Sorrento (Louisiana)
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Location in Louisiana
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | September 11, 1956 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Louisiana | ||
| Parish : | Ascension Parish | ||
| Coordinates : | 30 ° 11 ′ N , 90 ° 52 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
1.401 (status: 2010) 802.484 (status: 2010) |
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| Population density : | 175.1 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 8 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 2 m | ||
| Postal code : | 70778 | ||
| Area code : | +1 225 | ||
| FIPS : | 22-71225 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 556083 | ||
| Mayor : | Blake Leblanc | ||
Sorrento is a small town (with the status of " Town ") in Ascension Parish in US -amerikanischen State Louisiana . In 2010 Sorrento had 1,401 inhabitants.
Sorrento is part of the metropolitan area around the city of Baton Rouge .
geography
Sorrento is located in central southeast Louisiana, not far from the left bank of the Mississippi . The geographical coordinates of Sorrento are 30 ° 11'04 "north latitude and 90 ° 51'33" west longitude. The urban area of Sorrento extends over an area of 8 km².
Neighboring towns of Sorrento are French Settlement (19.6 km northeast), Lutcher (15.9 km southeast), Convent (15.4 km south), Donaldsonville (23.2 km southwest), Burnside (9.1 km in the same direction) and Gonzales (9.3 km northwest).
The closest major cities are Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (46.7 km northwest) and Louisiana's largest city, New Orleans (87.1 km east-southeast).
traffic
The Interstate 10 passes through the southwest of the urban area of Sorrento. In parallel, the City of than this section runs through the Northeast Airline Highway designated US Highway 61 . Both streets connect Baton Rouge with New Orleans. The Louisiana Highway 32 runs in a northeast-southwest direction as the main road through Sorrento and crosses US 61 and I 10. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
In addition to the US 61 runs a railroad line of the Kansas City Southern for freight traffic .
With the Louisiana Regional Airport there is a small airfield 11 km to the west. The nearest major airports are Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (59.5 km northwest) and the larger Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (69.6 km east-southeast).
population
According to the 2010 census , Sorrento had 1,401 people in 537 households. The population density was 175.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.61 people lived in each of the 537 households.
The racial the population was composed of 81.1 percent white, 14.6 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian, 0.2 percent Polynesian and 2.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.3 percent of the population.
26.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.6 percent were 65 years or older. 50.9 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 41,806 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,309. 14.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 14, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 14, 2013