New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans population, 2020 to 2024

New Orleans lost 20,673 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -5.4%. In the latest year it moved by -2,466. Among 59 Louisiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 51st; the median place changed by -2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Louisiana has 11,686 people, so New Orleans is 31.0 times that size.

New Orleans covers 169.50 square miles of land and 180.35 of water, for 2,140 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so New Orleans is denser than the typical town.

What county New Orleans is in

All of New Orleans's residents live in Orleans Parish, which had 362,701 residents in 2024. New Orleans holds 100.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in New Orleans

20 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap New Orleans by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 70112, 70113, 70114, 70115, 70116, 70117, 70118, 70119, 70122, 70124, 70125, 70126, 70127, 70128, 70129, 70130, 70131, 70139, 70148, 70163. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where New Orleans is

The Census internal point of New Orleans is at 30.053400, -89.934500. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 79.8 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Houston, TX (2,390,125 people), 327.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baton Rouge, LA, 76.4 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about -1 m (-3 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in New Orleans

At 30.05° N, New Orleans gets about 14 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the New Orleans daylight page.

Places near New Orleans

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Gretna, 12.1 miles away, with 17,185 people.