Census , 343,829 people and 189,896 households were in New Orleans. The racial and ethnic makeup of the city was 60.2% African American , 33.0% White , 2.9% Asian (1.7% Vietnamese, 0.3% Indian, 0.3% Chinese, 0.1% Filipino, 0.1% Korean), 0.0% Pacific Islander , and 1.7% were people of two or more