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.
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