Boothville-Venice is a former

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), 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 counte ...

(CDP) in

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, United States, which includes the

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of Boothville,

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, and Orchard. The population was 2,220 at the 2000 census. For the 2010 census, Boothville-Venice was split into the CDPs of Boothville and

. Boothville is the most populous and northernmost of these communities, all located along

Louisiana Highway 23 Louisiana Highway 23 (LA 23) is a north–south state highway in Louisiana that serves Plaquemines and Jefferson Parishes. It spans in roughly a southeast to northwest direction. It is known locally as Belle Chasse Highway and Lafayette ...

on the West Bank of the

Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the main stem, primary river of the largest drainage basin in the United States. It is the second-longest river in the United States, behind only the Missouri River, Missouri. From its traditional source of Lake Ita ...

. Boothville is home to the Boothville Heliport, important in helicopter transport for offshore oil rigs in the

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. Venice is the town farthest south along Highway 23 within the protection levee. Neighboring Orchard (sometimes considered part of Venice) is outside of the protection levee; it has a boat marina and buildings raised on stilts. The Boothville-Venice area also includes the community of Tidewater, to the west of Orchard on a secondary road; port and petroleum facilities dominate Tidewater, which also has a weather station.

History

Hurricane Katrina

Boothville is near to where

Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina was a powerful, devastating and historic tropical cyclone that caused 1,392 fatalities and damages estimated at $125 billion in late August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and its surrounding area. ...

made landfall on August 29, 2005. According to the

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, little was left standing in either Boothville or Venice, the few buildings that survived had water up to the rooftops, and the area orange groves had also been submerged. The only building for almost that weathered the storm with minimal damage was Boothville-Venice High School. It was built after Hurricanes Betsy and Camille on concrete stilts above ground to protect classrooms from storm surge, and it was designed with tall, narrow windows to lessen the risk of broken windows from flying debris. The school was reopened in 2006 as Boothville-Venice Elementary School.

Geography

Boothville-Venice is located at (29.317853, -89.390416). According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and (49.01%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 2,220 people, 746 households, and 584 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 933 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 61.94%

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, 28.74%

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, 3.38% Native American, 4.01% Asian, 0.27% from other races, and 1.67% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.22% of the population. There were 746 households, out of which 41.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.3% were

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living together, 14.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.7% were non-families. 19.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.96 and the average family size was 3.38. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 31.7% under the age of 18, 10.1% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 7.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.9 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $33,813, and the median income for a family was $42,823. Males had a median income of $35,385 versus $18,571 for females. The

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for the CDP was $13,123. About 11.8% of families and 17.3% of the population were below the

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, including 17.4% of those under age 18 and 21.7% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Plaquemines Parish School Board Plaquemines Parish School Board (PPSB) is a school district headquartered in unincorporated Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. The district includes the entire parish. Text list/ref> The current superintendent is Denis Rousselle. H ...

operates the public schools of the parish. It is served by Boothville-Venice Elementary School in Boothville and

South Plaquemines High School South Plaquemines High School (SPHS) is a grade 7–12 junior and senior high school in Empire, a census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana; the school has a Buras postal address. A part of Plaquemines Parish School Board, it ser ...

in Buras. Prior to 2005

Boothville-Venice High School Boothville-Venice is a former census-designated place (CDP) in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States, which includes the unincorporated communities of Boothville, Venice, and Orchard. The population was 2,220 at the 2000 census. For the ...

served the community, but

damaged the building.Plaquemines Parish Comprehensive Master Plan 8. Public Facilities and Services
." Plaquemines Parish. p. 9/34. Retrieved on December 3, 2016.

References

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