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- August 26, 2010
PPT presentation for New Orleans Index at Five - August 23, 2010
10–minute briefing on New Orleans’ recovery - August 4, 2010
The New Orleans Index at Five: Recovery to Transformation of a Major American City
In the News
418 media mentions so far this year
(526 in 2009)
- August 29, 2010
Hurricane Katrina’s Impact on the Economy
C–SPAN - August 28, 2010
On One Block, Resilience and Despair
The Wall Street Journal - August 27, 2010
Jobs That Matter Most: Driving Economic Growth in New Orleans’s Post Katrina Economy
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta - August 27, 2010
On Anniversary of Katrina, Signs of Healing
The New York Times - August 27, 2010
New Orleans Population and Demographics: Returning to the Big Easy
Chicago Tribune - August 23, 2010
Katrina: Five Years Later
FOX Business - August 4, 2010
Hurricane Katrina recovery assessed five years out
The Times–Picayune
Upcoming presentations
- September 4, 2010
After the Storms: A NOLA Index Update
American Political Science Association (Allison Plyer) - September 11, 2010
Katrina’s Internally Displaced People: The Stats and the Stories
Loyola University (Allison Plyer) - September 13, 2010
New Orleans Index at Five: From Recovery to Transformation of a Great American City
United Way Coordinating Council (Allison Plyer) - September 22, 2010
New Orleans Index at Five: From Recovery to Transformation of a Great American City
Greater New Orleans Foundation Housing Conference (Allison Plyer)
Recent presentations
- August 27, 2010
Disaster Data 101
TEDxNOLA (Allison Plyer) - August 26, 2010
New Orleans Index at Five: From Recovery to Transformation of a Great American City
City of New Orleans Media Center for the 5th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina (Allison Plyer) - August 26, 2010
Jobs that Matter Most: Regional Export Industries in the New Orleans Area
International Economic Development Council (Allison Plyer) - August 18, 2010
The New Orleans Data Story
Poverty Summit (Allison Plyer) - July 31, 2010
Housing, Blight and the New Orleans Economy
NORA board retreat (Allison Plyer) - July 28, 2010
New Orleans Index at Five
Urban League, Women of the Storm, Citizens for 1 Greater New Orleans (Allison Plyer/GNOCDC, Amy Liu/Brookings) - July 12, 2010
Demographic and Housing Trends In the New Orleans Metro
Enterprise Community Partners, board and senior management (Allison Plyer) - June 11, 2010
Valuing Transparency; Understanding its Effects
Transparency 2010: Landmark Challenges (Denice Ross/GNOCDC, Mark Schmitt/The American Prospect and Ellen Miller/Sunlight Foundation) - May 25, 2010
An app we can trust: Lessons from Katrina
Gov 2.0 Expo 2010 (Denice Ross) - May 17, 2010
Housing, Commuter, and Blight Trends in the New Orleans Metro
Unified Nonprofits (Allison Plyer) - April 13, 2010
Beyond Recovery: Talent, Capital and the Future of New Orleans
The Next American City (Allison Plyer) - April 13, 2010
Why the Census 2010 Matters
Hoffman Triangle Neighborhood Association (Melissa Schigoda) - April 11, 2010
Community Participation Since Katrina
American Planning Association (Denice Ross) - April 7, 2010
Demographic and Housing Trends in the New Orleans Metro
National Council of Affordable Housing Market Analysts (Allison Plyer) - March 29, 2010
The Role of Data in Disaster Recovery
National Hurricane Conference (Allison Plyer) - March 3, 2010
Tracking the Recovery of New Orleans
NeighborWorks Mobile Workshop (Allison Plyer) - January 28, 2010
The Role of Data in Disaster Recovery
Association of Small Foundations (Allison Plyer) - January 23, 2010
An app we can trust: Lessons from Katrina
CityCamp: Gov 2.0 Goes Local (Denice Ross) - December 10, 2009
Housing Production Needs and Export Industry analysis
Horizon Initiative of New Orleans (Allison Plyer) - View more...
Featured
In this ten minute briefing, Dr. Allison Plyer of the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center explains that despite three major shocks, greater New Orleans is rebounding, and in some ways, “better than before.” In addition, the research indicates that New Orleanians are showing increasing signs of resilience, and have executed multiple, critical systemic reforms. Yet, the data also reveals some disturbing trends. The briefing ends with thoughts on how to build on New Orleans’ progress to date, and how to address the unfinished business of Katrina — regional economy and coastline — to truly move the region toward prosperity.
Essential Data
Zipcode repopulation Data on households actively receiving mail by zipcode provides insight into the rate of population recovery in the 7–parish area. |
Regional "Export" Jobs This brief, entitled Jobs that Matter Most, examines employment in the region and the “export” industries that drive economic growth. Featuring a podcast interview with Dr. Allison Plyer and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. |
Coastal Employment This brief describes employment in coastal Louisiana two years prior to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster. The jobs data within this brief serves as a baseline against which future impacts of the oil disaster may be compared. |
Neighborhood repopulation Nearly five years after Katrina, most of the heavily flooded neighborhoods now have well over 60 percent of the population they had pre-Katrina. This brief includes more analysis, a data table, and maps. |
Job Sprawl in Metro New Orleans 2008 census data on the location and density of jobs and workers by income level and industry. |
Benchmarks for blight Over the last year, New Orleans has dramatically reduced the level of blight in the city. This is in contrast to many cities around the country where blight is growing or has declined only slightly. |
Total population estimatesMarch 2010Census population estimates 2000-2009 for each of the 7 parishes in the New Orleans metro area. |
Post–Katrina Commuter Patterns 2008 census data on where workers live compared to where they work by low, moderate and high–wage levels. |
Public school enrollment Public school enrollment totals for each of the 7 parishes in the New Orleans metro area, and school-by-school student demographic data. |
Prevalent wages and affordable rentsNovember 2009This one-page fact sheet shows the number of workers in the New Orleans area by income range and affordable rent for various occupations making less than $35,000 a year. |
Housing affordability in the New Orleans metro In 2008, homeowners in New Orleans were more likely to face unaffordable housing costs than homeowners nationwide. And renters across the entire metro area faced a housing affordability crisis more severe than the nation. |
Who lives in New Orleans and the Metro Area now? This brief examines 2008 data for Orleans, Jefferson, St. Tammany, and the metro area, and identifies significant changes since 2000. Included are data on race and ethnicity, poverty, homeownership, educational attainment, children, access to vehicles and the foreign born population. |
Recovery funding gapJanuary 2008Damages caused by Hurricane Katrina and Rita dwarfed those caused by previous disasters. Most federal spending has gone for relief, not rebuilding. Charitable Giving has also outpaced that of federal rebuilding, but charitable and insurance funding do not close the gap. |
Housing damage estimates Detailed tables on the extent of damage, type of damage, tenure, insurance status, and housing type are provided for impacted states, as well as select counties in Mississippi, parishes in Louisiana, and each of Orleans Parish’s 14 Planning Districts. |
Hurricane impact Reports on the immediate impact of Hurricane Katrina, covering issues such as demographics, race and class, business and job losses. |
Pre-Katrina Data Center web sitePre-Katrina 2000Pre-storm data and background info on all 73 New Orleans neighborhoods, plus our articles, demographic maps, and data for the 10-parish area. |
| August 2010 Facts for Features: Katrina Recovery New! Five years after Hurricane Katrina, what does the very latest data say about how the city and region are doing? |
August 2010 The New Orleans Index at Five New! The fifth anniversary edition with an overview, |
| June 2010 Neighborhood Repopulation Analysis of neighborhood repopulation data - includes a data table and maps. |
| April 2009 Facts for Features: Katrina Impact A brief summary of the data on flooding, deaths, displaced residents, damages and recovery funding |
| July 20, 2010 Coastal Employment before the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster This brief describes employment in coastal Louisiana two years prior to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster. The jobs data within this brief serves as a baseline against which future impacts of the oil disaster may be compared. |
| June 18, 2010 The Economic Impact of the Oil Spill In this Brookings Podcast, Amy Liu discusses the enormous economic impact of the catastrophic BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill on New Orleans, the Gulf Coast region, and the nation. |
| June 16, 2010 Economic Impact of the Oil Spill on the Gulf Region Amy Liu from Brookings answers questions about the economic impact of the oil spill on the New Orleans region in a live web chat moderated by Seung Min Kim, assistant editor at POLITICO |
| June 4, 2010 A Disaster Worse than Katrina Amy Liu and Allison Plyer blog about the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill for Brookings UpFront: Daily Commentary from Brookings experts. |
Reports
 Housing Production NeedsNovember 2009Three scenarios for New Orleans |
Interactive Maps
Block-by-block repopulation Households actively receiving mail pre- and post-K, closed Road Home applications |
Child care centers Licensed class, licensed capacity, Head Start status, infants served and evening hours. |
Public schools District and management type, enrollment, grade level, free and reduced lunch and limited English proficiency. |
Reference Materials
- Economic Timeline New!
- Planning district map - PDF
- Neighborhood boundary map - PDF
- Zip code map - PDF
- Extent of Katrina flooding map - PDF
- Elevation by neighborhood map - PDF
Your Questions
- Where can I find demographic data
(race, age, etc.) for New Orleans? - Where can I find crime data?
- What’s the high school dropout rate?
- How many people are homeless?
- How many New Orleanians are still displaced?
- How many Latinos live in New Orleans?
- Has New Orleans experienced an influx of young professionals since Katrina?
Ask Allison
If you are a nonprofit, neighborhood group or government entity and if your question is not answered above or by a thorough Google search, you can submit it to resident data expert, Allison Plyer. Due to high volume, please note that it may take up to 3 business days for a response.
