More than eight years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans and St. Bernard Parish are continuing to grow in population, though both are still significantly smaller than they were before they flooded in August 2005, according to new estimates released by the Census Bureau.
New Orleans added nearly 9,000 residents between July 1, 2012, and July 1, 2013, according to the estimates, giving the city a population of 378,715. That’s still roughly 20 percent fewer people than the city had when the storm struck.