Table 4.

Weighted Descriptive Statistics of Characteristics for New Orleans Metropolitan Area and Pooled Comparison Metropolitan Areas by Racial/Ethnic Group and Year(s).

	New Orleans MSA					Pooled Comparison MSAs				Difference	Difference in Difference	S.E.
	2000		2006–2010			2000		2006–2010
	Mean	S.E.	Mean	S.E.	Difference	Mean	S.E.	Mean	S.E.
Black
% Any College	0.35	.	0.40	(0.02)	0.04	0.39	(0.02)	0.46	(0.01)	0.07	−0.02	(0.06)
% Below Poverty	0.35	.	0.29	(0.02)	−0.06	0.25	(0.02)	0.28	(0.01)	0.03	−0.09	(0.06)
# of Children	1.12	.	0.92	(0.04)	−0.20	1.07	(0.02)	0.98	(0.01)	−0.09	−0.11	(0.08)
Mean Age	31.54	.	31.54	(0.08)	0.00	31.93	(0.15)	31.80	(0.06)	−0.13	0.13	(0.45)
White
% Any College	0.49	.	0.55	(0.01)	0.05	0.52	(0.01)	0.58	(0.01)	0.06	0.00	(0.04)
% Below Poverty	0.11	.	0.12	(0.01)	0.01	0.09	(0.01)	0.12	(0.00)	0.03	−0.02	(0.03)
# of Children	0.92	.	0.84	(0.02)	−0.08	0.95	(0.02)	0.91	(0.01)	−0.03	−0.05	(0.06)
Mean Age	33.25	.	32.96	(0.09)	−0.28	33.17	(0.10)	33.07	(0.06)	−0.10	−0.18	(0.43)
Hispanic
% Any College	0.40	.	0.43	(0.03)	0.03	0.32	(0.03)	0.30	(0.01)	−0.02	0.05	(0.10)
% Below Poverty	0.19	.	0.24	(0.02)	0.04	0.22	(0.01)	0.28	(0.01)	0.06	−0.01	(0.10)
# of Children	1.03	.	0.83	(0.02)	−0.19	1.06	(0.03)	1.11	(0.03)	0.05	−0.24	(0.02)
Mean Age	31.85	.	31.89	(0.21)	0.04	29.75	(0.18)	31.13	(0.16)	1.38	−1.34	(1.06)
Asian
% Any College	0.49	.	0.52	(0.04)	0.03	0.60	(0.03)	0.67	(0.02)	0.07	−0.03	(0.11)
% Below Poverty	0.21	.	0.19	(0.03)	−0.02	0.13	(0.01)	0.13	(0.01)	−0.01	−0.01	(0.08)
# of Children	1.13	.	0.94	(0.07)	−0.19	0.91	(0.04)	0.94	(0.02)	0.03	−0.22	(0.16)
Mean Age	32.01	.	32.36	(0.56)	0.35	32.65	(0.31)	33.28	(0.20)	0.63	−0.28	(1.43)

^*p<0.05

^**p<0.01

Source: American Community Survey (2000, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)