#3: Louisiana
Population: 4,533.372
Growth rate: 1.4%
Unemployment rate: 8.3%
During the 1980s, Louisiana's population increased only 0.3% after jumping 15.5% the decade before, when oil prices were soaring.
Growth rate: 1.4%
Unemployment rate: 8.3%
During the 1980s, Louisiana's population increased only 0.3% after jumping 15.5% the decade before, when oil prices were soaring.
Then, Katrina emptied out much of New Orleans and led to population loss of more than a quarter of a million in just a single year, a 5.7% decline.
Many residents have returned and but the state still will record a gain fewer than 65,000 people for the decade.
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Last updated December 21 2010: 1:46 PM ET
