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Katrina Comeback Makes New Orleans Fastest-Growing City
New Orleans, in danger seven years ago of being reduced to a “Sliver by the River,” grew faster than any other major U.S. city in the 15 months after the 2010 decennial headcount, the U.S. Census Bureau announced today. Ravaged in 2005 by hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the city grew 4.9 percent from April 2010 to July 2011, increasing its population to 360,740. In the year after the hurricanes, the city’s population fell to 223,388 from its pre-storm tally of 452,170, the Census Bureau estimated. The magnitude of population loss after Katrina overwhelmed New Orleans’ protective levees means the city has needed ... (full story)