Roughly 70% of New Orleans' population has returned after the storm (gnocdc.org)

Only 60% of available federal funds for hurricane relief have been spent (npr.org).

By May 2008, only 70% of applications to the Road Home program reached closing. Average benefit per applicant was $58381, down by almost $3000 from January. (gnocdc.org)

Only 81 out of 128 public schools had reopened in Orleans Parish by April 2008. (gnocdc.org)

Only 43% of childcare facilities open in New Orleans before Katrina had reopened. Only two-thirds of hospitals have reopened.gnocdc.org)

Suicide attempts in FEMA trailer parks in Louisiana and Mississippi are at 79 times the national average. Major depression rates in these areas are seven times the national average. (npr.org)

As of the middle of March, 23000 FEMA trailers remained in Louisiana, with over 10000 trailers decommissioned and families displaced since the beginning of 2008. (gnocdc.org)

As of August 29, 2007, there were only 30 hospital psychiatric beds in Orleans Parish, down from 240 before the storm (npr.org)

Resources about Katrina and New Orleans

Northshore Disaster Recovery Inc.

Greater New Orleans Community Data Center

Times-Picayune interactive graphic of the timeline of Katrina flooding New Orleans (requires Flash).

"A Solvable Problem: The geographical history and future of New Orleans" by Richard Campanella (Louisiana Cultural Vistas, Spring 2006; 4.1 MB pdf)