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Population (year 2000): 1,227. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,341 (+9.3% change)
Males: 625 (50.9%), Females: 602 (49.1%)
Zip code:
70778
Median resident age: 33.7 years
Median household income: $35,234 (year 2000)
Median house value: $74,800 (year 2000)
Races in Sorrento:
- White Non-Hispanic (82.9%)
- Black (14.8%)
- Hispanic (1.4%)
- American Indian (0.7%)
- Two or more races (0.6%)
Ancestries: French (23.9%), United States
(16.3%), French Canadian (8.7%), German (4.8%), Irish (4.1%),
Italian (2.8%).
Elevation: 7 feet
Land area: 3.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Sorrento
- High school or higher: 66.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 5.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.0%
- Unemployed: 5.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 25.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Sorrento town
- Never married: 23.3%
- Now married: 54.8%
- Separated: 2.7%
- Widowed: 8.0%
- Divorced: 11.2%
1.4% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +94 (+8.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Sorrento:
- ASCENSION HOSPITAL (about 6 miles; GONZALES, LA)
- ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL (about 6 miles; GONZALES, LA)
- PREVOST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 11 miles;
DONALDSONVILLE, LA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Sorrento:
- BATON ROUGE METROPOLITAN, RYAN FIELD (about 30
miles; BATON ROUGE, LA; ID: BTR)
- LOUIS ARMSTRONG NEW ORLEANS INTL (about 45 miles;
NEW ORLEANS, LA; ID: MSY)
- LAKEFRONT (about 60 miles; NEW ORLEANS, LA; ID: NEW)
Other public-use airports nearest to Sorrento:
- LOUISIANA REGIONAL (about 5 miles; GONZALES, LA; ID:
L38)
- ST JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH (about 22 miles; RESERVE,
LA; ID: 1L0)
- THIBODAUX MUNICIPAL (about 31 miles; THIBODAUX, LA;
ID: L83)
Colleges/Universities in Sorrento:
- LOUISIANA TECHNICAL COLLEGE-ASCENSION CAMPUS
(Full-time enrollment: 158; Location: 9697 AIRLINE HWY;
Public)
- RIVER PARISHES COMMUNITY COLLEGE (FT
enrollment: 101; Location: 7384 JOHN LEBLANC BLVD;
Public; Website: rpcc.cc.la.us)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Sorrento:
- NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 27 miles;
THIBODAUX, LA; Full-time enrollment: 6,244)
- LOUISIANA STATE UNIV & AG & MECH & HEBERT LAWS CTR
(about 28 miles; BATON ROUGE, LA; FT enrollment: 28,696)
- SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND A & M COLLEGE (about 33
miles; BATON ROUGE, LA; FT enrollment: 8,399)
- SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY (about 36 miles;
HAMMOND, LA; FT enrollment: 12,549)
- TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA (about 54 miles; NEW
ORLEANS, LA; FT enrollment: 10,230)
- LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS (about 54 miles; NEW
ORLEANS, LA; FT enrollment: 4,399)
- XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA (about 55 miles; NEW
ORLEANS, LA; FT enrollment: 3,659)
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