Greater New Orleans

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Population

Greater New Orleans			Louisiana
		count		count
Population per Square Mile
1960	634.17	147588	74.76	3257022
1970	678.57	168414	83.58	3641306
1980	719.94	191147	96.54	4205900
1990	676.10	187265	96.86	4219973
2000	567.82	1369908	102.58	4468976

Economy

Greater New Orleans		Louisiana
Median Household Income (thousands of $)
2002	34.20	33.54
2003	35.17	33.79

Urban/Rural Housing 2000

Greater New Orleans				Louisiana
		count	diff		count	diff
Housing units per sq. mile	291.95	82224	588.56	42.40	1847181	0.00
% units urban	74.70	73353	3.59	72.11	1331972	0.00
% units in urbanized areas	56.73	68784	-0.43	56.97	1052250	0.00
% inside urban clusters	17.97	4569	18.72	15.14	279722	0.00
% units rural	25.30	8871	-9.29	27.89	515209	0.00

Race 2002

Greater New Orleans				Louisiana
		count	diff		count	diff
% pop of one race	98.78	193001	-0.34	99.12	69074	0.00
% pop White	69.45	114033	4.09	66.72	44628	0.00
% pop Black	27.59	71821	-12.51	31.54	22687	0.00
% pop A. Indian & Alaskan	0.59	725	-6.53	0.64	396	0.00
% pop Asian	1.54	4073	160.21	0.59	849	0.00
% pop Native Hawaiian	0.02	50	-4.30	0.02	19	0.00
% pop Other	0.81	2300	72.46	0.47	485	0.00
% pop of 2 or more races	1.22	2700	-49.60	2.42	912	0.00