Sorrento is a town in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,514 in 2020. It is part of the Baton Rouge metropolitan statistical area.
Geography Sorrento is located at (30.180229, -90.866138). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.1 square miles (8.1 km), all land.
Demographics
+Sorrento racial composition as of 2020 Race Number Percentage White (non-Hispanic) 1,085 71.66% Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 253 16.71% Native American 7 0.46% Asian 10 0.66% Pacific Islander 1 0.07% Other/Mixed 45 2.97% Hispanic or 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.
Education and media
Sorrento Primary School (K-5)
Sorrento is home to River Parishes Community College, established in 1998.http://www.rpcc.edu/aboutUs.cfm - History of the College; accessed October 27, 2015.
The official journal for the Town of Sorrento is The Gonzales Weekly Citizen.
Notable people
Louis Lambert, former state senator, former public service commissioner, and defeated Democratic for governor of Louisiana in 1979, lived in Sorrento at time of his death Toe Nash, Minor League Baseball player in the Tampa Bay Rays organization. Clay Schexnayder, former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Ascension Parish, owns an automotive repair business in Sorrento. John "Hot Rod" Williams, NBA player
References
External links The About Us – History of the College page for River Parishes Community College contains Facts about the Sorrento area, including the town's history.