Delphine
03-20-2008, 11:23 AM
New Orleans:
Census Numbers Too Low
Associated Press
12 hours ago; 12:15 Eastern Time
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — This hurricane-ravaged city and neighboring St. Bernard Parish top a U.S. Census Bureau list of fast-growing "counties" released Thursday, but some local officials aren't happy that the agency estimated New Orleans' (city only) population to be less than 240,000.
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f382/AnnabelleL/NOgrows.jpg
The number, an estimate for July 2007, falls more than 30,000 short of at least one other estimate, and efforts based on more recent data had New Orleans topping 300,000 people. The city's population was nearly 454,000 in July 2005, the month before Hurricane Katrina hit and scattered hundreds of thousands of people along the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast.
City leaders, who obtained the census estimates before their formal public release, said they intend to challenge the New Orleans figure as too low. The estimates have implications for the distribution of certain grant dollars.
Ed Blakely, the city's recovery chief, said the fact that the estimates are months old also does no favors for the city, which is trying to attract new investment as it continues to rebuild.
Below is one of the best images I have found to post showing the New Orleans Metro area. The city, itself, sits bordered on the north by Lake Pontchartrain and on the south by the Mississippi River. The RIVER and the Crescent? The River flows East to West through much of the area...curves into a "crescent" east of downtown and begins to flow south to the Gulf of Mexico. As you can see, much of the metro area fades off into marshland.
Why is New Orleans in this wet area? The Spanish, the French, the English, and finally, the United States, found no better spot to build a port in the South.
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f382/AnnabelleL/NewOrleansAir.jpg
Census Numbers Too Low
Associated Press
12 hours ago; 12:15 Eastern Time
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — This hurricane-ravaged city and neighboring St. Bernard Parish top a U.S. Census Bureau list of fast-growing "counties" released Thursday, but some local officials aren't happy that the agency estimated New Orleans' (city only) population to be less than 240,000.
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f382/AnnabelleL/NOgrows.jpg
The number, an estimate for July 2007, falls more than 30,000 short of at least one other estimate, and efforts based on more recent data had New Orleans topping 300,000 people. The city's population was nearly 454,000 in July 2005, the month before Hurricane Katrina hit and scattered hundreds of thousands of people along the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast.
City leaders, who obtained the census estimates before their formal public release, said they intend to challenge the New Orleans figure as too low. The estimates have implications for the distribution of certain grant dollars.
Ed Blakely, the city's recovery chief, said the fact that the estimates are months old also does no favors for the city, which is trying to attract new investment as it continues to rebuild.
Below is one of the best images I have found to post showing the New Orleans Metro area. The city, itself, sits bordered on the north by Lake Pontchartrain and on the south by the Mississippi River. The RIVER and the Crescent? The River flows East to West through much of the area...curves into a "crescent" east of downtown and begins to flow south to the Gulf of Mexico. As you can see, much of the metro area fades off into marshland.
Why is New Orleans in this wet area? The Spanish, the French, the English, and finally, the United States, found no better spot to build a port in the South.
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f382/AnnabelleL/NewOrleansAir.jpg