Is that right?
Posted on 09/02/2005 4:14:33 PM PDT by Dont_Tread_On_Me_888
With so many reports and stories over race and demographics in New Orleans, a demographic snapshot is in order to inject some facts into the discussions.
Ineach of the three data points below, the first figure is New Orleans, the second figure is Louisiana, the third figure is the USA average.
GENDER
Pct New Orleans ... Pct Louisanna ... Pct USA
Male 46.9 48.4 49.1
Female 53.1 51.6 50.9
The female to male ratio is higher in NO than both the Louisiana Average and the USA average. (Notice all the single moms in the photos).
AGE 15 or younger
Pct N.O. ... Pct LA ... Pct USA
22.2 22.4 21.4
Age 16-24
15.9 15.5 13.9
Contrary to what many may think after watching the images, NO is actually younger as a city than the national average age.
Age 65 +
Pct N.O.... Pct LA ... Pct USA
11.7 11.6 12.4
Again, fewer old people than national average.
RACE AND ETHNICITY
Pct N.O... Pct LA ... Pct USA
Whites 28.1 63.9 75.1
Black or African American
67.3 32.5 12.3
American Indian and Alaska native
0.2 0.6 0.9
Asian 2.3 1.2 3.6
The 2.3% of Asians in N.O. is roughly 11,000 people in the city proper.
Hispanic or Latino
3.1 2.4 12.5
There are roughly 15,000 Hispanic/Latins in N.O.
Some other race
0.9 0.7 5.5
Education:
Boy, what a surprise here. Check this out:
Bachelor's Degree
Pct N.O ... Pct LA ... Pct USA
15.0 12.2 15.5
Masters, Professional or Doctorate Degree
10.7 6.5 8.9
That's right! N.O has a HIGHER percentage than the national average. Considerign the images shown, this will surprise many.
Median Household Income
Pct N.O. ... Pct LA ... Pct USA
$27,133 $32,566 $41,994
New Orleans is a VERY poor city compared to USA average.
However, .......
Per capita Income Whites
Pct N.O Pct LA Pct USA
$31,971 $20,488 $23,918
The whites in New Orleans have a higher per capita income than the USA average for whites.
Per capita income blacks:
$11,332 $10,166 $14,437
The blacks have a LOWER percapita income than the blacks' average across the USA.
The percapita income for Asians is substantially lower ($13,826) than for the average Asian in the USA ($21,823).
Marital Status:
Wow! The percentage of males who never married in N.O is 43.7 % versus the USA percentage of 30.3%.
Females it is 38.6% versus USA average of 24.1%--they just don't get married much in New Orleans. A high percentage of people on welfare correlates with this fact.
Transportation to Work by Public Transportation:
13.7% for New Orleans versus the USA average of 4.7%.
There are other demographics you can search at this link:
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/incomeCommute.php?locIndex=3502
I will now end this reply and wait for my answers.
Thank you and good day.
Yes, but still the 10.7% of Masters, Professional and Doctors degrees in New Orleans versus the 8.9% National Average is a surprise to say theleast.
Detroit, e.g., has a 4.2% figure versus 10.7% for New Orleans.
"Because there is a lot of talk about race and "poor" etc., and if you have been listening, a lot of hysteria going on regarding the images. A breakdown of demographics is interesting to look at to help separate fact from fiction."
Your post assumes the demographics of those those left in NO follows a standard normal curve with the population being all of those left in NO. Your post assumes being poor is distributed evenly throughout the race distribution throughout the entire population of the city of NO. I think you should look at your assumptions again.
I'm sure they drink a lot of Sam Adams. :D
No you cannot...I'd tell you why, but I don't wanna get banned yet...
This is the question that will be asked over and over again in the coming months.
I bet Congress will subpoena TV and radio broadcasts, warnings, etc. We will see finger pointing on a scale never seen before.
As for me, I want to gather more facts beofre commenting on that, but other threads have discussed this.
How about the percentage of drug addicted street people? Now that would be interesting.
"I think Nagin exploded with that outburst becaus he knows he could have done far more to prevent this catastrophe and he shifted into "cover my ass" mode."
I agree. Hence my comment that to have your evac plan be "find a ride with a friend" when almost 15% (75,000 people) use mass transit - isn't much of a plan.
Is that right?
Shep on Fox a little while ago, said the mayor's friends had been protected, perhaps he meant the many armed police in the French Quarter, some with submachine guns. I had to leave for a few minutes so didn't see the rest of the segment. Maybe someone else caught it? The French Quarter came through pretty well, all things considered.
Thanks for posting this.
Am I supposed to be quivering or something?
Thanks Congressman.
These are crucial points:
A] New Orleans is a younger than average city--and there are a LOT of school busses.
B] New Orleans has an EXTREMELY HIGH percentage of people that use public transportation and so there are a lot of passenger busses.
C] Tons of school busses + tons of city busses = the ability to evacuate the city if Nagin did not have his head in his butt.
President Bush gave the order to evacuate and the governor of LA then ordered it.
This data here and these facts are crucial in helping to understand this tragedy--the locals are to blame--period!
This is why FACTS and must be injected into all this screaming and hollering and hysteria.
I think these facts and demographics are extremely important.
See post # 54 and see Congressman BillyBobs post.
Very crucial facts here.
I guess so blacks could loot and rob the homes of their oppressors, the whites. In fact, that is exactly what happened, and continues to happen.
Looters make off with merchandise from several downtown businesses in New Orleans, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005, after Hurricane Katrina hit the area.
I prefer Excel spreadsheets.
Did I say/intimate that you should be?
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