Bridge City is an

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and

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(CDP) in Jefferson Parish,

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. The town is located on the south side (referred to as the "West Bank") of the river. It is part of the

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– Metairie– Kenner metropolitan statistical area. The Bridge City CDP population was 7,706 at the 2010 census. At the 2019

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, its population declined to 6,602 residents. The population of Bridge City rebounded to 7,219 in 2020.

Geography

Bridge City is located on the east side of Jefferson Parish at (29.923956, -90.166030). The community is bordered to the northeast, across the Mississippi, by

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 to the northeast. According to the

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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

estimated 6,602 people lived in the CDP, down from 7,706 at the 2010 United States census. In 2020, its population rebounded to 7,219. In 2019, the racial and ethnic makeup was 46.8%

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, 32.6%

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, 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, 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 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 CDP are zoned to: Gilbert PreK-8 School in Avondale, formerly Henry Ford Middle School until 2019. A small section is zoned to Isaac Joseph Elementary School in Westwego. For middle school, most areas are zoned to Gilbert PreK-8 while some are zoned to Worley Middle School. The high school which includes the CDP is L.W. Higgins High School in Marrero. In regards to advanced studies academies, residents are zoned to the Marrero Academy. Previously areas were 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. Retrieved on May 18, 2014. 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. It closed in 2023. There was an unsuccessful community campaign to try to salvage the school. Myrtle C. Thibodeaux Elementary School (formerly Westwego Elementary School) in Westwego and Catherine Strehle Elementary School in Avondale formerly served portions of Bridge City. In the early 2010s Henry Ford Middle School had Bridge City CDP in its boundary.Middle School Districts 2012-2013 West Bank of Jefferson Parish Louisiana

Archive
. Jefferson Parish Public Schools. Retrieved on May 18, 2014.

References

External links

Mildred S. Harris Elementary School
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