New Orleans · Population

Question: What is the population of New Orleans? Answer: New Orleans, United States (Administrative unit: Louisiana) - last known population is ≈ 384 300 (year 2014). This was 0.12% of total United States population. If population growth rate would be same as in period 2010-2014 (+2.82%/year), New Orleans population in 2024 would be: 507 656*.

Population history ^[1]

Annual population change

[1940-1950] +1.44 %/year
[1950-1960] +0.96 %/year
[1960-1970] -0.56 %/year
[1970-1980] -0.62 %/year
[1980-1990] -1.15 %/year
[1990-2000] -0.25 %/year
[2000-2010] -3.38 %/year
[2010-2014] +2.82 %/year

Location

GPS coordinates: 29.955, -90.075

Local time in New Orleans: 23:01 Friday GMT-5.

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New Orleans on city and population density map

City density ^[2] • population density ^[3] • Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

Population for places near New Orleans

• Metairie 8 km,

293°
• Kenner 16 km,

285°
• Marrero 7 km,

201°
• Laplace 40 km,

287°
• Slidell 45 km,

38°
• Terrytown 6 km,

140°
• Harvey 6 km,

182°
• Gretna 5 km,

155°
• Chalmette 11 km,

97°
• Estelle 12 km,

194°

Sources, Notices

1940c, 1950c, 1960c, 1970c, 1980c, 1990c, 2000c, 2010c, 2014e. Legend: e-estimate, c-census, o-other, ..
* Unofficial, calculated population.
** In some cases boundaries changes also influence the comparability of the population data. Data is provided "as is" without warranty or any representation of accuracy, timeliness or completeness. Terms of use.
[1] Sources
• U.S. Census Bureau
• Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1980
• Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1991 (rank)
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).