New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city
and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The population of
the city was 343,829 as of the 2010 U.S. Census. The New Orleans
metropolitan area (New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Metropolitan
Statistical Area) had a population of 1,167,764 in 2010 and was the
46th largest in the United States. The New
Orleans–Metairie–Bogalusa Combined Statistical Area, a larger
trading area, had a 2010 population of 1,214,932.