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Counting in the Wake of a Catastrophe: Challenges and Recommendations for the 2010 Census in the Gulf Coast Region.

Vacant Housing Units

ACS estimates show that vacancy rates were dramatically higher two years after the hurricanes than during the 2000 census.  High vacancy rates can expand the scope of census field operations and are an indicator of economic distress, a factor in identifying HTC areas.

 

 2000 Census 2007 ACS
Louisiana**
Orleans Parish* 12.5% 28.4%
Plaquemines Parish 13.9% 21.1%
Jefferson Parish* 6.2% 13.4%
       
Mississippi
Biloxi 11.4% 17.2%
Gulfport* 8.9% 17.6%
Hancock County 19.8% 19.2%
Harrison County* 10.2% 18.2%
Jackson County* 7.7% 13.3%
       
Alabama
Mobile (city)* 8.9% 16.6%
Mobile County* 9.0% 13.9%
Baldwin County* 25.5% 31.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

* Where possible, 2007 1-year ACS estimates are shown in order to display the fullest consequences of the hurricanes, without any data collected in 2005 before the storms hit.  One-year estimates are available for places with a population of 65,000 or greater.

** 2007 ACS estimates are not available for St. Bernard Parish due to post-Katrina population loss.

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