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.

The U.S. Population Grids (Summary File 3), 2000: New Orleans Metropolitan Statistical Area, Alpha Version data set contains an ARC/INFO Workspace with grids of demographic data from the year 2000 census. The grids have a resolution of 30 arc-seconds (0.0083 decimal degrees), or approximately 1 square km. The gridded variables are based on census block geography from Census 2000 TIGER/Line Files and census variables (income, poverty, education, housing age). This data set is produced by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).

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Graph and download economic data for Total Quarterly Wages in New Orleans-Metairie, LA (MSA) (ENUC353830010) from Q1 1990 to Q4 2024 about New Orleans, LA, wages, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for All Employees: Government in New Orleans-Metairie, LA (MSA) (NEWO322GOVT) from Jan 1990 to May 2025 about New Orleans, LA, government, employment, and USA.

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

Historical dataset of population level and growth rate for the New Orleans metro area from 1950 to 2025.

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Graph and download economic data for New Private Housing Units Authorized by Building Permits: 1-Unit Structures for New Orleans-Metairie, LA (MSA) (NEWO322BP1FH) from Jan 1988 to May 2025 about New Orleans, privately owned, 1-unit structures, LA, permits, family, buildings, housing, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Housing Inventory: Median Days on Market in New Orleans-Metairie, LA (CBSA) (MEDDAYONMAR35380) from Jul 2016 to Jun 2025 about New Orleans, LA, median, 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 **** 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 **** 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 also home to many corporations, such as Monsanto, Arch Coal, and Emerson Electric. The economy of St. Louis is centered around business and healthcare, and boasts 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. Despite high crime levels, the GDP of the St. Louis metropolitan area has been increasing since 2001.

Subsidized Housing Unit data was downloaded from the National Housing Preservation Database for Atlanta, Baltimore, Detroit, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, and Oakland, CA in June 2017. The data was spatialized by Data Driven Detroit. More information concerning the subsidized housing programs can be found here. The dataset includes active and inactive subsidized housing units.Click here for metadata (descriptions of the fields).

Graph and download economic data for Housing Inventory: Active Listing Count Year-Over-Year in New Orleans-Metairie, LA (CBSA) (ACTLISCOUYY35380) from Jul 2017 to May 2025 about New Orleans, LA, active listing, listing, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for All Employees: Retail Trade in New Orleans-Metairie, LA (MSA) (SMU22353804200000001SA) from Jan 1990 to May 2025 about New Orleans, LA, retail trade, sales, retail, employment, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Regional Price Parities: Services: Housing for New Orleans-Metairie, LA (MSA) (RPPSERVERENT35380) from 2008 to 2023 about New Orleans, PPP, LA, rent, services, price, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for All Employees: Other Services in New Orleans-Metairie, LA (MSA) (NEWO322SRVON) from Jan 1990 to May 2025 about New Orleans, LA, services, employment, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Average Weekly Wages for Employees in State Government Establishments in New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA (MSA) (ENUC353840210) from Q1 1990 to Q4 2024 about state govt, New Orleans, LA, establishments, average, wages, government, employment, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Total Gross Domestic Product for New Orleans-Metairie, LA (MSA) (NGMP35380) from 2001 to 2023 about New Orleans, LA, industry, GDP, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for All Employees: Total Private in New Orleans-Metairie, LA (MSA) (SMU22353800500000001) from Jan 1990 to May 2025 about New Orleans, LA, private, employment, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Unemployed Persons in New Orleans-Metairie, LA (MSA) (LAUMT223538000000004A) from 1990 to 2024 about New Orleans, LA, household survey, unemployment, persons, and USA.