New Orleans

====Post-disaster recovery====
{{Main|Reconstruction of New Orleans}}
[[File:Navy-FloodedNewOrleans.jpg|right|thumb|An aerial view from a United States Navy helicopter showing floodwaters around the Louisiana Superdome (stadium) and surrounding area (2005)]]
Because of the scale of damage, many people resettled permanently outside the area. Federal, state, and local efforts supported recovery and rebuilding in severely damaged neighborhoods. The U.S. Census Bureau in July 2006 estimated the population to be 223,000; a subsequent study estimated that 32,000 additional residents had moved to the city as of March 2007, bringing the estimated population to 255,000, approximately 56% of the pre-Katrina population level. Another estimate, based on utility usage from July 2007, estimated the population to be approximately 274,000 or 60% of the pre-Katrina population. These estimates are somewhat smaller to a third estimate, based on mail delivery records, from the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center in June 2007, which indicated that the city had regained approximately two-thirds of its pre-Katrina population.<ref>[http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-8/1186642536113410.xml&coll=1 "N.O. head count gains steam"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090701223143/http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews-8%2F1186642536113410.xml&coll=1 |date=July 1, 2009 }}, ''The Times-Picayune'', August 9, 2007. Retrieved August 14, 2007.</ref> In 2008, the U.S. Census Bureau revised its population estimate for the city upward, to 336,644.<ref name="New Orleans 2010">"New Orleans' population estimate was low by 25,000, Census says", ''The Times-Picayune'', January 8, 2010.</ref> Most recently, by July 2015, the population was back up to 386,617—80% of what it was in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.datacenterresearch.org/data-resources/katrina/facts-for-impact/ |title=Facts for Features: Katrina Impact {{!}} The Data Center |website=www.datacenterresearch.org |language=en |access-date=November 9, 2018 |archive-date=August 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830005056/https://www.datacenterresearch.org/data-resources/katrina/facts-for-impact/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Several major tourist events and other forms of revenue for the city have returned. Large conventions returned.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/21/ap/business/mainD8ICG2NG0.shtml |title=New Orleans Braces for Convention Comeback |website=[[CBS News]] |access-date=March 23, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080520104030/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/21/ap/business/mainD8ICG2NG0.shtml <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=May 20, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neworleanscvb.com/articles/index.cfm/action/articles/typeID/1 |title=New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau |access-date=March 23, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080403040320/http://www.neworleanscvb.com/articles/index.cfm/action/articles/typeID/1 |archive-date=April 3, 2008}}</ref> College bowl games returned for the [[2006–07 NCAA football bowl games|2006–2007 season]]. The [[New Orleans Saints]] returned that season. The [[New Orleans Hornets]] (now named the Pelicans) returned to the city for the [[2007–08 New Orleans Hornets season|2007–2008 season]]. New Orleans hosted the [[2008 NBA All-Star Game]] in addition to [[Super Bowl XLVII]].

Major annual events such as [[New Orleans Mardi Gras|Mardi Gras]], [[Voodoo Experience]], and the [[New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival|Jazz & Heritage Festival]] were never displaced or canceled. A new annual festival, "The Running of the Bulls New Orleans", was created in 2007.<ref>[http://www.neworleans.com/festivals/other-festivals/11386-0710-running-of-the-bulls-in-new-orleans.html Nola.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100622032747/http://www.neworleans.com/festivals/other-festivals/11386-0710-running-of-the-bulls-in-new-orleans.html |date=June 22, 2010 }}, New Orleans</ref>