New Orleans metropolitan area
| New Orleans Metropolitan Area | |
|---|---|
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner | |
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| Country | United States |
| State(s) | Louisiana |
| Largest city | New Orleans |
| Other cities |
Kenner Metairie, Louisiana (unincorporated) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,755.2 sq mi (9,726 km2) |
| Highest elevation | <200 ft (<62 m) |
| Lowest elevation | -7 ft (-2 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,251,849 (2014) |
| • Rank | 45th in the U.S. |
| • Density | 311/sq mi (120/km2) |
New Orleans–Metairie-Kenner Metropolitan Statistical Area, or the Greater New Orleans Region (as it is often called by the Louisiana Tourism Commission) is a metropolitan area designated by the United States Census encompassing eight parishes (the Louisiana equivalent of other states' counties) in the state of Louisiana, centering on the city of New Orleans.
As of the April 1, 2012, estimate, the metropolitan statistical area (MSA) had a population of 1,227,096. The New Orleans-Metairie-Hammond Combined Statistical Area (CSA), a nine-parish area, had a population of 1,452,502.
The metropolitan area was hit by Hurricane Katrina – once a Category 5 hurricane, but a Category 3 storm at landfall – in August 2005. Within the city of New Orleans proper, multiple breaches and structural failures occurred in the system of levees and flood walls designed under Federal government auspices.
The resulting decline in the city's population negatively impacted population numbers for the entire metro area, for which a population of 1.3 million was recorded in the 2000 Census. Most of the decline in population is accounted for by the decline experienced in the city of New Orleans proper ( with Orleans Parish); the Census Bureau estimates that the city's population dropped from 453,728 prior to the storm (July 1, 2005) to 369,250, the estimate for 2012.
The New Orleans–Metairie–Bogalusa Combined Statistical Area (CSA) is made up of nine parishes. The CSA includes two metropolitan area and one micropolitan areas.
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