The New Orleans Council on Aging is released it's report on the State of Seniors living in New Orleans in 2024 on April 17, 2024. Upon review for the year 2025, we have found that the facts discussed in the 2024 report for the most part remain the same. You can download a copy of the report at https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5eaac35cfbbd83e68cc67b31/6671d3f66612fe3c3c9edbcc_State%20of%20Seniors%20Report%202024%20Final%20Eprint%20version.pdf
Among the findings of the 2024 report are:
The metropolitan area of New Orleans is number one in the nation for the largest number of Older Americans who are either food insecure, or have very low food security.
10,667 elders are food insecure, meaning they do not have access to healthy food on a regular basis.
4,174 seniors have very low food security, meaning they are skipping meals to cover other basic needs such as medicine and / or housing.
New Orleans has the highest population of seniors in the nation that is living in poverty.
34,828 households in New Orleans have a senior living in poverty residing in them.
30,920 seniors live in a household where they are living above the poverty line, but are only able to afford the basics needed forsurvival.
55,731 elderly households in New Orleans either live in poverty, or live in a situation where one emergency can lead them into poverty.
The report highlights the problems of social isolation in the senior population of New Orleans, among other additions items..
"This report only highlights areas where the New Orleans Council on Aging's services helps to resolve," states Martin Huber, Director ofCommunity Services. "The near future will see the populationof those 60 and older grow to encompass 30% of New Orleans population. This report is only the tip of the ice berg that is heading our way."
