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Overall population: Five years after Katrina, the most liberal estimates are that 141,000 fewer people live in the metro
Displaced People:
Lost Housing: More than 1 in 4 residential addresses in
Over 5000 families are on the waiting list for traditional public housing and another 28,960 families are on the waiting list for housing vouchers - more than double what it was before Katrina.
Rebuilding: At least 19,746 applications for rebuilding homes that are eligible for funding have not received any money from the Road Home Program grant program.
Economic Health: The metro area has 95,000 fewer jobs than before Katrina, down about 16 percent. Black and Latino households earn incomes that are $26,000 (44 percent) and $15,000 (25 percent) lower than whites.
Public and Private Education: The number of students in public schools in New Orleans, which are over 90 percent African American, has declined by 43% since Katrina.
People Receiving Public Assistance: Over one-third of Social Security recipients who lived in
Supplemental Security Income recipients are down from pre-Katrina 26,654 to 16,514 - a 38% decline. Source:
Public Transportation: Total ridership declined down 65.7%. From over 33 million in 2004 to about 13 million projected for 2010.
Oil Damage: There have been at least 348 intentional fires set in the
About 1.8 million gallons of chemical dispersant have been dumped into the Gulf, over a million on the surface and about 750,000 gallons sub-sea.
About 210 million gallons of oil (5 million barrels) were released by the BP spill. Wetland destruction
All information is from Bill Quigley and The Pain Index 2010