New Orleans, Louisiana

Current Weather

The coastal city of New Orleans is located in Orleans Parish and is the county seat.

Time Zone: New Orleans lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of New Orleans, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, New Orleans had a population of 484,674 people^<1> (or 100.21% of the total population of Orleans Parish). The population of New Orleans represented 10.85% of the total of Louisiana, making it the state's most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, New Orleans had a population of 311,853 people. This is a decrease of 35.66% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for New Orleans.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Arabi	SW	9 mi [14.48 km]	---
	Chalmette	S	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Gretna	SW	12 mi [19.31 km]	16,399	5.88% decrease
	Harahan	SW	18 mi [28.97 km]	9,306	5.86% decrease
	Kenner	W	19 mi [30.58 km]	66,942	5.07% decrease
	Meraux	S	9 mi [14.48 km]	---

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for New Orleans.

Websites for New Orleans

If you know of a local history or genealogy society for either New Orleans or Orleans Parish, would you please send us the URL for their website? We would like to add their link to our Gazetteer. To contact us, please visit our Feedback Page.

The Commemorative Quarter for Louisiana<3>

Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) New Orleans. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

Other Roadside Stops

Off-the-Road Links

Footnotes