I just saw a piece in the latest US News magazine, using a figure of 10,000 Israeli settlers being displaced. Using the 10,000 figure in the calculation produces an even more astounding result.
Israels  Population:   6,276,883  (2005, est.)
Gaza(settlers)          10,000         (US News figure)
Ratio: .001593
US   Population:       295,734,134
New Orleans:           469,032
Ratio: .001585

The odds of this being by chance seem extraordinary.
Roger