Where we live now, 10 years later...

In New Orleans, the black community has shrunk. In Jefferson Parish it has grown. In St. Tammany,
relatively safe from anxiety of hurricane season, every demographic has has surged. Below, census data
reveal how Hurricane Katrina reshaped the metropolitan area.

White

Black

Hispanic

100,000

Asian

200,000

Other
300,000

400,000

500,000

Jefferson Parish
455,466

2000

432,552

2010

435,716

2014*
PERCENT CHANGE, 2000-2014:

White: -20.9%

Black: +10.5%

Hispanic: +85.3%

Asian: +28.7%

TOTAL: -4.3%

Orleans Parish
484,674

2000
343,829

2010

384,320

2014*
PERCENT CHANGE, 2000-2014:

White: -7%

Black: -30.1%

Hispanic: +43.7%

Asian: +3.9%

TOTAL: -20.7%

White: -15.8%

Black: -24.8%

Hispanic: +249.2%

Asian: +25.2%

TOTAL: -12.4%

White: -49.9%

Black: +89.1%

Hispanic: +24.1%

Asian: +18.5%

TOTAL: -33.9%

White: +2%

Black: +14%

Hispanic: +129.9%

Asian: +87.4%

TOTAL: +9.7%

White: --1.1%

Black: +1.4%

Hispanic: +190%

Asian: +450%

TOTAL: +2%

Black: +24.5%

Hispanic: +92.7%

Asian: +44.8%

TOTAL: +1.6%

TOTAL: +28.5%

Plaquemines Parish
2000

26,757

2010

23,042

2014*

23,447

PERCENT CHANGE, 2000-2014:

St. Bernard Parish

67,229

2000
2010
2014*

35,897
44,409

PERCENT CHANGE, 2000-2014:

St. Charles Parish

48,072

2000
2010

52,780

2014*

52,745

PERCENT CHANGE, 2000-2014:

St. James Parish

2000

21,216

2010

22,102

2014*

21,638

PERCENT CHANGE, 2000-2014:

St. John the Baptist Parish

2000

43,044

2010

45,924

2014*

43,745

PERCENT CHANGE, 2000-2014:

White: -25%

St. Tammany Parish

191,268

2000

233,740

2010

245,829

2014*
PERCENT CHANGE, 2000-2014:

White: +19.8%

Black: +54.3%

Hispanic: +179.5%

Asian: +130%

White: -10.3%

Black: -13.4%

Hispanic: +81.4%

Asian: +24.8%

METRO AREA
PERCENT CHANGE, 2000-2014:

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

TOTAL: -6.4%

By EMMETT MAYER III, Special to The Advocate