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New data reveals 16 New Orleans neighborhoods have less than half their pre-Katrina households

Aug 21, 2008: "New data analysis reveals that 16 of 50 New Orleans neighborhoods that flooded following Katrina have less than half of the households they did in June 2005. The GNOCDC used media/marketing company Valassis’ comprehensive mailing list database to create a map showing the percentage of 2005 active-address households that receive mail today across New Orleans neighborhoods..."

Download the full analysis and map of repopulation by neighborhood with data tables {PDF - 1.4 MB)

Essential Data
Mar 2008 PDF NEW! National benchmarks for blight - Analysis of HUD data on unoccupied residential addresses
Jun 2008 PDF NEW! Percent Recovery by Neighborhood (pre- and post-K) - News release, map and data table
Jun 2008 Web Block-by-block repopulation indicators for New Orleans - Interactive map of households actively receiving mail, closed Road Home "Stay and Rebuild" applications and closed Road Home "Sell to the State" applications
Aug 2008 PDF Public schools Updated!
May 2008 PDF May 2008 population estimates confirm decelerated growth in first quarter 2008 - News release about households actively receiving mail in the 6-parish region
Jun 2008 PDF Child care centers
May 2008 XLS Households actively receiving mail - by zip code for the 6-parish area
Feb 2008 Web Public school enrollment - LA Dept of Education
Feb 2008 PDF Regional hospitals
Feb 2008 PDF Clinics
Jan 2008 PDF Recovery funding gap
FY 2008 Web Fair market rents- HUD
Jul 2007 Web Total population estimates - U.S. Census Bureau
Feb 2006 PDF Housing damage estimates - HUD

Aug 2008: "Greater New Orleans approaches the end of its third year of recovery from a position of strength, with the vast majority of its pre-storm population and jobs. But recovery trends have slowed in the past year as tens of thousands of blighted properties, lack of affordable housing for essential workers, and thin public services continue to plague the region."


Arrow Summary of Findings - 23 pages (PDF - 6 MB) NEW!
Arrow Summary of Findings + Data Tables - 84 pages (PDF - 6.2 MB) NEW!

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