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<div class="entry-date">August 24-26, 2012<br>
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<div class="subheadlinestyle">Seven Years After the Hurricane</div>
<h1 class="article-title">The Katrina Pain Index, 2012</h1>
<div class="mainauthorstyle">by BILL QUIGLEY and DAVIDA FINGER</div>
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<p>1 Rank of New Orleans in fastest growing US cities between 2010 and
2011. Source: Census Bureau.</p>
<p>1 Rank of New Orleans, Louisiana in world prison rate. Louisiana
imprisons more of its people, per head, than any of the other 50
states. Louisiana rate is five times higher than Iran, 13 times higher
than China and 20 times Germany. In Louisiana, one in 86 adults is in
prison. In New Orleans, one in 14 black men is behind bars. In New
Orleans, one of every seven black men is in prison, on parole or on
probation. <em>Source: Times-Picayune.</em></p>
<p>2 Rank of New Orleans in rate of homelessness among US cities. <em>Source:
2012 Report of National Alliance to End Homelessness. </em></p>
<p>2 Rank of New Orleans in highest income inequality for cities of
over 10,000 <em>Source: Census. </em></p>
<p>3 Days a week the New Orleans daily paper, the Times-Picayune, will
start publishing and delivering the paper this fall and switch to
internet only on other days. (See 44 below). <em> Source: The
Times-Picayune.</em></p>
<p>10 Rate that New Orleans murders occur compared to US average.
According to FBI reports, the national average is 5 murders per
100,000. The Louisiana average is 12 per 100,000. The New Orleans
reported 175 murders last year or 50 murders per 100,000 residents. <em>Source:
WWL TV.</em></p>
<p>13 Rank of New Orleans in FBI overall crime rate rankings. <em>Source:
Congressional Quarterly. </em></p>
<p>15 Number of police officer-involved shootings in New Orleans so far
in 2012. In all of 2011 there were 16. <em>Source: Independent
Police Monitor.</em></p>
<p>21 Percent of all residential addresses in New Orleans that are
abandoned or blighted. There were 35,700 abandoned or blighted homes
and empty lots in New Orleans (21% of all residential addresses), a
reduction from 43,755 in 2010 (when it was 34% of all addresses).
Compare to Detroit (24%), Cleveland (19%), and Baltimore (14%). <em>Source:
Greater New Orleans Community Data Center (GNOCDC).</em></p>
<p>27 Percent of people in New Orleans live in poverty. The national
rate is 15%. Among African American families the rate is 30% and for
white families it is 8%. Source: Corporation for Enterprise
Development (CEFD) and Greater New Orleans Community Data Center
(GNOCDC) Assets & Opportunity Profile: New Orleans (August 2012).</p>
<p>33 Percent of low income mothers in New Orleans study who were still
suffering Post Traumatic Stress symptoms five years after Katrina. <em>Source:
Princeton University Study. </em></p>
<p>34 Bus routes in New Orleans now. There were 89 before Katrina. <em>Source:
RTA data.</em></p>
<p>37 Percent of New Orleans families that are “asset poor” or lack
enough assets to survive for three months without income. The rate is
50% for black households, 40% for Latino household, 24% for Asian
household and 22% for white households. <em>Source: Corporation for
Enterprise Development (CEFD) and Greater New Orleans Community Data
Center (GNOCDC) Assets & Opportunity Profile: New Orleans (August
2012)</em></p>
<p>40 Percent of poor adults in New Orleans region that work. One
quarter of these people work full-time and still remain poor. <em>Source:
GNOCDC. </em></p>
<p>42 Percent of the children in New Orleans who live in poverty. The
rate for black children is 65 percent compared to less than 1 percent
for whites. <em>Source: Census.</em></p>
<p>44 Rank of Louisiana among the 50 states in broadband internet
access. New Orleans has 40 to 60 percent access. <em>Source: The
Lens.</em></p>
<p>60 Percent of New Orleans which is African American. Before Katrina
the number was 67. <em>Source: GNOCDC. </em></p>
<p>60 Percent of renters in New Orleans are paying more than 30 percent
of their income on rent and utilities, up from 51 percent in 2004. <em>Source:
GNOCDC.</em></p>
<p>68 Percent of public school children in New Orleans who attend
schools that pass state standards. In 2003-2004 it was 28 percent. <em>Source:
GNOCDC. </em></p>
<p>75 Percent of public school students in New Orleans who are enrolled
in charter schools. Source: Wall Street Journal. This is the
highest percentage in the US by far, with District of Columbia coming
in second at 39 percent. <em>Sources: Wall Street Journal and
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. </em></p>
<p>76 Number of homes rebuilt by Make It Right Foundation. <em>Source:
New York Times. </em></p>
<p>123,934 Fewer people in New Orleans now than in 2000. The Census
reported the 2011 population of New Orleans source as 360,740. The
2000 population was 484,674. <em>Source: Census.</em></p>
<p><em><strong>Bill Quigley</strong> and <strong>Davida Finger</strong>
teach at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. A version of
this article with complete sources is available. The authors give
special thanks to Allison Plyer of the Greater New Orleans Community
Data Center. You can reach Bill at <a
href="mailto:quigley77@gmail.com">quigley77@gmail.com </a></em></p>
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