,644,282¹
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012	4.1%	1.7%¹
Nonemployer establishments, 2012	33,085	345,755

Total number of firms, 2007	27,165	375,808
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007	28.9%	15.9%
American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007	0.7%	0.7%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007	5.2%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007	F	0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007	4.1%	2.9%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007	30.4%	27.4%

Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)	3,088,945	205,054,723
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)	1,938,441	51,415,553
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)	2,718,026	56,543,203
Retail sales per capita, 2007	$9,434	$12,921
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)	2,148,176	9,729,869
Building permits, 2012	966	13,018

Geography QuickFacts	Orleans Parish	Louisiana
Land area in square miles, 2010	169.42	43,203.90
Persons per square mile, 2010	2,029.4	104.9
FIPS Code	071	22
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area	New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area

1: Includes data not distributed by county.

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(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
F: Fewer than 25 firms
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
X: Not applicable
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown

Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, American Community Survey, Census of Population and Housing, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits
Last Revised: Tuesday, 08-Jul-2014 06:44:14 EDT

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