New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area
New Orleans, LA
Blueprint of Black America
Search BlackDemographics.com
Use this menu to find out more about African American statistics
Web site designed & administered by Akiim DeShay © 2007- 2011
Search BlackDemographics.com
Main Menu
City Statistics
State Statistics
Resourses
My Other Sites
Black New Orleans Detailed ACS Census Report for 2009
(use the scrollbar on the right to scroll down to view the entire report)
Black history of New Orleans is unique compared to that of African Americans in other US cities. New Orleans was once Spanish, and then French territory before the United States acquired it
through the Louisiana Purchase. Most African slaves here came from French territories of African and mostly through Haiti, a French controlled part of the Caribbean. Under French rule, many Africans, French, Spanish, and Native people mixed forming what became known as the Creoles of Louisiana. Creoles enjoyed many privileges only bestowed to whites until the late 1800 when they were reclassified as Black and forced to live among, mix with, and follow the same rules as Blacks. The Black Population on the other hand was able to retain some African traditions and culture under French rule.
Combined with the culture of the Creoles, the New Orleans Black population has always been unique to America. In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans damaging the Levees which kept the city from flooding. Because the city sits below sea level, 80% of the city flooded and it took weeks to drain out the water. The city still has yet to recover. Much of the largely poor Black population has been unable to return and is now spread across the country. The largest numbers have started new lives in
