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Bridge City, Louisiana

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Bridge City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. It was established in the 1930s during the construction of the Huey P. Long Bridge over the Mississippi River. The town is located on the south side (referred to as the "West Bank") of the river. It is part of the New OrleansMetairieKenner metropolitan statistical area.

The Bridge City CDP population was 7,706 at the 2010 census.<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref> At the 2019 American Community Survey, its population declined to 6,602 residents.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref> The population of Bridge City rebounded to 7,219 in 2020.<ref name=":1">Template:Cite web</ref>

Geography

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Bridge City is located on the east side of Jefferson Parish at Template:Coord (29.923956, -90.166030).<ref name="GR1" /> The community is bordered to the northeast, across the Mississippi, by New Orleans in Orleans Parish. The remaining neighbors of Bridge City are all within Jefferson Parish: Elmwood and Jefferson to the north across the Mississippi, Avondale to the southwest, and Westwego to the southeast. Via the Huey P. Long Bridge carrying US 90, downtown New Orleans is Template:Convert to the northeast.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Bridge City CDP has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert are land and Template:Convert, or 20.30%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010">Template:Cite web</ref> Bridge City is the home of the Avondale Shipyard.

Demographics

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Bridge City racial composition as of 2020<ref name=":2">Template:Cite web</ref>
Race Number Percentage
White (non-Hispanic) 1,982 27.46%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3,128 43.33%
Native American 32 0.44%
Asian 180 2.49%
Pacific Islander 2 0.03%
Other/Mixed 219 3.03%
Hispanic or Latino 1,676 23.22%

The 2019 American Community Survey estimated 6,602 people lived in the CDP, down from 7,706 at the 2010 United States census.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="GR1" /> In 2020, its population rebounded to 7,219.<ref name=":1" /> In 2019, the racial and ethnic makeup was 46.8% African American, 32.6% non-Hispanic white, 0.1% Native American, 3.1% Asian, 7.9% some other race, 1.7% two or more races, and 15.9% Hispanic and Latino American of any race. The median household income was $31,711 and 26.5% of the population lived at or below the poverty line. By the time of the 2020 census,<ref name=":2" /> its racial and ethnic makeup was 43.33% Black or African American, 27.46% non-Hispanic white, 0.44% Native American, 2.49% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 3.03% multiracial or of some other race, and 23.22% Hispanic and Latino American of any race; state and nationwide, this has reflected the demographic shift in American racial and ethnic identity as the U.S. began to experience non-Hispanic white demographic decline.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Festival

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Template:Unreferenced section Bridge City is host to Louisiana's annual Gumbo Festival.

Government and infrastructure

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Bridge City is an unincorporated area of Jefferson Parish. Bridge City comes under the Jefferson Parish government. Bridge City is in the Third District Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office. The Bridge City Fire Department is District 70. The Bridge City Center for Youth, a juvenile correctional facility for boys operated by the Louisiana Office of Juvenile Justice, is in Bridge City.<ref>"Bridge City Center for Youth." Louisiana Office of Juvenile Justice. Retrieved on June 30, 2010.</ref>

Education

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The area's public schools are operated by the Jefferson Parish Public School System.<ref>Template:Cite web - Text list</ref>

Most areas of the CDP are zoned to:<ref>"2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Bridge City CDP, LA" (Archive). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on May 19, 2014. Compare this map to the school attendance zone maps.</ref> Gilbert PreK-8 School in Avondale, formerly Henry Ford Middle School until 2019.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> A small section is zoned to Isaac Joseph Elementary School in Westwego.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> For middle school, most areas are zoned to Gilbert PreK-8 while some are zoned to Worley Middle School.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The high school which includes the CDP is L.W. Higgins High School in Marrero.<ref>"High School Districts 2012-2013 West Bank of Jefferson Parish Louisiana" (Archive). Jefferson Parish Public Schools. Retrieved on May 18, 2014.</ref>

In regards to advanced studies academies, residents are zoned to the Marrero Academy.<ref>"Westbank Advanced Studies Academies Attendance Zones" (Archive). Jefferson Parish Public Schools. Retrieved on May 18, 2014.</ref>

Previously areas were zoned to Mildred S. Harris Elementary School (formerly Bridge City Elementary School) in Bridge City.<ref name=ESzone2012>"Elementary School Districts 2012-2013 West Bank of Jefferson Parish Louisiana" (Archive). Jefferson Parish Public Schools. Retrieved on May 18, 2014.</ref> The school was given its last name, after the founding principal of the school, in 2012. Members of the family of the founding principal and former student Nedra Cassard had campaigned to have the school renamed, and the district voted in favor of renaming. The school was founded in 1952.<ref>Waller, Mark. "Bridge City Elementary renamed for its founding principal." The Times-Picayune. March 21, 2012. Retrieved on May 19, 2014.</ref> It closed in 2023.<ref name=sixclose>Template:Cite web</ref> There was an unsuccessful community campaign to try to salvage the school.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Myrtle C. Thibodeaux Elementary School (formerly Westwego Elementary School) in Westwego and Catherine Strehle Elementary School in Avondale formerly served portions of Bridge City.<ref name=ESzone2012/> In the early 2010s Henry Ford Middle School had Bridge City CDP in its boundary.<ref>"Middle School Districts 2012-2013 West Bank of Jefferson Parish Louisiana" (Archive). Jefferson Parish Public Schools. Retrieved on May 18, 2014.</ref>

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