Editing Belle Chasse, Louisiana (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2000= 9848
|2010= 12679
|2020= 10579
|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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|+'''Belle Chasse CDP, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''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 may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Belle Chasse CDP, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US2206120&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Belle Chasse CDP, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US2206120&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Belle Chasse CDP, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US2206120&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|8,929
|10,200
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8,024
|90.67%
|80.45%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |75.85%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|415
|969
|style='background: #ffffe6; |633
|4.21%
|7.64%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.98%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|60
|110
|style='background: #ffffe6; |71
|0.61%
|0.87%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.67%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|83
|292
|style='background: #ffffe6; |353
|0.84%
|2.30%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.34%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|2
|17
|style='background: #ffffe6; |15
|0.02%
|0.13%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.14%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|15
|33
|style='background: #ffffe6; |64
|0.15%
|0.26%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.60%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|112
|258
|style='background: #ffffe6; |417
|1.14%
|2.03%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.94%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|232
|800
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,002
|2.36%
|6.31%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9.47%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''9,848'''
|'''12,679'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''10,579'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

At the 2019 [[American Community Survey]], there were 14,024 people living in Belle Chasse, up from 12,679 in 2010.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Geography Profile: Belle Chasse CDP, Louisiana|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2206120|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-02|website=data.census.gov|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802150708/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2206120 |archive-date=2021-08-02 }}</ref> The 2020 United States census reported a population decline at 10,579.<ref name=":1" />

The racial and ethnic makeup of the community was 79.4% [[Non-Hispanic whites|non-Hispanic white]], 11.6% [[African Americans|African American]], 0.6% [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian and Alaska Native]], 2.4% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 2.0% some other race, and 3.9% [[Multiracial Americans|two or more races]]. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans]] were 10.5% of the population in 2019. In 2020, its makeup was 75.85% non-Hispanic white, 5.98% Black or African American, 3.34% Asian, 0.14% Pacific Islander, 4.55% two or more races, and 9.47% Hispanic and Latino American, reflecting the demographic transition of the U.S.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Tavernise|first1=Sabrina|last2=Gebeloff|first2=Robert|date=2021-08-12|title=Census Shows Sharply Growing Numbers of Hispanic, Asian and Multiracial Americans|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/us/us-census-population-growth-diversity.html|access-date=2022-01-05|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In 2019, the median age was 35.0, and 8.2% of the population were aged 5 and under; 70.7% of the population was aged 18 and older, and 10.7% were aged 65 and older. Among the population, 11.4% spoke a language other than [[English language|English]] at home, and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] was the second most-spoken language. In the census-designated place, the median income for a household was $66,653,<ref name=":0" /> and $50,169 was the median income for males versus $41,623 for females. An estimated 11.3% of the population lived at or below the poverty line.