The New Orleans-Metairie MSA is a seven county, metropolitan area located in southeastern Louisiana off the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.

After New Orleans faced Hurricane Katrina, one of the worst natural disasters this country has ever seen, the city saw a significant loss of population due to the damage. However, recently the city's population has begun to recover. The city is seeing almost double the amount of immigrants coming in as it did before Hurricane Katrina.

Total Population: 1,262,888

(An increase of 6.14 % in the past 5 years.)

Census Data

• Foreign Born - 80,287
• Language Spoken at Home - 116,291

Quick Facts

• New Orleans is the most populous city, as well as the most populous MSA in the state of Louisiana.


• Over the past five years the metro area's population has increased by over five percent.
  


• Approximately ten percent of the population speak a language other than English at home.


• Those who are under 18 are a minority majority, with only 45.2% being non-Hispanic whites.
  


• New Orleans has one of the top five largest Honduran populations in the United States, many of which have arrived within the last decade.


• Central American Children arriving within the last five years alone make up approximately thirteen percent of all foreign-born children in New Orleans.


• One of the most concentrated Vietnamese enclaves is located in east New Orleans, with over five thousand Vietnamese immigrants living in two census tracts.