BY THE NUMBERS*

Flooded House front Steps, New Orleans 3/2006

33% of the pre-Katrina population of 463,000 is now back in New Orleans.

14% of the 122 public schools have reopened.

11% of the 15,000 businesses operating before Katrina have reopened.

38% of the 13 public libraries have reopened.

35% of the 26 hospitals are open.

*Sources: Dartmouth Flood Observatory, City of New Orleans, Brookings Institution, New Orleans Hospital Association.