AN UNEVEN RECOVERY

The New Orleans metro area is about 6 percent smaller than it was before the storm. But that figure hardly captures the whole
story. Population figures for each census tract in 2010 provide a window on which parts of the city and surrounding suburbs have
bounced back, and which havent.

Jefferson Parish

St. Tammany Parish

PERCENTAGE
CHANGE,
2000 to 2010

25

Decrease of
more than 50%

190
10
10
22

21

49%-25% percent
decrease

36
59

61

24% decrease
to no change

12

90

11

190

Increase of less
than 10%

10

90

Increase of more
than 10%

BUS.

90

23

10

45

90

Orleans Parish

10

10

510

90

610
10

St. John the Baptist Parish

61

55

10

10

90

51

61

St. Charles Parish

Plaquemines Parish

10
61
310

St. Bernard Parish

90

39
90
47
23

46

39

46

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and The Data Center

By EMMETT MAYER III, Special to The Advocate