Editing Sorrento, Louisiana

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'''Sorrento''' is a town in [[Ascension Parish, Louisiana|Ascension Parish]], [[Louisiana]], United States. The population was 1,514 in 2020.<ref name=":0" /> It is part of the [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]] [[Baton Rouge metropolitan area|metropolitan statistical area]].

==Geography==
Sorrento is located at {{Coord|30|10|49|N|90|51|58|W|type:city}} (30.180229, -90.866138).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 3.1&nbsp;square miles (8.1&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}), all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1960= 1151
|1970= 1182
|1980= 1197
|1990= 1119
|2000= 1227
|2010= 1401
|2020= 1514
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Sorrento racial composition as of 2020<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2271225&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 28, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 1,085
| 71.66%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 253
| 16.71%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 7
| 0.46%
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!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 10
| 0.66%
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!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 1
| 0.07%
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!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 45
| 2.97%
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!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 113
| 7.46%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 1,514 people, 634 households, and 417 families residing in the town.<ref name=":0" />

==Education and media==

Sorrento Primary School (K-5)

Sorrento is home to [[River Parishes Community College]], established in 1998.<ref>http://www.rpcc.edu/aboutUs.cfm - ''History of the College''; accessed October 27, 2015.</ref>

The official journal for the Town of Sorrento is ''[[The Gonzales Weekly Citizen]]''.

==Notable people==

*[[Clay Schexnayder]], member of the [[Louisiana House of Representatives]] from Ascension Parish, owns an automotive repair business in Sorrento.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clayschexnayder.com/page/press-room/schexnayder-announces-candidacy.html|title=Schexnayder Announces Candidacy|publisher=clayschexnayder.com|access-date=May 16, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707040923/http://clayschexnayder.com/page/press-room/schexnayder-announces-candidacy.html|archive-date=July 7, 2012|df=}}</ref>
*[[John "Hot Rod" Williams]], [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] player
*[[Toe Nash]], retired [[MLB]] player

==References==
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==External links==
*The [http://www.rpcc.edu/aboutUs.cfm '''About Us &ndash; History of the College''' page for River Parishes Community College] contains '''Facts about the Sorrento area''', including the town's history.

{{Ascension Parish, Louisiana}}

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[[Category:Towns in Louisiana]]
[[Category:Towns in Ascension Parish, Louisiana]]
[[Category:Baton Rouge metropolitan area]]