Table 7.
Composition of Affected Areas Before and After Katrina: New Orleans MSA and Mississippi Gulf Coast (distributions in percentages)
| Characteristic | New Orleans MSA |
Mississippi Gulf Coast |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004–2005 | 2005–2006 | 2006–2007 | χ2 | 2004–2005 | 2005–2006 | 2006–2007 | χ2 | |
| Age | * | |||||||
| 19 to 24 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 13.1 | 9.7 | 8.8 | 10.1 | ||
| 25 to 39 | 25.7 | 21.9 | 24.0 | 27.8 | 26.3 | 26.9 | ||
| 40 to 54 | 30.6 | 33.2 | 30.6 | 28.4 | 30.0 | 29.2 | ||
| 55 and older | 30.7 | 32.1 | 32.4 | 34.1 | 35.0 | 33.8 | ||
| Race/Ethnicity | * | * | ||||||
| Whitea | 63.5 | 69.4 | 67.1 | 73.5 | 69.7 | 72.7 | ||
| Blacka | 31.7 | 20.9 | 24.7 | 20.7 | 25.1 | 21.3 | ||
| Hispanic | 3.2 | 4.9 | 6.6 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 4.8 | ||
| Othera | 1.7 | 4.7 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 1.2 | ||
| Gender | * | |||||||
| Female | 55.1 | 53.0 | 53.5 | 55.5 | 49.3 | 50.2 | ||
| Male | 44.9 | 47.0 | 46.6 | 44.5 | 50.7 | 49.8 | ||
| Education | * | |||||||
| Less than high school | 15.7 | 14.0 | 10.4 | 14.4 | 14.9 | 14.8 | ||
| High school | 32.9 | 32.7 | 31.5 | 33.7 | 37.3 | 34.2 | ||
| Some college | 26.9 | 29.5 | 31.5 | 32.5 | 30.9 | 31.9 | ||
| College graduate | 24.6 | 23.8 | 26.6 | 19.4 | 17.0 | 19.1 | ||
| Marital Status | * | |||||||
| Not married | 50.2 | 48.8 | 48.6 | 43.1 | 38.6 | 41.7 | ||
| Married | 49.8 | 51.2 | 51.4 | 56.9 | 61.4 | 58.3 | ||
| Children Under Age 18 | ||||||||
| Without children | 74.2 | 73.6 | 72.6 | 69.3 | 69.3 | 71.3 | ||
| With children | 25.8 | 26.4 | 27.4 | 30.7 | 30.7 | 28.7 | ||
| Family Income | * | * | ||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 19.3 | 12.9 | 12.6 | 20.0 | 14.7 | 10.8 | ||
| $15,000 to $74,999 | 59.9 | 57.7 | 56.1 | 60.1 | 56.9 | 60.0 | ||
| $75,000 or more | 20.8 | 29.4 | 31.3 | 19.8 | 28.4 | 29.2 | ||
| Housing Occupancy | * | * | ||||||
| Owner | 74.4 | 77.1 | 73.5 | 74.8 | 82.0 | 79.2 | ||
| Renter | 24.7 | 21.6 | 24.4 | 21.6 | 13.7 | 16.7 | ||
| Occupied without payment | 0.9 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.1 | ||
| Number of Individualsb | 958.4 | 677.6 | 757.8 | 293.8 | 263.1 | 261.8 | ||
Notes: 2004–2005 is January 2004–July 2005. 2005–2006 is October 2005–October 2006. 2006–2007 is November 2006–November 2007. Distributions of family income are based on those who reported family income. New Orleans MSA: Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, and St. Tammany parishes. Mississippi Gulf Coast: Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson counties.
Source: Current Population Survey, January 2004–November 2007.
Non-Hispanic.
In thousands.
The distribution across subgroups for the specified characteristic is significantly different (p < .05) over time, based on a Pearson chi-square test.