THE MISSISSIPPI FLOODGATES OPEN, Releasing 12 Million Gallons Per Second Onto Louisiana Farmland

Business Insider ^ | 05/16/2011 | Leah Goldman

[Mila]

“Which is largely what has happened - and why BR now has a larger population than NO, which is nowhere CLOSE to where it was pre-Katrina pop.-wise.”

The city of Baton Rouge has a population of 229,553 as of the 2010 census

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana

The Census Bureau in July 2006 estimated the population of New Orleans to be 223,000; a subsequent study estimated that 32,000 additional residents had moved to the city as of March 2007, bringing the estimated population to 255,000, approximately 56% of the pre-Katrina population level.

Another estimate, based on data on utility usage from July 2007, estimated the population to be approximately 274,000 or 60% of the pre-Katrina population. These estimates are somewhat smaller than a third estimate, based on mail delivery records, from the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center in June 2007, which indicated that the city had regained approximately two-thirds of its pre-Katrina population.[35]

In 2008, the Census Bureau revised upward its population estimate for the city, to 336,644.[36]

Most recently, 2010 estimates show that neighborhoods that did not flood are near 100% of their pre-Katrina populations, and in some cases, exceed 100% of their pre-Katrina populations.[37]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans

Census Population Counts

February 3, 2011

Total population counts by parish for the New Orleans Metro (1980–2010)

http://www.gnocdc.org/census_pop_counts.html

Note: New Orleans proper is Orleans parish-
Population 343,829

[dfwgator]

The city of Baton Rouge has a population of 229,553 as of the 2010 census

Of which about 30,000 are LSU students.

[JLLH]

http://www.businessreport.com/news/2011/feb/21/good-bad-and-ugly-gnit1/

http://www.businessreport.com/news/2011/mar/08/how-baton-rouge-measures-edvl1/

A very different perspective..guess we’ll have to go with what we see ourselves and/or the research sources that we believe most.

[JLLH]

Also if you like wikipedia (not sure I do) -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baton_Rouge_metropolitan_area

[JLLH]

Forgot to add that EBR Parish is now the most populous in the state with over 400,00 residents. (Source available on Official Census page). The Parishes in N.O. are not, by contrast, doing well and are declining and have declined substantially since Katrina (29% just for Jefferson Parish, I think it was?) In any event, BR is growing and has grown substantially while N.O. - not much and largely declining.