A subdistrict of the Bywater District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: Law, Montegut and North Galvez Streets to the north, Lesseps Street to the east, Burgundy Street, Clouet Street and St. Claude Avenue to the south and Franklin Avenue to the west.

St. Claude is the location of the former Francis T. Nicholls High School, since renamed Frederick Douglass High School.

[2] According to the United States Census Bureau, the district has a total area of 1.02 square miles (2.6 km2).

[3][failed verification] As of the census of 2000, there were 11,721 people, 4,114 households, and 2,820 families residing in the neighborhood.

As of the census of 2010, there were 6,820 people, 2,713 households, and 1,546 families residing in the neighborhood.