| Detroit, MI | New Orleans, LA | United States |
| 679,865 | 388,182 | 321,004,407 |
| 52.7% | 52.3% | 50.8% |
| 47.3% | 47.7% | 49.2% |
| 34.7 | 35.9 | 37.8 |
space3 | | | |
| 759,340 | 295,285 | 308,745,538 |
| 951,270 | 484,674 | 285,036,114 |
| 1,027,974 | 496,938 | 251,960,433 |
| -28.5% | -19.9% | 12.6% |
| -33.9% | -21.9% | 27.4% |
space4 | | | |
| 4,901.2 | 2,291.1 | 90.9 |
| 138.7 | 169.4 | 3,531,905.4 |
| 4.2 | 180.4 | 264,836.8 |
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Est. Total Population By Age | | | |
| Detroit, MI | New Orleans, LA | United States |
| 7.3% | 6.0% | 6.2% |
| 6.7% | 6.0% | 6.4% |
| 6.9% | 5.2% | 6.5% |
| 4.2% | 3.1% | 3.9% |
| 4.5% | 4.1% | 4.1% |
| 6.6% | 5.7% | 5.6% |
| 14.0% | 18.5% | 13.7% |
| 11.8% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 12.3% | 12.6% | 13.4% |
| 6.6% | 6.8% | 6.7% |
| 5.9% | 6.3% | 6.0% |
| 7.6% | 7.8% | 8.6% |
| 3.7% | 3.5% | 4.4% |
| 1.8% | 1.6% | 1.9% |
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Race | | | |
| Detroit, MI | New Orleans, LA | United States |
| 9.9% | 30.6% | 61.5% |
| 78.8% | 59.1% | 12.3% |
| 1.5% | 2.9% | 5.3% |
| 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.7% |
| 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.2% |
| 1.6% | 1.4% | 2.3% |
| 7.6% | 5.5% | 17.6% |
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Marriage & Family | | | |
| Detroit, MI | New Orleans, LA | United States |
| 26.1% | 32.8% | 50.2% |
| 22.8% | 29.8% | 48.2% |
| 3.4% | 3.0% | 2.0% |
| 73.9% | 67.2% | 49.8% |
| 55.0% | 48.8% | 33.1% |
| 12.0% | 12.5% | 10.9% |
| 6.9% | 6.0% | 5.8% |
space5 | | | |
| 2.58 | 2.42 | 2.63 |
| 258,471 | 154,895 | 118,825,921 |
| 142,594 | 75,924 | 78,298,703 |
| 15.0% | 20.5% | 31.1% |
| 21.4% | 34.7% | 42.3% |
| 115,877 | 78,971 | 40,527,218 |
| 38.8% | 26.6% | 16.3% |
| 24.8% | 18.2% | 10.3% |