West Riverside is a
neighborhood
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of the city of
New Orleans
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. A subdistrict of the
Uptown/
Carrollton Area, its boundaries as defined by the New Orleans City Planning Commission are:
Magazine Street to the north, Napoleon Avenue to the east, the
Mississippi River
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to the south and Exposition,
Tchoupitoulas and Webster Streets to the west. This has not traditionally been a separate neighborhood as most of this area has been considered part of Uptown New Orleans throughout most of its history. This name was only artificially created by the New Orleans City Planning Commission and most residents do not identify with it.
Geography
West Riverside is located at
and has an elevation of .
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the district has a total area of . of which is land and (29.32%) of which is water.
Adjacent Neighborhoods
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Uptown (north)
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East Riverside (east)
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Irish Channel (east)
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Mississippi River
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(south)
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Audubon (northwest)
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 5,232 people, 2,635 households, and 1,126 families residing in the neighborhood.
The
population density
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was 5,566 /mi
2 (2,180 /km
2).
As of the
census
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of 2010, there were 4,747 people, 2,493 households, and 1,015 families residing in the neighborhood.
See also
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New Orleans neighborhoods
The city planning commission for New Orleans divided the city into 13 planning districts and 73 distinct neighborhoods in 1980. Although initially in the study 68 neighborhoods were designated, and later increased by the City Planning Commission ...
References
Neighborhoods in New Orleans
Louisiana populated places on the Mississippi River
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