Interestingly, the educational attainment of remaining Louisianans increased - the percentage of high school graduates increased from 34.5% to 36.6%. College graduates among the population, however, remained unchanged.
As was to be expected, the percentage of Louisiana residents who moved in the past year rose from 15.2% prior to the hurricanes to 17.8% following the disaster.
Employment was certainly affected by the hurricanes and the statistics show that tourism was the most impacted industry. Prior to the hurricane, employment in the "Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation and food services" sector was 9.7% of the population; following the hurricanes the percentage dropped to 8.2%.
Ethnic, age, and other variables following the storms are fairly consistent. The data shows that people moved regardless of race, income, family size, and economics. This largest post-disaster migration in United States history was a migration of everyone, across all social divides and groupings.
Louisiana and Mississippi both lost a significant number as well as a percentage of residents. These individuals and families migrated across the United States. Future population studies will revel if these migrants choose to return to their states, counties, or parishes of origin over the coming years.
Full demographic, social, economic, and housing data along with county-by-county or parish-by-parish data is available at the Census Bureau's website.
Parish-level and county-level data included in these estimates only included parishes and counties that were designated disaster areas and thus do not include non-impacted areas of the states. Thus, we can not say, for example, that East Baton Rouge Parish or Harris County were the largest-growing entities statewide, only within the declared counties.
