Orleans Parish, Louisiana – Parish Clerk/Recorder Database
Duties of the Parish Clerk:
There is no Parish Clerk position in Orleans Parish, but this parish is a consolidated parish/city governor, so it’s led by the mayor.
Contact Information:
LaToya Cantrell
1300 Perdido Street
2nd Floor East
New Orleans, LA 70112
504-658-4900
Duties of the Parish Recorder:
The Parish Clerk of Court also functions as the recorder of land records.
Contact Information:
Chelsey Richard Napoleon
1340 Poydras Street
4th Floor
New Orleans, LA 70112
504-407-0005
Records Search and Public Records Requests
To obtain public records from Orleans Parish, you can contact the department you’re seeking records from. You can also submit a request online.
Contact Information:
Orleans Parish Government
(Department Name)
1300 Perdido St.
New Orleans, LA 70112
Statistics – Crime, Birth, Death, Property, Marriage, Divorce
Orleans Parish Birth, Death Records
Births (2007): 4,093
Per 1,000 population: 14.2
Deaths (2007): 2,660
Per 1,000 population: 9.2
Infant Deaths (2007): 40
Per 1,000 population: 9.8
Orleans Parish Criminal Records
Violent Crimes (2008): 2,893
Murder and non-negligent manslaughter: 179
Forcible rape: 76
Robbery: 1,087
Aggravated Assault: 1,551
Property Crimes (2008): 15,208
Burglary: 4,645
Larceny-Theft: 7,346
Motor Vehicle Theft: 3,217
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $2,345 (0.9%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $1,496 (0.7%)
Households: 390,144
Male householders: 64,400 (30,939 living alone)
Female householders: 87,353 (40,103 living alone)
40,177 spouses (39,389 opposite-sex spouses)
8,750 unmarried partners, (7,877 opposite-sex unmarried partners)
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 8.6
Total HU (Housing Units) 196,067 (100%)
Owner Occupied HU 83,521 (42.6%)
Renter Occupied HU 84,206 (42.9%)
Vacant Housing Units 28,340 (14.5%)
Median Home Value $312,209
Average Home Value $397,269
Housing Affordability Index 76