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Hurricane Katrina: Home Damage
Written by Katie Pesce
Researched by Katie Pesce 

Severe damage: damage more than or equal to $30,000
Major damage: damage is between $5200 and $30,000 

The damage included results from flood waters and wind.  

For link to Map of Orleans Planning Districts for Reference click here. 

Parish

Percent of Homes with Severe Damage

Percent of Homes with Major Damage

Jefferson

2.7

17

Orleans

42

14

Plaquemines

44

13

Bernard

55

24

St. Tammany

2.4

2


Orleans Parish Planning District

Percent of Homes with Severe Damage

Percent of Homes with Major Damage

French Quarter

0.3

2.2

Garden District

12

12

Uptown

27

12

Mid-City

52

17

Lakeview

57

11

Gentilly

67

10

Bywater

43

18

Lower 9th Ward

69

13

New Orleans East

68

18

Village de L’Est

67

18

Venetian Isles

62

6

Algiers

1

1

 (All information from the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center – Current Housing Unit Damage Estimates Report.)