Data for
| |
Population |
Decline in Population |
| |
January 2005 |
October 2005 |
January 2006 |
July 2006 |
January 2005 to October 2005 |
January 2005 to January 2006 |
January 2005 to July 2006 |
| |
New Orleans |
463,000 |
93,000 |
174,000 |
214,000 |
370,000 |
289,000 |
249,000 |
| Louisiana Parishes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
St. Bernard |
66,000 |
3,000 |
7,000 |
15,000 |
63,000 |
59,000 |
51,000 |
Jefferson |
453,000 |
303,000 |
401,000 |
411,000 |
150,000 |
52,000 |
42,000 |
Plaquemines |
29,000 |
12,000 |
19,000 |
20,000 |
17,000 |
10,000 |
9,000 |
| Mississippi Counties |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hancock |
46,000 |
30,000 |
36,000 |
38,000 |
16,000 |
10,000 |
8,000 |
Harrison |
189,000 |
178,000 |
176,000 |
177,000 |
11,000 |
13,000 |
12,000 |
Jackson |
135,000 |
121,000 |
129,000 |
131,000 |
14,000 |
6,000 |
4,000 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
|
|
|
|
641,000 |
439,000 |
375,000 |
| |
| Source: Compiled by Earth Policy Institute from Claritas Inc., "New Hurricane Katrina-Adjusted Population and Household Estimates," table, 1 August 2006, and from Stephen Moore, Claritas Inc., email to Elizabeth Mygatt, Earth Policy Institute, 15 August 2006. |
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