The Data Center, a fully independent and neutral nonprofit, is the most trusted resource for data about Southeast Louisiana. Founded in 1997, we are experts at bringing together and communicating data from multiple sources. In doing so, we look beyond common anecdotes to provide rigorous, research-informed, and data-based analysis on issues that matter most to government, business, nonprofit, and community leaders in our region. A core part of The Data Center's mission is to transform local culture from being data-adverse to embracing data as an intrinsic component of sound policy development.

Regardless of the subject area, The Data Center gathers, analyzes, and disseminates data to assess the scale and trajectory of critical issues in the community. By bringing together data from multiple sources in a way that connects the dots beyond simply a public or private sector perspective, our work provides a toolbox of fact-driven, well-researched data that goes deeper than national reports which, too often, miss community nuances that are unique to our region and key to understanding the root causes of our challenges.