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Data we're thankful for... - November 17, 2009
It's not the rent, it's the wages - November 12, 2009
Does New Orleans need more housing?
In the News
503 media mentions in 2009
- November 12, 2009
Apartments are available, but too costly for many, study finds
The Times-Picayune - October 16, 2009
Rebuilding New Orleans
Woman’s Day - October 16, 2009
Checking In With New Orleans
Washington Post - October 14, 2009
President Obama Nods Towards New Orleans
TIME
Upcoming presentations
- November 24, 2009
The Role of Data in Disaster Recovery
Harvard University - December 3, 2009
Housing Production Needs: Three Scenarios for New Orleans
Home Builders Association of Greater New Orleans - December 7, 2009
Housing Production Needs: Three Scenarios for New Orleans
LRA Housing Taskforce
Recent presentations
- November 18, 2009
Housing Production Needs: Three Scenarios for New Orleans
CUREx Scholars and Fellows - November 16, 2009
Housing Production Needs: Three Scenarios for New Orleans
Greater New Orleans Housing Alliance (GNOHA) - November 3, 2009
Katrina’s Internally Displaced People: The Stats and the Stories
Loyola University New Orleans - October 11, 2009
Dynamics of Recovery
The Counselors of Real Estate - September 17, 2009
Housing in the New Orleans Metro
Banker’s Roundtable - August 20, 2009
Implementation of the Road Home Program Four Years after Hurricane Katrina
U.S. House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity - August 12, 2009
Tracking the Recovery of New Orleans
Friends of New Orleans, Aspen Institute - August 10 , 2009
Ten Minute Briefing on New Orleans' Recovery
Unified Nonprofits - July 29 , 2009
Beyond Disaster Recovery: Rebuilding a Prosperous New Orleans
Office of the Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding and White House Staff - July 16, 2009
Postal Data & ArcView Shine Light on New Orleans Recovery
ESRI User Conference - July 13 , 2009
Housing Availability & Adequacy in the New Orleans Metro
Greater New Orleans Housing Alliance and Unified Nonprofits - May 20 , 2009
Junk mail and the GeoWeb shine light on New Orleans recovery
O'Reilly Where 2.0 Conference - View more...
Featured Data
The prevalence of low paying jobs in the New Orleans economy is contributing to our housing woes. Forty-seven percent of the full-time year-round workers in the metro area make less than $35,000. Cooks and housekeeping staff earn as little as $20,000. How much rent can they afford to pay?
Essential Data
National 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. |
Prevalent wages and affordable rentsNovember 2009 New!This 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. |
Zipcode repopulation Data on households actively receiving mail by zipcode provides insight into the rate of population recovery in the 7-parish area. |
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. |
Neighborhood repopulation Four years after Katrina‚ population shifts in New Orleans neighborhoods are being driven by large–scale redevelopment projects as well as by disaster recovery. This news release includes more analysis, a data table, and maps. |
Public school enrollment Public school enrollment totals for each of the 7 parishes in the New Orleans metro area. |
Census 2010: New Orleans has to get it right the 1st time Challenging Census Bureau estimates is a crucial step in ensuring New Orleanians get our fair share of federal funding. But we can’t “challenge” the Census 2010 head count…and the stakes associated with an accurate count have never been higher. |
Total population estimatesJuly 2008Census population estimates 2000-2008 for each of the 7 parishes in the New Orleans metro area. |
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. |
Four years after Katrina, how much more housing and of what type does New Orleans need? And what do you do when market rate vacancies are rising but many people still cannot afford housing? Read more...
Though New Orleans has been somewhat shielded from the recession due to substantial rebuilding activity, four years after Katrina the region still faces major challenges due to blight, unaffordable housing, and vulnerable flood protection. Read more...
August 27, 2009 Media Update!
Facts for Features
Updated data bullets for the 4th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
10-Minute Briefing
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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 Maps
- Planning districts - PDF
- Neighborhood boundaries - PDF
- Zip codes - PDF
- Extent of Katrina flooding - PDF
- Elevation by neighborhood - PDF
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