December 2005
Events
- December 2005393,000 Black New Orleans Residents Displaced; 100,000 Never Return
Census analysis showed ~393,000 Black residents left the New Orleans metro area after Katrina. By 2010 the city's Black population fell from 67% to 59%. Broadmoor, Gentilly, and the Lower Ninth Ward redeveloped whiter and wealthier — activists called it 'ethnic cleansing by disaster.'
- December 2005Katrina Displacement Permanently Reduces New Orleans' Black Population by 100,000
By late 2005, an estimated 393,000 Black residents had been displaced from New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina. By 2010, the city's Black population had fallen by approximately 100,000 from its pre-storm level of roughly 325,000 — a reduction of over 30 percent. Policies like the Road Home program and the demolition of public housing projects made return harder for lower-income Black residents.
- December 2005Katrina Permanently Reduces New Orleans Black Population by 100,000 Residents
By late 2005, approximately 393,000 Black residents had been displaced from New Orleans. By 2010, the city's Black population had fallen by roughly 100,000 from its pre-storm level of 325,000, a decline of over 30 percent. Road Home disparities and demolition of public housing made return harder for lower-income Black residents.
- December 2005393,000 Black New Orleans Residents Displaced; 100,000 Never Return
Census analysis by demographer William Frey showed approximately 393,000 Black residents left the New Orleans metropolitan area after Katrina. By 2010 New Orleans's Black population had fallen from 67% to 59% of the city. Neighborhoods such as Broadmoor, Gentilly, and the Lower Ninth Ward — historically Black — redeveloped as whiter and wealthier, a process activists called 'ethnic cleansing by disaster.'