Demographic Resources

Regional recovery information is available from The Brookings Institution's Katrina Index Findings. The Greater New Orleans Community Data Center (GNOCDC) now collaborates with Brookings to provide a more detailed New Orleans Index with demographics, public school enrollment, housing, construction, housing repair, regional economic growth, rentals, and so forth. This latest special issue is entitled The New Orleans Index: Second Anniversary Special Education “A Review of Key Indicators of Recovery Two Years After Katrina.” There are also topical reports, area maps, and data tables, including "Resettling New Orleans: The First Full Picture from the Census" just released in September 2007.

Urban Institute Justice Policy Center’s “After Katrina – Washed Away/ Justice in New Orleans” research report, August 2007
Website http://www.urban.org/publications/411530.html
“This report provides a comprehensive review of the acute and lasting impact of Hurricane Katrina on the criminal justice system of New Orleans. Using interviews with criminal justice stakeholders living and working in greater New Orleans, the authors examine the state of the criminal justice system before the storm, the impact of the storm on each branch of the system, and how those branches operate today. The final sections of the report discuss policy considerations and how lessons learned from Katrina can be applied. . . .” The full report is available as a PDF download.
Website: http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/411530_washed_away.pdf

2006 Louisiana Health and Population Survey Preliminary Results (Orleans Parish, October 5, 2006)

According to the 2006 Louisiana Health and Population Survey, the estimated population count for Orleans Parish is 187,525 down from U.S. Census 2000 of 484,874. The Orleans Parish report is available in pdf format (selected data is excerpted below). Survey reports for other parishes include Jefferson, Plaquemines, and St. Bernard are available from their website.

This 2006 survey was released by the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals and the Louisiana Recovery Authority, assisted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and the U.S. Census Bureau.

Louisiana Department of Education
First-Time College Freshmen reports can be selected from the Louisiana Department of Education website. These reports show the number enrolling in college as First-Time Freshmen from each parish, the individual schools (both public and nonpublic, ACT scores (2007) by district and by individual school. Their Planning, Analysis and Information Resources office has a Data and Reports webpage where various reports can be selected.

LSU System Dashboard
The LSU system provides dashboard data for all of its institutions. Data are taken from required reporting by all higher education institutions to state and federal agencies. Use the left navigation panel to access information such as the Fact Sheets of all LSU system institutions includes student demographics, revenues/expenditures, financial aid, total enrollment, enrollment citizenship, tuition, scholarships, employees, faculty salary and employees to student ratio. Retrieve more data by selecting the "University of New Orleans" or "Scorecard" from the left navigation panel.

Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)
SREB publishes annual fact books by state that look at population, educational attainment, average earnings, enrollment and funding changes. SREB states are Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. Download the SREB Featured Facts for Louisiana current or find selected reporting from SREB's online Data Library.

Additional information is available from the
Strategic Planning Committee Sharepoint site.