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
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,
downtown New Orleans
In New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, downtown has historically referred to neighborhoods along the Mississippi River, downriver (roughly northeast) from Canal Street – including the French Quarter, Tremé, Faubourg Marigny, Bywater, t ...
is to the northeast.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the Bridge City CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 20.30%, are water.
Bridge City is the home of the Avondale Shipyard.
Demographics
The 2019
American Community Survey
The American Community Survey (ACS) is a demographics survey program conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. It regularly gathers information previously contained only in the long form of the decennial census, such as ancestry, citizenship, educat ...
estimated 6,602 people lived in the CDP, down from 7,706 at the
2010 United States census
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.
In 2020, its population rebounded to 7,219.
In 2019, the racial and ethnic makeup was 46.8%
African American
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of enslav ...
, 32.6%
non-Hispanic white
Non-Hispanic whites or Non-Latino whites are Americans who are classified as "white", and are not of Hispanic (also known as "Latino") heritage. The United States Census Bureau defines ''white'' to include European Americans, Middle Eastern Amer ...
, 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
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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,
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.
Festival
Bridge City is host to Louisiana's annual
Gumbo
Gumbo (Louisiana Creole: Gombo) is a soup popular in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and is the official state cuisine. Gumbo consists primarily of a strongly-flavored stock, meat or shellfish (or sometimes both), a thickener, and the Creole "h ...
Festival.
Government and infrastructure
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.
Education
The area's public schools are operated by the
Jefferson Parish Public School System.
Most areas of the city are zoned to Mildred S. Harris Elementary School (formerly Bridge City Elementary School) in Bridge City.
[Elementary School Districts 2012-2013 West Bank of Jefferson Parish Louisiana]
Archive
. Jefferson Parish Public Schools
Jefferson Parish Public Schools is a school district based in Harvey in unincorporated Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States.Metairie, LA
Secondary schools
;7-12 schools
* Fisher Middle-High Schoolbr>- Jean Lafitte, Louisiana, Jean Lafit ...
. Retrieved on May 18, 2014. The school was given its current 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. Myrtle C. Thibodeaux Elementary School (formerly Westwego Elementary School) in
Westwego and Catherine Strehle Elementary School in
Avondale serve portions of Bridge City.
[
Secondary schools that serve the city include:
* Henry Ford Middle School in Avondale
* L.W. Higgins High School (unincorporated Jefferson Parish) in Marrero
In regards to advanced studies academies, residents are zoned to the Marrero Academy.Westbank Advanced Studies Academies Attendance Zones]
Archive
. Jefferson Parish Public Schools
Jefferson Parish Public Schools is a school district based in Harvey in unincorporated Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States.Metairie, LA
Secondary schools
;7-12 schools
* Fisher Middle-High Schoolbr>- Jean Lafitte, Louisiana, Jean Lafit ...
. Retrieved on May 18, 2014.
References
External links
Mildred S. Harris Elementary School
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Census-designated places in Louisiana
Census-designated places in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
Census-designated places in New Orleans metropolitan area
Louisiana populated places on the Mississippi River