What is the population of New Orleans? Will there be workers to staff the hotels and restaurants?
Yes. Orleans Parish currently has approximately 255,000 residents. Pre-Katrina, this number was 485,000. Post-Katrina, the metropolitan New Orleans area has 1.1 million residents. Pre-Katrina, this number was 1.3 million. For additional information please visit the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau at: http://neworleanscvb.
Yes, according GCR & Associates, roughly 72-75% of the population or 327,000 residents have returned to New Orleans proper with GCR estimating 454,000 residents prior to Hurricane Katrina. According to the August 24, 2008, issue of The Times-Picayune, Post-Katrina, the metropolitan New Orleans area has 1,165,440 residents. Pre-Katrina, this number was approximately 1.3 million. New Orleans’ hospitality industry is the city’s largest employer with a workforce that is over 70,000 strong.
