The New Orleans Index at Eight
Published: Aug 14, 2013
It has been eight years since Katrina struck and the levees failed. And in just two more years at the 10th anniversary, the nation will turn its attention to our region to see whether the massive federal and charitable investments here have paid off. So we’re taking stock now. Where have we made progress? Where do we have more work to do? And has the New Orleans metro really broken from its historic path and taken up a new trajectory akin to Austin, Raleigh, and Nashville?
Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Reference Maps: Geographies of Analysis
- Economic Growth
- Job Growth
- Drivers of the Economy
- Wages
- Productivity
- Entrepreneurship
- Innovation
- Job Sprawl
- Educated Workforce
- Inclusion
- Median Household Income
- Median Household Income by Race and Ethnicity
- Educational Attainment by Race/Ethnicity and Sex
- Employment Rates by Race/Ethnicity and Sex
- Minority–Owned Businesses
- Jail Incarceration Rates
- Size of the City’s Middle Class
- Size of the City’s Middle Class by Race and Ethnicity
- Suburbanization of Poverty
- Affordable Housing
- Quality of Life
- Arts and Culture
- Youth Investment
- Quality Public Education
- Public Safety
- Life Expectancy
- Sustainability
- Bike Pathways
- Commuting by Public Transit
- Air Quality
- Groundwater Salinity
- Coastal Wetlands
- Technical Notes on Data Sources
- Endnotes
- About the Authors
