Census outlines face of today's New Orleans
By Anne Rochell Konigsmark
USA TODAY
Wed Jun 7, 7:08 AM ET
Hurricane Katrina drained the New Orleans metropolitan area of almost 40% of its residents and left the region with a whiter, wealthier and older population, according to the first Census Bureau estimates since the devastating flooding.
The special survey released today shows the New Orleans area, made up of seven parishes, became 73% white in the months after the hurricane Aug. 29, up from about 59% before the storm. The black population dropped from about 37% to 22%. The median age increased by about four years, and the median annual income rose from $39,793 to $43,447.
"This confirms what some people thought: There was a selective out-migration of poorer minorities," says William Frey, a demographer with the Brookings Institution.
The survey provides only estimates and is not official. It looked at counties and parishes in four states affected most by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20060607/ts_usatoday/censusoutlinesfaceoftodaysneworleansGood ridance to you uppity negros. Who needs you? BTW, think now there are more white people, NOLA will get more of the Chimp's attention?
After all, you uppity negros have it better living in the Astrodome. The Beautiful Mind, Barbara Bush, the Silver Douchebag, told me so!
Also, the Racist Headline belongs to Yahoo! Implying white means wealthy, black means poor!
:sarcasm: