CBS NEWS POLL For Release: Thursday, January 31, 2013 7:00 am ET

New Orleans
January 24-27, 2013

More than seven years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans, a slim majority of Americans say the city has yet to fully recover, but most have a good image of New Orleans and seven in ten are optimistic about its future. 36% of Americans say New Orleans has mostly recovered from the effects of Hurricane Katrina, but 51% dont think it has. These views are similar to what they were in 2010, five years after Hurricane Katrina hit. Southerners are more likely than those living in other regions of the country to say New Orleans has mostly recovered. Has New Orleans Mostly Recovered From Hurricane Katrina? Now 8/2010 Yes 36% 35% No 51 52 Still, Americans have a positive view of New Orleans overall. 64% say they have a good image of the city, a dip from a few years ago, but a 15-point increase from August 2006, just a year after Katrina made landfall. Men, women, and Americans of all age groups have a positive opinion of New Orleans, but the city is more popular with younger Americans than with those who are older. Image of New Orleans Now 8/2010 8/2006 Good 64% 72% 49% Bad 24 19 42 As New Orleans prepares to host the Super Bowl this year, 71% of Americans are optimistic about the citys future. Even those who do not think New Orleans has recovered from the effects of Hurricane Katrina feel good about the citys future. Feelings on the Future of New Orleans Optimistic 71% Pessimistic 15 Among Americans who have visited New Orleans (34% in this poll), 68% have a good image of the city and 73% are optimistic about its future.
__________________________________________________________________________________________ This poll was conducted by telephone from January 24-27, 2013 among 1,052 adults nationwide. Phone numbers were dialed from samples of both standard land-line and cell phones. The error due to sampling for results based on the entire sample could be plus or minus three percentage points. The error for subgroups may be higher. This poll release conforms to the Standards of Disclosure of the National Council on Public Polls.

CBS NEWS POLL New Orleans January 24-27, 2013 q33 As far as you know, do you think the city of New Orleans has mostly recovered or mostly not recovered from the effects of Hurricane Katrina? ** TOTAL RESPONDENTS ** % 36 51 13 Aug10b % 35 52 13

Recovered Not recovered DK/NA

q34 In general, do you have a good image or a bad image of New Orleans? Good image Bad image DK/NA 64 24 12 72 19 9

q35 Are you generally optimistic or pessimistic about the future of the city of New Orleans? Optimistic Pessimistic DK/NA 71 15 13

q53 Have you ever visited New Orleans? Yes No Live/Lived there (Vol.) Total Respondents: 1052 Margin of error: 3pts. 34 65 0