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'''Bluetown''' is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cameron County, in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, Bluetown had a population of 491.<ref name="Census2020PLLede">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=NAME%2CP1_001N&for=place%3A08908&in=state%3A48|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=March 12, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref> It is part of the Brownsville–Harlingen Metropolitan Statistical Area. ==Geography== Bluetown is in southwestern Cameron County, bordered to the west by Iglesia Antigua and to the south by the Rio Grande, which forms the Mexico–United States border. U.S. Route 281 passes through the community, leading southeastward {{convert|26|mi}} to Brownsville and west {{convert|29|mi}} to Hidalgo. La Feria is {{convert|6|mi|0}} to the north.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Bluetown CDP has a total area of {{convert|6.3|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|6.1|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.2|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 2.72%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4808908| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Bluetown CDP, Texas| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=July 9, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213054338/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4808908| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Demographics== {{US Census population |2010=356 |2020=491 |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|website=United States 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> }}
Bluetown first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census<ref name=2010CensusTX/> after the Bluetown-Iglesia Antigua CDP was split into the Bluetown and Iglesia Antigua CDPs.<ref name=2010CensusTX/>
===2020 census=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+'''Bluetown 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 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) – Bluetown CDP, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4808908&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=United States Census Bureau}}</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) – Bluetown CDP, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4808908&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> !% 2010 !{{partial|% 2020}} |- |White alone (NH) |11 |style='background: #ffffe6; |38 |3.09% |style='background: #ffffe6; |7.74% |- |Black or African American alone (NH) |0 |style='background: #ffffe6; |0 |0.00% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00% |- |Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) |1 |style='background: #ffffe6; |1 |0.28% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.20% |- |Asian alone (NH) |1 |style='background: #ffffe6; |0 |0.28% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00% |- |Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) |0 |style='background: #ffffe6; |0 |0.00% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00% |- |Other race alone (NH) |0 |style='background: #ffffe6; |1 |0.00% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.20% |- |Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) |0 |style='background: #ffffe6; |3 |0.00% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.61% |- |Hispanic or Latino (any race) |343 |style='background: #ffffe6; |448 |96.35% |style='background: #ffffe6; |91.24% |- |'''Total''' |'''356''' |style='background: #ffffe6; |'''491''' |'''100.00%''' |style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%''' |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Cameron County, Texas}}
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