Barataria, Louisiana
Template:Distinguish Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Barataria (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,057 in 2020.<ref name=":1" /> It is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner metropolitan statistical area.
Etymology
[edit]The name comes from Bayou Barataria, a tributary of Barataria Bay which in turn took its name from the fictional island awarded to Sancho Panza to govern in Part II of the Spanish classic novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes.<ref>Cervantes, Miguel de. Don Quixote, Part II (1615), chapter 42</ref>
Geography
[edit]Barataria is located in south-central Jefferson Parish at Template:Coord (29.715121, -90.116024),<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref> on the west side of Bayou Barataria and just east of Lake Salvador. It is bordered to the east, across Bayou Barataria, by the town of Jean Lafitte and the unincorporated community of Lafitte. Barataria is Template:Convert south of New Orleans.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Barataria CDP has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert are land and Template:Convert, or 10.75%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010">Template:Cite web</ref>
Demographics
[edit]| Race | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| White (non-Hispanic) | 891 | 84.3% |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 43 | 4.07% |
| Native American | 8 | 0.76% |
| Asian | 1 | 0.09% |
| Other/Mixed | 73 | 6.91% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 41 | 3.88% |
Barataria first appeared in the 1850 U.S. census with a total recorded population of 1,176.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
According to the 2020 United States census,<ref name=":1" /> there were 1,057 people, 428 households, and 350 families residing in the CDP, down from the 2019 American Community Survey estimate of 1,200 people living in the CDP, and from 1,109 at the 2010 U.S. census.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref> In 2019, the racial and ethnic makeup was 80.7% non-Hispanic white, 7.8% Black or African American, 0.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, and 11.3% two or more races. In 2020, its composition was 84.3% non-Hispanic white, 4.07% Black or African American, 0.76% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.09% Asian, 6.91% multiracial or of some other race, and 3.88% Hispanic and Latino American of any race. The median household income was $49,931, and 3.3% of the population lived at or below the poverty line in 2019.
Education
[edit]Residents are zoned to Jefferson Parish Public Schools.
Residents from K-6 are zoned to Leo E. Kerner Elementary School (formerly Lafitte Elementary School). Those from 7-12 are zoned to Fisher Middle-High School.
See also
[edit]- Barataria Bay
- Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve - Barataria Preserve