Profile for Sorrento, Louisiana, LA

Local festivals include:

• Boucherie Festival - Oct. 12-14, 2007
• Cajun Village Oktoberfest - Oct. 27-28, 2007

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Archives (1)

Cemeteries (18)

Colleges (1)

Communities (6)

Hotels (5)

Libraries (1)

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• Residence in 1995, of people in Sorrento
• School enrollment & education levels in Sorrento
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• Ascension Parish data
• Fastest-growing counties in Louisiana
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• Data by street address
• Historical census records (Ancestry.com)

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5% of Sorrento residents report German ancestry, and 4% report Irish. For more info on local ancestry groups, see the Sorrento ancestry & family history guide.

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Post a query on a message board:

• Ascension Parish Ancestry forum
• GenForum

Records & databases:

• Ancestry.com - LA data
• Birth, marriage & death records
• Cemetery records
• County history catalog
• Census records (historic)
• Court, land & probate records
• Death index
• Family & local history
• Immigration records
• Military records (historic)
• Newspaper articles

• Sorrento museums
• Sorrento historic sites
• Sorrento area parks

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• Sorrento area cemeteries
• Cemetery record compendium
• Louisiana cemetery message boards
• National database of cemetery records
• Veteran grave locator

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• Sorrento business guide
• Better Business Bureau
• Business licenses

• Courts in Louisiana
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• Crime in Ascension Parish
• Arrests in Ascension Parish

• Obituaries - search nearby newspapers
• Obituary database - Ancestry.com
• Charitable donations

• Local information on disability access
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Independent living centers in Louisiana
• National Council on Independent Living

At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Sorrento was $14,803, compared with $21,587 nationally.

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• Current labor force
• Wage estimates
• Ascension Parish economic census
• Ascension Parish economic summary
• Ascension Parish employment growth
• Ascension Parish unemployment rate
• Louisiana economic data

6% of Sorrento residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced college degree.

• Colleges in or near Sorrento
• Colleges in Louisiana
• Learning Disabilities Association in Louisiana
• Schools in or near Sorrento
• School districts in or near Sorrento
• School report cards
• Yearbooks (old) of Louisiana high schools

• Movies playing in or near Sorrento

• Air pollution in Ascension Parish
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• Land contamination in Ascension Parish
• Nature Conservancy projects in Louisiana
• Ozone status & air pollution - American Lung Association
• Toxic chemical releases in Ascension Parish
• Water levels & streamflow conditions in Louisiana

Sorrento festival dates:

• Boucherie Festival - Oct. 12-14, 2007
• Cajun Village Oktoberfest - Oct. 27-28, 2007

Dates often change. Check with local tourism officials to be sure.

Sorrento festival web sites:

• Boucherie Festival

• ePodunk festival listings
• Louisiana county fairs
• Louisiana festivals (Louisiana tourism department)
• Send us festival info for Sorrento

• Confluence of latitude & longitude near Sorrento
• Geocaches in Louisiana

• Sorrento items now on sale

• Ascension Parish government
• Louisiana state government
• Driver's licenses
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• Passports
• Social Security
• Veterans affairs
• Where to write for birth, death, marriage or divorce records

• Ancestry & family history
• Business
• Demographics
• Health
• Moving
• Nonprofit resources
• Sports & rec
• Travel

• Sorrento medical services & health statistics

• State historical society

• Historic sites in or near Sorrento
• Historic sites in Louisiana
• Museums in or near Sorrento
• Museums in Louisiana
• Louisiana state archives
• National Historic Landmark search
• Search the Library of Congress
• Search the National Register for historic properties
• Post history questions in Ascension Parish genealogy forum

Median rent in Sorrento, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $295.   Monthly homeowner costs, for people with mortgages, were $713.

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• Jobs in the Sorrento area
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• Libraries near Sorrento

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• Nonprofit guide for Sorrento
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Ascension Parish supported George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election. For more information, see our Sorrento political report.

• Louisiana Democratic party
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• Louisiana elections board

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• Churches, other places of worship in or near Sorrento
• Total membership by faith, in Ascension Parish

• Chowhound message boards for LA

The average commute time for Sorrento workers is 26 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.

• Sorrento travel guide
• Airports near Sorrento
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• Louisiana tourism bureau

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