Metairie, Louisiana Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Metairie is 3rd in Louisiana out of 107 other cities in Population density (people per sqmi)

Metairie is 4th in Louisiana out of 107 other cities in Households

Metairie is 4th in Louisiana out of 107 other cities in Housing units

Metairie is 4th in Louisiana out of 97 other cities in Retail sales

Metairie is 4th in Louisiana out of 99 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Metairie is 5th in Louisiana out of 107 other cities in Foreign born residents

Metairie is 6th in Louisiana out of 107 other cities in Residents 65 or older

Metairie is 7th in Louisiana out of 107 other cities in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Metairie is 7th in Louisiana out of 87 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Metairie is 11th in Louisiana out of 106 other cities in Home median value

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General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Metairie	Rank	Louisiana	US
Size in square miles	23.2	17th	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	5,963.4	3rd	104.9	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Metairie	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	5.9%	97th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.5%	100th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.1%	6th	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Metairie	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.7%	25th	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	32.7%	13th	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Metairie	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	80.0%	25th	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	10.4%	91st	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	73rd	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	3.3%	15th	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	40th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.0%	27th	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	7th	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	72.4%	33rd	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Metairie	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	51.3%	68th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	12.4%	5th	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Metairie	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	65,691	4th	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	33.4%	11th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	58,049	4th	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	63.0%	62nd	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$211,100	11th	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.4	98th	2.6	2.6

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Metairie	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$32,281	12th	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$52,150	31st	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	10.7%	85th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Metairie	Rank	Louisiana	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	16,375	4th	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,861,291	4th	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$376,245	7th	$9,729,869	$613,795,732

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