Barataria is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) in

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, United States. The population was 1,057 in 2020. It is part of the

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Etymology

The name comes from Bayou Barataria, a tributary of

Barataria Bay Barataria Bay (french: Baie de Barataria), also Barrataria Bay, is a bay of the Gulf of Mexico, about 15 miles (24 km) long and 12 miles (19 km) wide, in southeastern Louisiana, in Jefferson Parish and Plaquemines Parish, United States ...

south of New Orleans. The bay in turn took its name from the fictional island awarded to

Sancho Panza Sancho Panza () is a fictional character in the novel ''Don Quixote'' written by Spanish author Don Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra in 1605. Sancho acts as squire to Don Quixote and provides comments throughout the novel, known as ''sanchismos'', ...

to govern, as a prank in Part II of ''

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''.Cervantes, Miguel de. ''Don Quixote'', Part II (1615), chapter 42

Geography

Barataria is located in south-central Jefferson Parish at (29.715121, -90.116024), on the west side of Bayou Barataria and just east of

Lake Salvador Lake Salvador (french: Lac Salvador) is a lake about southwest of New Orleans, Louisiana, in Jefferson, Lafourche, and St. Charles parishes. The lake has had multiple names. On the d'Anville map of 1732, the lake was Lac des Ounchas. The Darby ...

. It is bordered to the east, across Bayou Barataria, by the town of

Jean Lafitte Jean Lafitte ( – ) was a French pirate and privateer who operated in the Gulf of Mexico in the early 19th century. He and his older brother Pierre spelled their last name Laffite, but English language documents of the time used "Lafitte". Thi ...

and the unincorporated community of Lafitte. Barataria is south of New Orleans. According to the

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, the Barataria CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 10.75%, are water.

Demographics

According to the

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, there were 1,057 people, 428 households, and 350 families residing in the CDP, down from the 2019

American Community Survey The American Community Survey (ACS) is a demographics survey program conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. It regularly gathers information previously contained only in the long form of the decennial census, such as ancestry, citizenship, educati ...

estimate of 1,200 people living in the CDP, and from 1,109 at the

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. In 2019, the racial and ethnic makeup was 80.7%

non-Hispanic white Non-Hispanic whites or Non-Latino whites are Americans who are classified as "white", and are not of Hispanic (also known as "Latino") heritage. The United States Census Bureau defines ''white'' to include European Americans, Middle Eastern Amer ...

, 7.8% Black or African American, 0.3%

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, and 11.3%

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. 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

Residents are zoned to

Jefferson Parish Public Schools Jefferson Parish Public Schools is a school district based in Harvey in unincorporated Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States.Metairie, LA Secondary schools ;7-12 schools *Fisher Middle-High Schoolbr>- Jean Lafitte, Louisiana, Jean Lafitte ...

. 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 Fisher Middle-High School is a secondary school in Jean Lafitte, an unincorporated area in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. It is a part of Jefferson Parish Public Schools Jefferson Parish Public Schools is a school district based in Harvey in unincor ...

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana Census-designated places in Louisiana Census-designated places in New Orleans metropolitan area Louisiana Isleño communities

Etymology

Geography

Demographics

Education

See also

References