Choose A District
Each district has news and events updated by your district leaders weekly. All plans have been broken down into easy download and chapters.
Planning District One contains three main neighborhoods, Central Business District, Vieux Carr and the Warehouse District, and is roughly bordered by the Mississippi River, Pontchartrain Expressway, 1-10/Claiborne Avenue, and Esplanade Avenue.
Planning District Two covers a wedge-shaped area extending upriver from the Pontchartrain Expressway to Napoleon Avenue, with the Mississippi River as its base and the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Toledano as its point.
Planning District Three roughly includes the area bounded by Napoleon Avenue/Toledano Street (above South Claiborne), the Jefferson/Orleans Parish line, and the Mississippi River.
Planning District Four boundaries are Earhart Boulevard, Cambronne, Pontchartrain Expressway, City Park Avenue, Bayou St. John, Harrison, Paris Avenue, Florida Avenue, Elysian Fields, Rampart Street, Canal Street, and Claiborne Avenue/I-10.
Planning District 5 is bounded by Lake Pontchartrain to the north, Bayou St. John to the east, the Orleans/Jefferson Parish line to the west and an irregular border to the south consisting of the New Orleans Country Club, City Park Avenue, Toulouse, North Carrollton, and Orleans.
District Six includes the area bounded by the Industrial Canal on the east, Gentilly Boulevard (U.S. Highway 90), Interstate 610 and Harrison Avenue on the south, St. Bernar Avenue and Bayou St. John on the west, and Lake Pontchartrain on the north.
The district is located downriver of the Vieux Carr and includes the neighborhoods of Marigny, Bywater, St. Roch, St. Claude, Desire Area, Florida Area, Florida Housing Development, and Desire Housing Development.
Planning District Eight, the Lower Ninth Ward/Holy Cross area, is bounded by Florida Avenue on the north, the Orleans/St. Bernard Parish line on the east, the Mississippi River on the south, and the Industrial Canal on the west.
The Planning District Nine, along with Districts Ten and Eleven encompass the area known as New Orleans East.
The Planning District Ten along with Districts Nine and Eleven encompass the area known as New Orleans East.
The Planning District Eleven, along with Districts Nine and Ten encompass the area known as New Orleans East.
Algiers and English Turn encompass that portion of Orleans Parish on the West Bank of the Mississippi River.
Algiers and English Turn encompass that portion of Orleans Parish on the West Bank of the Mississippi River.
How The Districts Are Defined
Planning Districts boundaries were determined during the completion of 1999 Land Use Plan by the City Planning Commission. There are 13 planning districts in the city of New Orleans. According to the City Planning Commission, the boundaries are based on the aggregation of the 72 neighborhoods based upon population size, similarity of demographic or economic circumstances, and common development history.
Though neighborhood boundaries and characteristics have changed in the past seven years since the plan was completed, these districts are also shaped by census tract and block group boundaries, which are fundamental to measure demographic changes. The formal 72 neighborhood designations, created in 1970, are based on census tract boundaries as well.
