Lower Ninth Ward

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Lower Ninth Ward
Neighborhood
Aerial view of part of the Lower 9th, c. 1990s. Holy Cross School at lower right.
The two Lower Ninth Ward neighborhoods; Holy Cross (below) and the Lower Ninth Ward (above)
Coordinates: 29°58′13″N 90°00′46″W / 29.97028°N 90.01278°W / 29.97028; -90.01278
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
City	New Orleans
Ward	9th
Added as a district	1852
Area
• Total	2.25 sq mi (5.8 km2)
• Land	2.20 sq mi (5.7 km2)
• Water	0.05 sq mi (0.1 km2)  2.58%
Population  (2010)
• Total	5,560
• Density	2,500/sq mi (950/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Area code	504
Website	lowernine.org

The Lower Ninth Ward is a neighborhood in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. As the name implies, it is part of the 9th Ward of New Orleans. The Lower Ninth Ward is often thought of as the entire area within New Orleans downriver of the Industrial Canal; however, the City Planning Commission divides this area into the Lower Ninth Ward and Holy Cross neighborhoods.

The term "Lower" refers to its location farther towards the mouth of the Mississippi River, downriver, "down" or "below" the rest of the city. The 9th Ward, like all wards of New Orleans, is a voting district. The 9th Ward was added as a voting district in 1852.^[1] The Lower 9th Ward is composed of Ward 9 Districts 1, 2, 4, and 7 which make up the Holy Cross Area and Ward 9 Districts 3, 5, 6, and 8. Higher voting district numbers in the 9th Ward (8–27) are on the upriver side of the Industrial Canal.^[2] The area came to international attention for its devastation in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.