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"Crescent City"
New Orleans is in Orleans Parish.
It is the parish seat.
The community was named after city in France, and from the title of the Duc d'Orl?ans.
The latitude of New Orleans is 29.954N. The longitude is -90.075W.
It is in the Central Standard time zone. Elevation is 0 feet.The estimated population, in 2003, was 469,032.
After the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the city developed as a busy port for the steamboats and tall ships plying the Mississippi.
World attention was riveted on the city in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. Thousands of residents, predominantly poor, were trapped for days without sufficient food, water, health care or security from looters.
Neighborhoods in New Orleans include Algiers Point, Audubon, Bayou Saint John, Behrman, Black Pearl, Broadmoor, Bywater, Central Business District, Central City, Desire Area ... More neighborhood info
Neighborhoods in New Orleans include Algiers Point, Audubon, Bayou Saint John, Behrman, Black Pearl, Broadmoor, Bywater, Central Business District, Central City, Desire Area ... More neighborhood info
Sections below provide additional information and links about New Orleans demographics, travel and tourism, nearby airports, cemeteries, the Orleans Parish economy, education, environment, genealogy, government, historic sites, New Orleans area jobs, libraries, maps, museums, newspapers and other media, nonprofit groups, real estate, recreation, religion, transportation, and weather in the 70113 ZIP code.
6% of New Orleans residents report German ancestry, and 5% report Irish. For more info on local ancestry groups, see the New Orleans ancestry & family history guide.
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At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in New Orleans was $17,258, compared with $21,587 nationally.
26% of New Orleans residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced college degree.
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Historic districts in New Orleans include Algiers Point, Bywater Historic District, Carrollton Historic District, Central City Historic District, Esplanade Ridge Historic District, Garden District, Holy Cross Historic District, Lower Garden District, Uptown New Orleans Historic District, Vieux Carr? Historic District ... View historic districts
Median rent in New Orleans, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $378. Monthly homeowner costs, for people with mortgages, were $910.
Libraries in New Orleans include Algiers Point Branch, Algiers Regional Branch, Alvar Branch, Children's Resource Center (Napoleon Branch), East New Orleans Regional Branch, Keller Branch, Martin Luther King Jr. Branch, Milton H. Latter Branch, New Orleans Public Library, Nix Branch ... View libraries
Newspapers in New Orleans include New Orleans Times-Picayune
TV stations in New Orleans include WDSU, WGNO, WHNO, WLAE, WNOL, WPXL, WVUE, WWL, WYES.
National Public Radio programming is carried locally by WWNO.
Orleans Parish supported John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election. For more information, see our New Orleans political report.
New Orleans restaurants taking online reservations include Arnaud's, Bacco, Bombay Club Restaurant & Martini Bistro, Cafe Giovanni, Cochon, Cuvee, Emeril's Delmonico, Emeril's Restaurant, GW Fins, Herbsaint ... View restaurants
The average commute time for New Orleans workers is 26 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.
A total of 132 fatal motor vehicle accidents occurred in New Orleans between 2001 and 2003, according to reports gathered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
This is a rate of 2.7 fatal crashes per 10,000 population, which was lower than the national norm.
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