- State:LouisianaCounty:Orleans ParishZips:70162,70146,70151,70158,70172,70182,70186,70150,70150,70152,70165,70174,70179,70175,70177,70187,70181,70148,70139,70128,70170,70129,70163,70131,70127,70126,70124,70122,70114,70125,70113,70117,70116,70118,70112,70115,70119,70130Coordinates:30.068643556087803, -89.92812938075284Area total:349.85 sq. mi., 906.10 sq. km, 223902.08 acresArea land:169.43 sq. mi., 438.83 sq. km, 108437.76 acresArea water:180.41 sq. mi., 467.27 sq. km, 115464.32 acresEstablished:1807Capital seat:
New Orleans
Address: 1300 Perdido St
New Orleans City Hall
New Orleans, LA 70112-2125
Governing Body: Council with 7 board size
Governing Authority: Home Rule
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Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States
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- Population:383,997; Population change: 11.68% (2010 - 2020)Population density:2,266 persons per square mileHousehold income:$38,251Households:123,927Unemployment rate:12.20% per 181,868 county labor force
- Sales taxes:9.00%Income taxes:6.00%GDP:$22.28 B, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Orleans Parish's population of Louisiana of 458,762 residents in 1930 has dropped 0,84-fold to 383,997 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 53.47% female residents and 46.53% male residents live in as of 2020, 39.55% in Orleans Parish, Louisiana are married and the remaining 60.45% are single population.
As of 2020, 39.55% in Orleans Parish, Louisiana are married and the remaining 60.45% are single population.
- Housing units:193,840 residential units of which 85.19% share occupied residential units.
26.7 minutes is the average time that residents in Orleans Parish require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
60.32% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 15.54% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 13.20% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 2.90% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Orleans Parish, Louisiana 41.78% are owner-occupied homes, another 49.04% are rented apartments, and the remaining 9.18% are vacant.
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The 42.99% of the population in Orleans Parish, Louisiana who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 19.080%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 79.420%) of those eligible to vote in Orleans Parish, Louisiana.
