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New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area

The New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area is made up of 7 parishes in Louisiana; the largest are Jefferson Parish, Orleans Parish, and St. Charles Parish. About 970,849 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 3.6% fewer than in April 2020.

Jefferson Parish, centralOrleans Parish, centralPlaquemines Parish, centralSt. Bernard Parish, centralSt. Charles Parish, centralSt. James Parish, centralSt. John the Baptist Parish, centralNew OrleansMetairie
7 parishes in Louisiana
Population, July 2025
970,849 3.6% fewer than in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
Parishes
7, all central
Land area
2,359 sq mi (6,109 km²)
Time zone
Central TimeUTC-06:00 in January; UTC-05:00 in July
State
Louisiana
Combined statistical area
New Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS
CBSA code
35380
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Parishes in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area, largest first

ParishRolePopulation, July 2025Share of the area
Jefferson ParishCentral431,39844.4%
Orleans ParishCentral362,15437.3%
St. Charles ParishCentral50,5865.2%
St. Bernard ParishCentral45,6424.7%
St. John the Baptist ParishCentral39,8754.1%
Plaquemines ParishCentral22,2562.3%
St. James ParishCentral18,9382.0%

A central parish holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. This area has no outlying parishes: no neighboring parish sends enough commuters to join it. A parish belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal cities, largest first

  1. New Orleans371,853 people
  2. Metairie139,729 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Part of the New Orleans-Metairie-Slidell, LA-MS combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 3 areas in this one, largest first:

  1. Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area279,108 people
  2. Picayune, MS Micro Area59,363 people
  3. Bogalusa, LA Micro Area44,937 people

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a parish on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area19 mi northeast
  2. Hammond, LA Metro Area44 mi northwest
  3. Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area57 mi southwest
  4. Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area58 mi northeast
  5. Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area76 mi west

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A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.

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