"What are these dumb@$$es going to do when their welfare check doesn't come? Oh, right, no problem -- they aready sat on their butts and perished because their liberal government didn't serve them the Perrier to which they were entitled...
Hello, Darwin!"
What percentage of New Orleans citizens are on welfare of some sort of social assistance?
Good question! It appears that the NOLA website (http://www.new-orleans.la.us/home/)
that may hold clues to the answer is without power right now...
In this later FR article, the statement is made that, "27.9% of New Orleans residents are below the poverty line,". That might provide some clue as to the answer to your question...