Of the 117 counties and parishes used in the studies -- those identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as eligible for disaster assistance -- only 40 lost population in the four months after the storm , and 99 percent of the losses came in the top 10 parishes and counties , comprising New Orleans and Lake Charles in Louisiana and Gulfport and Biloxi in Mississippi .
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Biloxi
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Federal Emergency Management Agency
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New Orleans
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Lake Charles
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Louisiana
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Gulfport
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Biloxi
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