Lead Paint Risk in Orleans Parish, Louisiana

75.4%Pre-1978 Housing

146,793Pre-1978 Units

194,758Total Housing Units

184Census Tracts

How to Interpret This

This is an area-level screening signal based on Census housing-age data. It does not confirm lead paint in any specific home. Homes built before 1978 may contain lead-based paint, and certified inspection or testing is the only way to confirm a property-level hazard.

Reporter / Resident Story Kit

146,793 housing units in Orleans Parish were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 75.4%, compared with the state rate of 47.2%.
Local questions: Which neighborhoods have the oldest housing stock? Are lead-safe renovation resources available? Do renters and families with young children know how to request testing?

Highest-Risk Census Tracts

Individual census tracts ranked by pre-1978 housing percentage. Showing the top 100 of 184 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 16	24	24	100.0%	9	0	0	0	15
Census Tract 135.02	1,291	1,299	99.4%	7	4	0	0	1,280
Census Tract 65	1,429	1,450	98.6%	52	111	222	184	860
Census Tract 38	1,804	1,839	98.1%	14	39	16	42	1,693
Census Tract 121.02	442	453	97.6%	2	2	0	11	427
Census Tract 108	717	739	97.0%	50	9	39	81	538
Census Tract 41	797	824	96.7%	26	19	33	63	656
Census Tract 99	1,509	1,567	96.3%	87	86	81	101	1,154
Census Tract 18	882	917	96.2%	5	97	14	4	762
Census Tract 33.07	918	958	95.8%	362	66	352	104	34
Census Tract 2	618	647	95.5%	20	42	179	42	335
Census Tract 116	655	687	95.3%	31	34	26	22	542
Census Tract 127	1,139	1,202	94.8%	112	0	8	68	951
Census Tract 121.01	763	806	94.7%	55	16	0	52	640
Census Tract 23	1,131	1,200	94.3%	77	134	709	159	52
Census Tract 37.02	2,034	2,157	94.3%	92	50	397	365	1,130
Census Tract 103	1,280	1,362	94.0%	69	139	165	321	586
Census Tract 136	564	600	94.0%	28	0	21	35	480
Census Tract 30	651	693	93.9%	38	131	137	124	221
Census Tract 15	533	568	93.8%	34	32	144	51	272
Census Tract 26	1,353	1,443	93.8%	62	37	47	107	1,100
Census Tract 91	1,367	1,458	93.8%	112	269	91	37	858
Census Tract 24.01	808	865	93.4%	17	82	470	165	74
Census Tract 132	1,229	1,320	93.1%	68	51	205	217	688
Census Tract 13.01	1,011	1,093	92.5%	27	32	145	71	736
Census Tract 129	741	803	92.3%	0	25	38	32	646
Census Tract 126	903	979	92.2%	20	93	52	33	705
Census Tract 135.01	1,307	1,417	92.2%	0	0	10	5	1,292
Census Tract 144	905	982	92.2%	40	60	180	36	589
Census Tract 22	704	769	91.5%	49	77	339	66	173
Census Tract 64	1,261	1,378	91.5%	14	185	121	230	711
Census Tract 100	879	963	91.3%	84	32	100	101	562
Census Tract 122	918	1,006	91.3%	26	182	115	162	433
Census Tract 31	754	827	91.2%	73	104	178	60	339
Census Tract 1	1,273	1,398	91.1%	188	0	187	111	787
Census Tract 75.01	1,127	1,237	91.1%	87	124	300	371	245
Census Tract 17.01	739	813	90.9%	50	226	389	38	36
Census Tract 20	797	877	90.9%	107	46	265	21	358
Census Tract 12	1,181	1,304	90.6%	79	6	67	11	1,018
Census Tract 40	1,244	1,373	90.6%	33	185	157	43	826
Census Tract 36	780	863	90.4%	113	11	62	140	454
Census Tract 27	715	792	90.3%	0	38	18	118	541
Census Tract 37.01	1,020	1,129	90.3%	363	108	314	94	141
Census Tract 75.02	1,273	1,412	90.2%	131	190	304	90	558
Census Tract 25.04	910	1,011	90.0%	44	54	298	267	247
Census Tract 115	633	703	90.0%	7	3	48	41	534
Census Tract 46	1,595	1,775	89.9%	44	27	62	128	1,334
Census Tract 28	736	820	89.8%	28	119	125	135	329
Census Tract 13.02	659	735	89.7%	56	36	310	27	230
Census Tract 39	704	787	89.5%	37	85	19	12	551
Census Tract 142	956	1,068	89.5%	66	0	23	18	849
Census Tract 6.02	1,229	1,376	89.3%	182	409	386	176	76
Census Tract 128	1,030	1,153	89.3%	57	42	65	140	726
Census Tract 3	564	632	89.2%	65	42	105	139	213
Census Tract 6.15	1,553	1,741	89.2%	792	524	196	41	0
Census Tract 24.02	1,346	1,512	89.0%	114	103	443	405	281
Census Tract 6.07	1,348	1,517	88.9%	474	533	194	147	0
Census Tract 45	1,047	1,178	88.9%	123	56	115	114	639
Census Tract 101	1,135	1,278	88.8%	101	112	74	46	802
Census Tract 130	693	780	88.8%	28	34	25	51	555
Census Tract 63	988	1,117	88.5%	26	65	46	127	724
Census Tract 117	1,198	1,356	88.3%	23	26	33	44	1,072
Census Tract 54	1,012	1,147	88.2%	135	47	106	227	497
Census Tract 102	847	960	88.2%	40	62	100	149	496
Census Tract 25.03	826	938	88.1%	56	72	439	208	51
Census Tract 86	549	625	87.8%	71	83	64	66	265
Census Tract 88	777	885	87.8%	4	11	20	11	731
Census Tract 34	1,011	1,153	87.7%	43	22	31	60	855
Census Tract 29	626	715	87.6%	40	66	26	51	443
Census Tract 123	853	974	87.6%	97	42	132	185	397
Census Tract 11	1,085	1,241	87.4%	55	57	113	69	791
Census Tract 17.43	1,037	1,187	87.4%	791	233	13	0	0
Census Tract 96	643	736	87.4%	2	25	24	41	551
Census Tract 107	894	1,023	87.4%	101	12	3	57	721
Census Tract 90	943	1,080	87.3%	69	44	63	31	736
Census Tract 92	649	744	87.2%	62	86	48	99	354
Census Tract 124	771	884	87.2%	91	134	89	150	307
Census Tract 55	1,024	1,175	87.1%	108	97	258	217	344
Census Tract 44.01	824	952	86.6%	57	21	107	48	591
Census Tract 76.05	658	760	86.6%	53	90	115	132	268
Census Tract 8	660	765	86.3%	35	43	151	148	283
Census Tract 119	574	665	86.3%	26	99	62	43	344
Census Tract 85	671	779	86.1%	5	34	48	24	560
Census Tract 4	929	1,091	85.2%	89	172	311	167	190
Census Tract 131	748	881	84.9%	35	38	112	91	472
Census Tract 109	1,413	1,667	84.8%	41	85	157	87	1,043
Census Tract 83	414	496	83.5%	6	45	36	0	327
Census Tract 7.02	805	965	83.4%	113	97	170	35	390
Census Tract 78	685	821	83.4%	46	34	33	10	562
Census Tract 106	623	749	83.2%	10	47	79	89	398
Census Tract 19	779	942	82.7%	97	67	55	68	492
Census Tract 35	847	1,024	82.7%	76	39	102	111	519
Census Tract 111	733	888	82.5%	110	10	107	126	380
Census Tract 49	1,177	1,436	82.0%	21	106	6	98	946
Census Tract 82	887	1,084	81.8%	150	87	95	9	546
Census Tract 84	608	744	81.7%	0	75	98	83	352
Census Tract 6.05	719	882	81.5%	168	156	275	78	42
Census Tract 97	581	722	80.5%	0	36	22	54	469
Census Tract 6.11	1,091	1,359	80.3%	642	173	221	42	13
Census Tract 6.06	1,357	1,692	80.2%	384	560	318	36	59