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New Orleans-Metairie, LA MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 24,785
  equals Births 78,474
  less Deaths 53,689
Net Migration 41,589
  equals net International Migration 16,542
  plus net Domestic Migration 25,047

The population of the New Orleans-Metairie, LA MSA changed from 1,195,613 on 2010 to 1,262,888 in 2015 -- a change of 67,275 (5.63%). This report provides a summary of how and why the population has changed during this period and what these factors suggest about future change.

Primary Contributing Factors to Change
The primary contributing factors resulting in population change are 1) natural change (births less deaths) and/or 2) net migration. Eight tables are presented below providing annual data for each component county of the metro and metro summary. The tables provide data on the total population, births, deaths, natural change (births less deaths), international migration, domestic migration and net migration.

From 2010 to 2015 (7/1/2010-6/30/2015), net migration (41,589) exceeded natural change (24,785); net migration has been the primary contributing factor for the metro population change. Examine the metro by county tables below to learn about how each county contributes to the metro population growth or decline.

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Related Sections
  • New Orleans-Metairie, LA MSA S&O Report
  • State of the States -- all states interactive table
  • Metro S&O Reports -- all metros interactive table
  • CountyTrends 2010-2015 -- all counties interactive table
  • CountyTrends -- multi-sourced county data
  • Regional Data Analytics Main

Table 1. Population          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg 10-15%Chg 10-15
Jefferson Parish, LA22051P0000001 432,741 434,018 434,413 435,217 435,536 436,275 3,534 0.82
Orleans Parish, LA22071P0000001 347,900 360,779 370,011 378,921 384,360 389,617 41,717 11.99
Plaquemines Parish, LA22075P0000001 23,124 23,642 23,896 23,585 23,375 23,495 371 1.60
St. Bernard Parish, LA22087P0000001 36,812 39,502 41,509 43,409 44,462 45,408 8,596 23.35
St. Charles Parish, LA22089P0000001 52,844 52,414 52,481 52,657 52,832 52,812 -32 -0.06
St. James Parish, LA22093P0000001 22,006 21,817 21,668 21,631 21,568 21,567 -439 -1.99
St. John the Baptist Parish, LA22095P0000001 45,621 45,049 44,737 43,618 43,773 43,626 -1,995 -4.37
St. Tammany Parish, LA22103P0000001 234,565 236,844 239,344 242,470 246,056 250,088 15,523 6.62
Total P0000001 1,195,613 1,214,065 1,228,059 1,241,508 1,251,962 1,262,888 67,275 5.63
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Jefferson Parish, LA22051B0000001 5,420 5,836 5,617 5,616 5,634 5,630 28,333 
Orleans Parish, LA22071B0000001 4,148 4,668 4,700 4,732 4,915 4,953 23,968 
Plaquemines Parish, LA22075B0000001 272 299 277 318 288 281 1,463 
St. Bernard Parish, LA22087B0000001 584 613 622 648 686 686 3,255 
St. Charles Parish, LA22089B0000001 604 606 598 681 690 682 3,257 
St. James Parish, LA22093B0000001 224 282 292 231 290 267 1,362 
St. John the Baptist Parish, LA22095B0000001 456 634 629 555 542 558 2,918 
St. Tammany Parish, LA22103B0000001 2,596 2,709 2,676 2,688 2,915 2,930 13,918 
Total B0000001 14,304 15,647 15,411 15,469 15,960 15,987 78,474 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Jefferson Parish, LA22051D0000001 3,604 3,929 3,993 4,270 4,103 4,120 20,415 
Orleans Parish, LA22071D0000001 2,592 2,861 2,989 3,113 3,307 3,268 15,538 
Plaquemines Parish, LA22075D0000001 48 176 182 196 162 175 891 
St. Bernard Parish, LA22087D0000001 164 268 344 310 336 351 1,609 
St. Charles Parish, LA22089D0000001 568 409 348 388 422 408 1,975 
St. James Parish, LA22093D0000001 72 181 179 207 216 207 990 
St. John the Baptist Parish, LA22095D0000001 500 415 368 405 384 403 1,975 
St. Tammany Parish, LA22103D0000001 1,836 1,910 1,951 2,120 2,156 2,159 10,296 
Total D0000001 9,384 10,149 10,354 11,009 11,086 11,091 53,689 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Jefferson Parish, LA22051NC000001 1,816 1,907 1,624 1,346 1,531 1,510 7,918 
Orleans Parish, LA22071NC000001 1,556 1,807 1,711 1,619 1,608 1,685 8,430 
Plaquemines Parish, LA22075NC000001 224 123 95 122 126 106 572 
St. Bernard Parish, LA22087NC000001 420 345 278 338 350 335 1,646 
St. Charles Parish, LA22089NC000001 36 197 250 293 268 274 1,282 
St. James Parish, LA22093NC000001 152 101 113 24 74 60 372 
St. John the Baptist Parish, LA22095NC000001 -44 219 261 150 158 155 943 
St. Tammany Parish, LA22103NC000001 760 799 725 568 759 771 3,622 
Total NC000001 4,920 5,498 5,057 4,460 4,874 4,896 24,785 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Jefferson Parish, LA22051MI000001 1,724 1,750 1,579 1,711 1,945 1,945 8,930 
Orleans Parish, LA22071MI000001 976 864 1,034 986 1,109 1,152 5,145 
Plaquemines Parish, LA22075MI000001 12 -3 22 10 5 11 45 
St. Bernard Parish, LA22087MI000001 24 26 27 30 35 36 154 
St. Charles Parish, LA22089MI000001 28 53 53 58 66 66 296 
St. James Parish, LA22093MI000001 28 15 12 13 17 17 74 
St. John the Baptist Parish, LA22095MI000001 28 50 60 63 73 74 320 
St. Tammany Parish, LA22103MI000001 256 276 287 305 353 357 1,578 
Total MI000001 3,076 3,031 3,074 3,176 3,603 3,658 16,542 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Jefferson Parish, LA22051MD000001 -2,788 -2,211 -2,794 -2,177 -3,055 -2,674 -12,911 
Orleans Parish, LA22071MD000001 13,096 9,692 6,307 6,089 2,781 2,527 27,396 
Plaquemines Parish, LA22075MD000001 96 371 137 -392 -340 -13 -237 
St. Bernard Parish, LA22087MD000001 3,056 2,222 1,673 1,488 596 583 6,562 
St. Charles Parish, LA22089MD000001 -252 -675 -243 -165 -159 -376 -1,618 
St. James Parish, LA22093MD000001 -540 -341 -275 -58 -172 -93 -939 
St. John the Baptist Parish, LA22095MD000001 -812 -860 -650 -1,344 -73 -383 -3,310 
St. Tammany Parish, LA22103MD000001 2,256 1,174 1,519 2,201 2,360 2,850 10,104 
Total MD000001 14,112 9,372 5,674 5,642 1,938 2,421 25,047 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Jefferson Parish, LA22051MN000001 -1,064 -461 -1,215 -466 -1,110 -729 -3,981 
Orleans Parish, LA22071MN000001 14,072 10,556 7,341 7,075 3,890 3,679 32,541 
Plaquemines Parish, LA22075MN000001 108 368 159 -382 -335 -2 -192 
St. Bernard Parish, LA22087MN000001 3,080 2,248 1,700 1,518 631 619 6,716 
St. Charles Parish, LA22089MN000001 -224 -622 -190 -107 -93 -310 -1,322 
St. James Parish, LA22093MN000001 -512 -326 -263 -45 -155 -76 -865 
St. John the Baptist Parish, LA22095MN000001 -784 -810 -590 -1,281 0 -309 -2,990 
St. Tammany Parish, LA22103MN000001 2,512 1,450 1,806 2,506 2,713 3,207 11,682 
Total MN000001 17,188 12,403 8,748 8,818 5,541 6,079 41,589 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Jefferson Parish, LA22051GQ000001 3,311 3,311 3,311 3,312 3,316 3,317 6 0.18
Orleans Parish, LA22071GQ000001 13,169 13,345 13,445 13,403 13,387 13,403 234 1.78
Plaquemines Parish, LA22075GQ000001 272 272 272 272 272 272 0 0.00
St. Bernard Parish, LA22087GQ000001 293 293 293 293 293 293 0 0.00
St. Charles Parish, LA22089GQ000001 592 592 592 592 592 592 0 0.00
St. James Parish, LA22093GQ000001 204 204 204 204 204 204 0 0.00
St. John the Baptist Parish, LA22095GQ000001 471 471 471 471 471 471 0 0.00
St. Tammany Parish, LA22103GQ000001 1,275 1,275 1,275 1,275 1,275 1,276 1 0.08
Total GQ000001 19,587 19,763 19,863 19,822 19,810 19,828 241 1.23

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