Louisiana · Census place 2271225

Sorrento, Louisiana

Sorrento is a town in Ascension Parish, Louisiana with an estimated 1,589 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 128th largest of 155 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,589; #128 of 155 in Louisiana
Change since 2020: +3.9%; +60 people
Land area: 3.6 sq mi; + 0.04 sq mi water
Density: 438 / sq mi; State median 1,568

Orange pin: Sorrento. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Baton Rouge.

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Sorrento population, 2020 to 2024

Sorrento added 60 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.9%. In the latest year it moved by +19.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,523. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sorrento covers 3.63 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 438 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Sorrento is less dense than the typical town.

What county Sorrento is in

All of Sorrento's residents live in Ascension Parish, which had 133,534 residents in 2024. Sorrento holds 1.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Sorrento

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Sorrento by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 70737, 70778. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Sorrento is

The Census internal point of Sorrento is at 30.183600, -90.866600. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 26.9 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Gonzales, LA (13,837 people), 3.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baton Rouge, LA, 23.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 30.183600, -90.866600
DMS: 30°11'0.96"N 90°51'59.76"W
UTM: 15N 705405.3E 3341053.2N
Geohash: 9vr7sqbbn
Plus code: 862F54MM+C9

Daylight in Sorrento

At 30.18° N, Sorrento gets about 14 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sorrento

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Gonzales, 3.9 miles away, with 13,837 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sorrento, LA?

1,589 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 60 (3.9%) from 1,529 in July 2020.

What county is Sorrento in?

Ascension Parish. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Sorrento?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 70737, 70778.

How far is Sorrento from Baton Rouge?

26.9 miles (43.2 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Sorrento.

What is the nearest larger city to Sorrento?

Gonzales, LA, with 13,837 residents, 3.9 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.