Quick Spot Check Stat--I've posted before that the Metro area would suprass pre-Katrina population numbers in the last quarter 2014. We're still pretty much on track. We've been told it would be about a 10 year recovery.
Number of households in Metropolitan New Orleans receiving US Mail (stat does not include PO Boxes):
July, 2005 (month before Katrina struck): 532,756
May, 2013: 509,381
Source: http://www.gnocdc.org/
Number of households in Metropolitan New Orleans receiving US Mail (stat does not include PO Boxes):
July, 2005 (month before Katrina struck): 532,756
May, 2013: 509,381
Source: http://www.gnocdc.org/