June 18, 2009
A New Orleans Charity Tracks a Growing Population
It's impossible to know exactly how many people live in this city.
But for the almost four years since Hurricane Katrina struck, a small nonprofit organization has tracked New Orleans's vital statistics — and its population analysis has helped win an additional $45-million in federal aid for the still-recovering city.
Last year, the Census Bureau issued its 2007 estimate of the total number of New Orleans residents: 239,124. The figure was far lower than the
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