NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Justice Department officially signed off on a redistricting plan for the city of New Orleans.
In a letter, Attorney General Eric Holder and the department's civil rights division informed the city council that they have no objection to the plan that would redraw the five council districts to take account of the 2010 census.
(Click to see approved council redistricting plan)
Under the plan, which will take effect in 2014, four of the five districts will have majority African-American populations, ranging from 54 percent in District B to 86 percent in District E.
District A will have a two-thirds majority of white residents.
| Total Pop. | Total White | Total Black | Total Asian | Total Other | Total Hispanic | |
| District A | 69,920 | 46,600 (66.6%) | 19,657 (28.1%) | 1,823 (2.6%) | 1,463 (2.1%) | 4,358 (6.2%) |
| District B | 70,903 | 28,970 (40.8%) | 38,011 (53.6%) | 1,388 (1.9%) | 2,104 (3.%) | 5,428 (7.6%) |
| District C | 71,418 | 24,276 (33.9%) | 43,230 (60.5%) | 1,888 (2.6%) | 1,545 (2.2%) | 3,776 (5.2%) |
| District D | 65,597 | 10,461 (15.9%) | 53,005 (80.8%) | 865 (1.3%) | 1,020 (1.6%) | 2,370 (3.6%) |
| District E | 65,991 | 3,121 (4.7%) | 56,544 (85.6%) | 4,987 (7.5%) | 1,175 (1.8%) | 2,119 (3.2%) |
| Total Pop. | 343,829 | 113,428 (32.9%) | 210,447 (61.2%) | 10,951 (3.2%) | 7,307 (2.2%) | 18,051 (5.2%) |
