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Community
Profile and Images | Statistical Profile
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A mixture of
residential, neighborhood commercial, and industrial uses makes District
7 one of the most diverse areas of New Orleans.
In the early 1800’s, modern development began with the subdivision
of the plantation of Bernard Marigny adjacent to the Vieux Carré and
subsequently spread downriver. As the City’s population boomed,
Creoles inhabited the first subdivision, the area know today as the Marigny,
and Irish and German immigrants settled downriver in the area known today
as Bywater. The construction of the Pontchartrain Railroad in 1830
connected the District’s most important industrial activity of
the era, the New Levee Steam Cotton Press, with the lakeside settlement
of Milneburg and encouraged development to the north. In 1923,
following the completion of the Industrial Canal, industrial and railroad
activity grew steadily in the region. By 1965, development in District
7 was largely complete.
After 1975, the district experienced an overall decline in population and industrial use (with the exception of the area adjacent to the Industrial Canal) and an increase in vacant and blighted properties. Prior to Katrina, housing units in the District were predominately renter occupied, and the population was overwhelmingly African American. Major changes had been underway in District 7 during the past several years. The Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO) had redesigned and rebuilt the Florida Housing Development, and HANO had completed the first phase of the redevelopment of the long troubled Desire Housing Development. Additionally, smaller scale redevelopment efforts took hold in the Marigny and Bywater neighborhoods; and both of these neighborhoods were poised for new reinvestment along the Mississippi River.
As with the neighborhoods further uptown, Katrina-related flooding in District 7 corresponded to the natural elevations of its constituent neighborhoods. The portions of the District that lie on the River side of Claiborne Avenue escaped the worst flooding while areas that were further inland experienced incapacitating damage. (Sources: City of New Orleans 1999 Land Use Plan and GCR & Associates, Inc.)
| Population Characteristics: District 7 | ||||||||||
| Total Population | African-American Pop. | White Population | Other Population | Pop. 65 and Older | ||||||
| Pre-Katrina Total | 41,193 | 100.00% | 34,518 | 100.00% | 5,770 | 100.00% | 905 | 100.00% | 4,486 | 100.00% |
| Less Than 2' of Flooding | 13,996 | 33.98% | 8,468 | 24.53% | 5,045 | 87.44% | 483 | 53.37% | 1,515 | 33.77% |
| Between 2 - 4' of Flooding | 8,081 | 19.62% | 7,614 | 22.06% | 345 | 5.98% | 122 | 13.48% | 841 | 18.75% |
| 4' and Greater Flooding | 19,116 | 46.41% | 18,436 | 53.41% | 380 | 6.59% | 300 | 33.15% | 2,130 | 47.48% |
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