Report examines Louisiana August 29 , 2005 after Katrina . Wages up , poverty down , but many poor did n't return . Katrina killed more than 1,800 people on the Gulf Coast when it struck near the Louisiana-Mississippi state line on August 29 , 2005 . Allison Plyer says a `` knowledge-based '' economy is the city 's future . Metro population is 78 percent of pre-storm figure ; city at 90 percent .
Report examines Louisiana August 29 , 2005 after Katrina . Wages up , poverty down , but many poor did n't return . Allison Plyer says a `` knowledge-based '' economy is the city 's future . Metro population is 78 percent of pre-storm figure ; city at 90 percent .