Want to know who's living in New Orleans and the surrounding parishes now? Of the thousands of "Ask Allison" questions we've answered since the storm, this one is super popular. Well, 2008 results from the Census' American Community Survey just came out, and we've packaged up these key data points for you: - race/ethnicity
- homeownership
- access to vehicles
- families with children
- single-person households
- poverty
- educational attainment
- foreign-born population
This American Community Survey data is based only on a sample of households each year, so results are only available for the larger parishes in our area... and identifying changes over time requires statistical analysis.
We performed the necessary, complicated and cumbersome analyses on this data, and explained our findings in a friendly short report with graphs and data tables.
This frees you up to focus on using these numbers to raise funds, plan programs, inform policies, advocate for your cause and educate your stakeholders.
Here's the link: Now go out there and do great things with it!
All our best,
The GNOCDC.org Team
Elaine Ortiz, Allison Plyer, Melissa Schigoda, Denice Ross, Susan Sellers and Charlotte Cunliffe @@@ The Greater New Orleans Community Data Center is a product of Nonprofit Knowledge Works and is supported in part by the Community Revitalization Fund of the Greater New Orleans Foundation, Baptist Community Ministries, United Way for the Greater New Orleans Area, the Blue Moon Fund, and data users like you. |