Boothville, Louisiana

Boothville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. Its population was 854 as of the 2010 census, and 718 at the 2020 U.S. census.
Jeré Longman of The New York Times stated that before Hurricane Katrina in 2005 the community served as "a hub of the fishing and oil and gas industries; as of September 2023 the Times listed it as ".

History

Boothville was named for Colonel Booth, a landowner.

Boothville first appeared in the 2010 U.S. census split out along with the Venice CDP from the deleted Boothville-Venice CDP.

Race / Ethnicity	Pop 2010		% 2010
White alone	515	376	60.30%	52.37%
Black or African American alone	205	144	24.00%	20.06%
Native American or Alaska Native alone	21	16	2.46%	2.23%
Asian alone	52	35	6.09%	4.87%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone	1	0	0.12%	0.00%
Other race alone	0	2	0.00%	0.28%
Mixed race or Multiracial	52	91	6.09%	12.67%
Hispanic or Latino	8	54	0.94%	7.52%
Total	854	718	100.00%	100.00%

Boothville first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census, with a population of 854. At the following decennial census, its population declined to 718.

Plaquemines Parish School Board operates the public schools of the parish.
It is served by Boothville-Venice Elementary School in Boothville and South Plaquemines High School in Buras. Prior to 2005 Boothville-Venice High School served the community, but Hurricane Katrina damaged the original building.
Plaquemines Parish is in the service area of Nunez Community College.