Barataria (/ˌbɛərəˈtɛəriə/ BAIR-ə-TAIR-ee-ə) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States.

The name comes from Bayou Barataria, a tributary of Barataria Bay which in turn took its name from the fictional island awarded to Sancho Panza to govern in Part II of the Spanish classic novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes.

[7] According to the 2020 United States census,[2] there were 1,057 people, 428 households, and 350 families residing in the CDP, down from the 2019 American Community Survey estimate of 1,200 people living in the CDP, and from 1,109 at the 2010 U.S.

The median household income was $49,931, and 3.3% of the population lived at or below the poverty line in 2019.

Residents are zoned to Jefferson Parish Public Schools.