Editing Bacliff, Texas (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2020=9677
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br> 1850–1900<ref name=1900CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1900 Census of Population - Population of Texas By Counties And Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/bulletins/demographic/49-population-tx.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1910<ref name=1910CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1910 Census of Population - Supplement for Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-tx-p1.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1920<ref name=1920CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1920 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1920/bulletins/demographics/population-tx-number-of-inhabitants.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1930<ref name=1930CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1930 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1930/population-volume-1/03815512v1ch10.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1940<ref name=1940CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1940 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch09.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br>
1950<ref name=1950CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1950 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-1/vol-01-46.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1960<ref name=1960CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/33255142v1p45ch02.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1970<ref name=1970CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1970 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00496492v1p45s1ch02.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1980<ref name=1980CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1980/volume-1/texas/1980a_txab-01.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1990<ref name=1990CensusTX>{{Cite web|title=1990 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cph-2/cph-2-45.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 2000<ref name=2000CensusTX>{{Cite web|title=2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-45.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 2010<ref name=2010CensusTX>{{Cite web|title=2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-45.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 
}}


===2020 census===

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Bacliff racial composition'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4805180&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><br /> (NH = Non-Hispanic){{efn|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the Hispanic Population and its Origin |url=https://www.census.gov/topics/population/hispanic-origin/about.html |website=www.census.gov |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref>}}
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|4,606
|47.6%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|486
|5.02%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|40
|0.41%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|223
|2.3%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|16
|0.17%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|344
|3.55%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|3,962
|40.94%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''9,677'''
|
|}

As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 9,677 people, 3,672 households, and 2,684 families residing in the CDP.

===2010 census===
As of the census of 2010,<ref>"American FactFinder." United States Census Bureau. United States Census Bureau, n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2013</ref> there were 8,619 people, 3,022 households, and 2,095 families residing in the CDP. This represented a growth of approximately 23.8% since the 2000 census. The population density was 3,405.4 people per square mile. The racial makeup of the CDP was 74.3% White, 3.5% African American, 0.7% Native American, 2.8% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 15.9% from other races, and 2.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 37.1% of the population.

There were 3,022 households, out of which 34.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.9% were married couples living together, 14.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.7% were non-families. 24.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.87 and the average family size was 3.41.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 18.7% under the age of 18 years, 7.5% from 18 to 24 years, 31.3% from 25 to 44 years, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 8.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.3 males.

As of 2012 most residents of Bacliff are commuters.<ref name=Anders/> As of 2012 Bacliff, [[Bayview, Galveston County, Texas|Bayview]]<!--Misstated as Bayshore-->, and [[San Leon, Texas|San Leon]] together make up the largest unincorporated community in the mainland portion of Galveston County by population.<ref name=Auldsfishing>Aulds, T. J. "[http://www.galvestondailynews.com/article_ead64834-b306-53a3-bedc-4411b9b8014c.html Fishing a Big Part of San Leon Bacliff Bayshore]." The Galveston County Daily News. The Galveston County Daily News, 22 Apr. 2012. Web. 05 May 2013.</ref>

In 2008 Phale Cassady Le, an outreach coordinator of Boat People SOS Houston, said that in Bacliff and [[San Leon, Texas|San Leon]] there were between 150 and 200 Vietnamese families with origins in crab, oyster, and shrimp fishing operations.<ref name=Cenegy>Cenegy, Nick. "Ike ripped Vietnamese fishing community." ''[[The Galveston County Daily News]]''. Sunday November 22, 2009. Retrieved on May 5, 2013. "In San Leon and Bacliff, there are between 150 and 200 Vietnamese families in a tightly woven community with all lines leading back to oyster, crab and shrimp fishing, said Phale Cassady Le, an outreach coordinator with Boat People SOS Houston." and "Phale said as much as 90 percent of the 1,600 clients they have served since the group began its work earlier this year have been Vietnamese." and "Part of what makes that particular community's situation so tough is its tradition of self-reliance and wariness of outsiders. Fishing boats often are built by hand over many years as fishermen scrape up enough money, Van Horn Nguyen, a San Leon-area boat owner and fisherman, said." and "Most of the Vietnamese don't have home or boat insurance of any kind, and many aren't versed in English well enough to interpret the documents if they did, Phale said."</ref> According to Le, most of the Vietnamese have no house or boat insurance, and even if they did have this insurance, their [[English as a second language|English]] is not well developed enough to read the terms of the policies.<ref name=Cenegy/> Many families had hand-made boats that were constructed over several years as the owner made more and more money. Nick Cenegy of ''[[The Galveston County Daily News]]'' said that the Vietnamese community in Bacliff and San Leon had a "tradition of self-reliance and wariness of outsiders."<ref name=Cenegy/>

The Vietnamese first moved into the [[Galveston Bay Area]] in the 1970s and established shrimping businesses with borrowed money. By the early 1980s, many native residents in the area became angered and a conflict started between the groups. Because media groups portrayed White residents as, in the words of Bob Burtman of the ''[[Houston Press]]'', "bigoted rednecks," many residents had a suspicion of the media; Burtman said that the media had exaggerated the importance of [[Ku Klux Klan]] involvement in that conflict.<ref name=Burtman4>Burtman, Bob. "Besieged by the Bay." ''[[Houston Press]]''. Thursday June 26, 1997. p. [http://www.houstonpress.com/1997-06-26/news/besieged-by-the-bay/4/ 4] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018021411/http://www.houstonpress.com/1997-06-26/news/besieged-by-the-bay/4/ |date=2012-10-18 }}. Retrieved on May 12, 2013.</ref> Due to the conflict, local residents had also gained anti-government feelings that were present in 1997.<ref name=Burtman4/> That year, Burtman said "For the most part, the Vietnamese and Texan shrimpers have ironed out their differences, though mistrust remains."<ref name=Burtman4/>