Editing Bridge City, Louisiana (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2010= 7706
|2020= 7219
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}

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|+Bridge City racial composition as of 2020<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=2020 Race and Population Totals|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2209480&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-28|website=data.census.gov|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228154624/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2209480&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |archive-date=2021-12-28 }}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 1,982
| 27.46%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 3,128
| 43.33%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 32
| 0.44%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 180
| 2.49%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 2
| 0.03%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 219
| 3.03%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|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 Americans|African American]], 32.6% [[Non-Hispanic whites|non-Hispanic white]], 0.1% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 3.1% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 7.9% some other race, 1.7% [[Multiracial Americans|two or more races]], and 15.9% [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|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 [[white demographic decline|non-Hispanic white demographic decline]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-08-12|title=US census: Hispanic and Asian-American driving US population growth|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58195166|access-date=2022-01-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Frey|first=William H.|date=2020-07-01|title=The nation is diversifying even faster than predicted, according to new census data|url=https://www.brookings.edu/research/new-census-data-shows-the-nation-is-diversifying-even-faster-than-predicted/|access-date=2022-01-05|website=Brookings|language=en-US}}</ref>