How serious are America’s mayors? · Incorporated city
New Orleans, LA
362,701 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 2255000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, New Orleans ranked #300 of 340 cities and 10th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is New Orleans and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Memphis TN, Tucson AZ, Cincinnati OH, Oklahoma City OK, Toledo OH, Baltimore MD, St. Louis MO, Tulsa OK, Atlanta GA, Pittsburgh PA, Baton Rouge LA, Tampa FL, El Paso TX · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #300 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #313 | #335 | #240 | #190 | #207 | #330 | #301 | #296 | #294 | #289 | #305 | #309 | #329 | #330 | #295 | #334 | #335 | #320 | #300 | #273 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 494,294 | 230,172 | 268,751 | 301,842 | 327,803 | 347,772 | 360,735 | 369,787 | 378,637 | 383,940 | 389,742 | 391,843 | 391,493 | 391,004 | 390,144 | 383,374 | 377,547 | 370,473 | 365,167 | 362,701 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #327 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | -2.0 | -119.3 | +10.1 | +6.7 | +4.5 | — | +2.9 | +1.8 | +1.7 | +0.7 | +0.8 | -0.1 | -0.6 | -0.5 | -0.5 | -0.2 | -1.7 | -2.3 | -2.1 | -1.4 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #155 of 269 cities with data · 6th of 10 in its peer group with data · 2023 | — | 3.6 | 12.1 | 8.5 | 4.8 | 3.1 | — | — | — | — | 1.3 | — | — | — | 3.3 | — | — | 2.4 | 2.9 | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #250 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 23.1% | 28.0% | 27.7% | 28.9% | 29.0% | 28.5% | 31.3% | 30.1% | 30.3% | 30.7% | 29.1% | 29.0% | 31.2% | 31.0% | 26.6% | — | 27.7% | 26.4% | 26.0% | 26.7% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #306 of 309 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | — | 70.4 | 77.8 | 59.3 | 53.1 | 50.3 | 55.4 | 52.2 | 41.2 | 39.1 | 42.1 | 44.4 | 40.1 | 37.6 | 31.0 | 52.4 | 57.7 | 71.8 | 52.9 | — | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| jobs · size, not ranked | 211,133 | 126,784 | 141,902 | 156,270 | 154,825 | 163,214 | 157,252 | 170,064 | 172,994 | 185,333 | 188,585 | 193,637 | 191,537 | 195,563 | 204,136 | 179,446 | 170,864 | 185,622 | 192,799 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #136 of 329 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -2.3 | -14.4 | +1.4 | +5.7 | +6.3 | -2.2 | -1.1 | +2.5 | +0.9 | +4.5 | +0.0 | +2.1 | -0.0 | +1.5 | +2.8 | -2.9 | -4.4 | +4.0 | +0.3 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 157,140 | 160,467 | 173,572 | 172,540 | 184,601 | 181,946 | 179,377 | 176,055 | 188,427 | — | 166,526 | 171,188 | 175,089 | 172,066 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #255 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.6% | 12.3% | 9.4% | 10.3% | 8.5% | 8.2% | 6.9% | 7.9% | 7.8% | — | 9.4% | 6.8% | 5.3% | 6.0% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | 105% | 106% | 72% | 65% | 58% | 53% | 50% | 47% | 45% | 39% | 38% | 38% | 38% | 38% | 38% | 37% | 36% | 38% | 40% | 44% | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #85 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | 20% | 14% | 15% | 23% | 10% | 12% | 22% | 22% | 19% | 26% | 22% | 26% | 26% | 20% | 22% | 20% | 30% | 28% | 35% | 32% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #96 of 314 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | $7,273 | $12,754 | $10,752 | $10,331 | $9,093 | $9,833 | $7,623 | $7,411 | $7,237 | $5,772 | $6,221 | $8,474 | $7,876 | $7,281 | $2,907 | $2,605 | $2,358 | $3,459 | $2,830 | $1,707 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for New Orleans. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.