Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the New Orleans metro area from 1950 to 2025. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.

In 2021, the population of the New Orleans-Metairie metropolitan area in the United States was about 1.26 million people. This is consistent with the previous year, when the population was around 1.27 million.

Graph and download economic data for Employed Persons in New Orleans-Metairie, LA (MSA) (LAUMT223538000000005) from Jan 1990 to Jan 2025 about New Orleans, LA, household survey, employment, persons, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Civilian Labor Force in New Orleans-Metairie, LA (MSA) (LAUMT223538000000006A) from 1990 to 2023 about New Orleans, LA, civilian, labor force, labor, household survey, and USA.

U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts statistics for New Orleans city, Louisiana. QuickFacts data are derived from: Population Estimates, American Community Survey, Census of Population and Housing, Current Population Survey, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits.

Graph and download economic data for Unemployment Rate in New Orleans-Metairie, LA (MSA) (LAUMT223538000000003A) from 1990 to 2023 about New Orleans, LA, household survey, unemployment, rate, and USA.

In 2022, the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area recorded the highest homicide rate of U.S. cities with a population over 250,000, at 27.1 homicides per 100,000 residents, followed by the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area. However, homicide data was not recorded in all U.S. metro areas, meaning that there may be some cities with a higher homicide rate.

St. Louis

St. Louis, which had a murder and nonnegligent manslaughter rate of 11.6 in 2022, is the second-largest city by population in Missouri. It is home to many famous treasures such as the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team, Washington University in St. Louis, the Saint Louis Zoo, and the renowned Gateway Arch. It is home to many corporations such as Monsanto, Arch Coal, and Emerson Electric. The economy of St. Louis is centered around business and healthcare, and in addition is home to ten Fortune 500 companies.

Crime in St. Louis

Despite all of this, St. Louis suffers from high levels of crime and violence. As of 2023, it was listed as the seventh most dangerous city in the world as a result of their extremely high murder rate. Not only does St. Louis have one of the highest homicide rates in the United States, it also reports one of the highest numbers of violent crimes. In spite of high crime levels, the GDP of the St. Louis metropolitan area has been increasing since 2001.

Graph and download economic data for Unemployed Persons in New Orleans-Metairie, LA (MSA) (LAUMT223538000000004A) from 1990 to 2023 about New Orleans, LA, household survey, unemployment, persons, and USA.

In 2018, an estimated 44.84 percent of the population of Cleveland, Ohio lived in areas with unaffordable water bills. This was followed by New Orleans, Louisiana where some 36 percent of the cities population had unaffordable bills. Water bills that exceed four percent of a households income are deemed unaffordable.

Whilst New Orleans was ranked second in terms of total population, the population of low income residents living in areas with unaffordable water bills rose to 79 percent.

Since 2010, water bills across the United States have increased significantly, with some cities experiencing a growth of 154 percent.

AbstractUrbanization often substantially influences animal movement and gene flow. However, few studies to date have examined gene flow of the same species across multiple cities. In this study, we examine brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) to test hypotheses about the repeatability of neutral evolution across four cities: Salvador, Brazil; New Orleans, USA; Vancouver, Canada; New York City, USA. At least 150 rats were sampled from each city and genotyped for a minimum of 15,000 genome-wide SNPs. Levels of genome-wide diversity were similar across cities, but varied across neighborhoods within cities. All four populations exhibited high spatial autocorrelation at the shortest distance classes (< 500 m) due to limited dispersal. Coancestry and evolutionary clustering analyses identified genetic discontinuities within each city that coincided with a resource desert in New York City, major waterways in New Orleans, and roads in Salvador and Vancouver. Such replicated studies are crucial to assessing the generality of predictions from urban evolution, and have practical applications for pest management and public health. Future studies should include a range of global cities in different biomes, incorporate multiple species, and examine the impact of specific characteristics of the built environment and human socioeconomics on gene flow. Usage notesPLINK .map file for New Orleans rat SNP GenotypesPLINK .map file for New Orleans SNP genotypes. The genotypes themselves are in the .ped file of the same name, and the .map file contains the chromosomal coordinates for each SNP.NOL.plink.mapPLINK .ped file for New Orleans rat SNP GenotypesPLINK .ped file for New Orleans SNP genotypes. The genotypes themselves are in the .ped file, and the .map file contains the chromosomal coordinates for each SNP.NOL.plink.pedPLINK .map file for New York City rat SNP GenotypesPLINK .map file for New York City SNP genotypes. The genotypes themselves are in the .ped file of the same name, and the .map file contains the chromosomal coordinates for each SNP.NYC.plink.mapPLINK .ped file for New York City rat SNP GenotypesPLINK .ped file for New York City SNP genotypes. The genotypes themselves are in the .ped file, and the .map file contains the chromosomal coordinates for each SNP.NYC.plink.pedPLINK .map file for Salvador, Brazil rat SNP GenotypesPLINK .map file for Salvador, Brazil SNP genotypes. The genotypes themselves are in the .ped file of the same name, and the .map file contains the chromosomal coordinates for each SNP.SAL.plink.mapPLINK .ped file for Salvador, Brazil rat SNP GenotypesPLINK .ped file for Salvador, Brazil SNP genotypes. The genotypes themselves are in the .ped file, and the .map file contains the chromosomal coordinates for each SNP.SAL.plink.pedPLINK .map file for Vancouver rat SNP GenotypesPLINK .map file for Vancouver SNP genotypes. The genotypes themselves are in the .ped file of the same name, and the .map file contains the chromosomal coordinates for each SNP.VAN.plink.mapPLINK .ped file for Vancouver rat SNP GenotypesPLINK .ped file for Vancouver SNP genotypes. The genotypes themselves are in the .ped file, and the .map file contains the chromosomal coordinates for each SNP.VAN.plink.ped

This graph shows the 15 fastest growing cities in the United States, by percentage increase in population, from the period April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011. Over this time New Orleans was the fastest growing city at a rate of 4.9 percent.