where is new orleans
New Orleans (/nuË ËÉËrláµ»nz, -ËÉËrli.Énz, -ÉËrËliËnz/, or /ËnÉËrláµ»nz/; French: La Nouvelle-OrlÃ©ans [la nuvÉlÉÊleÉÌ]) is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The population of the city was 343,829 as of the 2010 U.S. Census. The New Orleans metropolitan area (New OrleansâMetairieâKenner Metropolitan Statistical Area) had a population of 1,167,764 in 2010 and was the 46th largest in the United States.