Total population by parish for the New Orleans 8-parish metro
Published: Mar 14, 2024
What is Orleans Parish and what is the New Orleans metro?
Orleans Parish and New Orleans are interchangeable. Their boundaries are the same, and they contain the same population. In 2023, the official definition of the New Orleans metro area changed to exclude St. Tammany. Later this year, when we update 2023 demographic characteristics for the New Orleans metro, we’ll publish data according to the new 7-parish metro area definition.
Total population by parish for the New Orleans metro
Decennial counts 1980-2023
| Jefferson | Orleans | Plaquemines | St. Bernard | St. Charles | St. James | St. John | St. Tammany | Metro Area total | |
| Census 1980 | 454,592 | 557,515 | 26,049 | 64,097 | 37,259 | 21,495 | 31,924 | 110,869 | 1,303,800 |
| Census 1990 | 448,306 | 496,938 | 25,575 | 66,631 | 42,437 | 20,879 | 39,996 | 144,508 | 1,285,270 |
| Census 2000 | 455,466 | 484,674 | 26,757 | 67,229 | 48,072 | 21,216 | 43,044 | 191,268 | 1,337,726 |
| Census 2010 | 432,552 | 343,829 | 23,042 | 35,897 | 52,780 | 22,102 | 45,924 | 233,740 | 1,189,866 |
| Census 2020 | 440,781 | 383,997 | 23,515 | 43,764 | 52,549 | 20,192 | 42,477 | 264,570 | 1,271,845 |
| Estimate 2021 | 434,134 | 377,346 | 23,310 | 44,324 | 52,470 | 19,794 | 42,109 | 270,147 | 1,263,634 |
| Estimate 2022 | 426,030 | 369,917 | 22,618 | 44,419 | 51,058 | 19,388 | 39,955 | 273,237 | 1,246,622 |
| Estimate 2023 | 421,777 | 364,136 | 22,386 | 44,463 | 50,620 | 19,191 | 39,592 | 275,583 | 1,237,748 |
Source: The Data Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau Decennial Census and Population Estimates 2023.