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Saturday, April 15, 2006

Hurricane Katrina Adjusted Population Estimates

One of Kingsport’s city planners, Forrest Koder, hails from Slidell, Louisiana, which is located in St. Tammany Parish on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain.

 

He stays in touch with his former colleagues and often talks of the influx of population and its strain on the community’s ability to provide services.

 

Below is the first definitive population count that I’ve seen.  Claritas is one of the strongest names in the business when it comes to demographics.

 

Jan 2006 projections indicate that Orleans Parish has lost 283,789 residents (a 62.4% decrease), leaving a total of 171,133 residents – only slightly larger than Sullivan County, TN.

 

On the other hand, St. Tammany Parish has gained 54,791 residents (a 24.7% increase), bringing its total to 276,599 (making it 100,000+ residents larger than Orleans Parish!).

 

Even in Kingsport, 700 miles from the hurricane coast, we continue to get trickledown effects of relocated families.  Just yesterday I was playing baseball in the backyard with some neighborhood kids and I noticed a new one.  I asked where he was from and he replied, “Baton Rouge, LA”. 

 

 

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