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People QuickFacts | New Orleans | Louisiana
Population, 2012 estimate | 369,250 | 4,602,134
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 343,829 | 4,533,372
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 7.4% | 1.5%
Population, 2010 | 343,829 | 4,533,372
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 6.4% | 6.9%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 21.3% | 24.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 10.9% | 12.3%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 51.6% | 51.0%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 33.0% | 62.6%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 60.2% | 32.0%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.3% | 0.7%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 2.9% | 1.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.0%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 1.7% | 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 5.2% | 4.2%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 30.5% | 60.3%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 80.4% | 85.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 5.6% | 3.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 9.8% | 8.7%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 84.7% | 82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 33.0% | 21.4%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 19,464 | 313,006
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 22.8 | 24.9
Housing units, 2010 | 189,896 | 1,964,981
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 47.6% | 67.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 41.6% | 18.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $183,800 | $137,700
Households, 2008-2012 | 143,851 | 1,696,499
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.29 | 2.59
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $26,131 | $24,264
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $36,681 | $44,673
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 27.2% | 18.7%
Business QuickFacts | New Orleans | Louisiana
Total number of firms, 2007 | 27,166 | 375,808
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 28.9% | 15.9%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 0.7% | 0.7%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 5.2% | 2.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 4.1% | 2.9%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 30.4% | 27.4%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 3,088,945 | 205,054,723
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,938,441 | 51,415,553
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,718,026 | 56,543,203
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $9,434 | $12,921
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,148,176 | 9,729,869
Geography QuickFacts | New Orleans | Louisiana
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 169.42 | 43,203.90
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 2,029.4 | 104.9
FIPS Code | 55000 | 22
Counties | Orleans Parish
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts