| ECONOMY | New Orleans | Dalton | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 7.90% | 11.60% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -1.45% | -3.64% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 29.20% | 21.12% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 9.00% | 7.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 4.00% | 6.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $24,433 | $20,702 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $36,643 | $38,043 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 21.93% | 17.25% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 14.56% | 13.44% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 11.67% | 15.25% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 15.39% | 16.87% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 14.89% | 16.32% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 8.41% | 8.29% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 7.29% | 6.66% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 3.85% | 4.29% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 1.85% | 1.53% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.16% | 0.10% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 11.79% | 12.02% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 26.45% | 11.81% | 20.61% |
| Service | 20.34% | 10.08% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 25.45% | 22.07% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.16% | 1.10% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 6.40% | 6.61% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 9.41% | 36.30% | 14.05% |
