Report ##ed New Orleans five years after Katrina . There is a better way , there is a higher way , and it 's all for the most part based on knowledge . '' Wages up , poverty down , but many poor did n't return . Mayor says a ` ` service - based '' economy is the city 's future . The population is 90 percent of pre - storm figure ; city at 78 percent .
Report ##ed New Orleans five years after Katrina . Wages up , poverty down , but many poor did n't return . Mayor says a ` ` service - based '' economy is the city 's future . The population is 90 percent of pre - storm figure ; city at 78 percent .