Demographics of Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Orleans Parish, Louisiana had 362,154 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −21,207 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Orleans Parish, in four figures

362,154
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −5.5%
Change since July 2020: −21,207 people.; 38.8 ±0.2
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $56,631 ±$1,781
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Orleans Parish, Louisiana's population shrank 5.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Orleans Parish, Louisiana's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Orleans Parish, Louisiana's population shrank 5.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Orleans Parish, Louisiana's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	383,361	100.0	100.0
2021	377,506	98.5	100.2
2022	371,038	96.8	100.7
2023	365,782	95.4	101.6
2024	363,477	94.8	102.5
2025	362,154	94.5	103.1

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Population of Orleans Parish, Louisiana on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	383,361	−768	−258	+11	−632
2021	377,506	−5,855	+399	+317	−6,439
2022	371,038	−6,468	−53	+2,087	−8,760
2023	365,782	−5,256	+304	+2,202	−7,886
2024	363,477	−2,305	+119	+2,591	−5,071
2025	362,154	−1,323	+32	+1,357	−2,724

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 38.8 ±0.2: for men 38.2 ±0.2 and for women 39.3 ±0.2. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Orleans Parish by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Under 5	20,219 ±28	5.4% ±<0.1	6.2% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	52,984 ±1,417	14.2% ±0.4	17.3% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	33,449 ±1,150	9.0% ±0.3	9.1% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	112,205 ±1,471	30.2% ±0.4	26.6% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	89,079 ±1,500	24.0% ±0.4	24.1% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	63,917 ±1,506	17.2% ±0.4	16.7% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $56,631 ±$1,781, and income per person $40,662 ±$782, in 2024 dollars. The median is $60,756 ±$408 in Louisiana and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Orleans Parish by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Louisiana	United States
Under $25,000	42,296 ±1,775	27.1% ±1.1	22.4% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	29,150 ±1,314	18.7% ±0.8	20.2% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	22,632 ±1,327	14.5% ±0.8	15.9% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	16,080 ±1,173	10.3% ±0.7	11.7% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	20,335 ±954	13.1% ±0.6	14.8% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	9,287 ±689	6.0% ±0.4	7.3% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	16,041 ±704	10.3% ±0.4	7.8% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Orleans Parish by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Louisiana	United States
All ages	81,072 ±3,389	22.6% ±0.9	18.9% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	23,562 ±1,586	32.5% ±1.9	25.4% ±0.5	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	39,005 ±1,913	19.6% ±0.9	17.7% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	18,505 ±963	21.3% ±1.0	15.2% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Orleans Parish, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Orleans Parish	Louisiana	United States
Housing units	195,552 ±155	2,108,902 ±333	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	79.7% ±0.6	85.6% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	20.3% ±0.6	14.4% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	51.2% ±0.9	67.4% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	48.8% ±0.9	32.6% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$315,700 ±$7,417	$216,500 ±$1,367	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,251 ±$22	$1,064 ±$8	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1960 ±1	1983 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Orleans Parish by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Hispanic or Latino	30,425 ±0	8.2% ±<0.1	7.2% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	111,770 ±455	30.1% ±0.1	55.7% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	200,368 ±1,508	53.9% ±0.4	30.5% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	10,356 ±283	2.8% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	486 ±114	0.1% ±<0.1	0.4% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	9 to 81	< 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	3,552 ±916	1.0% ±0.2	0.5% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	14,851 ±1,229	4.0% ±0.3	3.8% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Orleans Parish by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Born in the state	250,142 ±2,620	67.3% ±0.7	77.2% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	93,197 ±2,447	25.1% ±0.7	17.2% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	3,874 ±855	1.0% ±0.2	0.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	24,640 ±1,242	6.6% ±0.3	4.9% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	12,063 ±781	3.2% ±0.2	2.0% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	12,577 ±1,131	3.4% ±0.3	2.9% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Orleans Parish among the counties of Louisiana

3rd of 64 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Louisiana page.

Counties of Louisiana near Orleans Parish in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
East Baton Rouge Parish	456,180	+0.1%
Jefferson Parish	431,398	−1.9%
Orleans Parish	362,154	−5.5%
St. Tammany Parish	279,108	+5.3%
Lafayette Parish	257,949	+6.5%
Caddo Parish	224,226	−5.4%
Calcasieu Parish	208,466	−3.7%
Ouachita Parish	158,542	−1.0%

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Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026