Bluetown, Texas

Bluetown is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cameron County, in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 356 at the 2010 census.^[1] It is part of the Brownsville–Harlingen Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Bluetown, Texas
Census-designated place
Bluetown Location within the state of Texas
Coordinates: 26°4′27″N 97°49′22″W
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Cameron
Government
• Mayor	Eric Booth
Area
• Total	2.4 sq mi (6.3 km2)
• Land	2.4 sq mi (6.1 km2)
• Water	0.08 sq mi (0.2 km2)
Elevation	67 ft (20 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	491
• Density	150/sq mi (58.1/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
FIPS code	48-08908[1]

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 26 miles (42 km) to Brownsville and west 29 miles (47 km) to Hidalgo. La Feria is 6 miles (10 km) to the north.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Bluetown CDP has a total area of 2.4 square miles (6.3 km²), of which 2.4 square miles (6.1 km²) is land and 0.08 square miles (0.2 km²), or 2.72%, is water.^[1]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2010	356		—
2020	491		37.9%
U.S. Decennial Census[2] 1850–1900[3] 1910[4] 1920[5] 1930[6] 1940[7] 1950[8] 1960[9] 1970[10] 1980[11] 1990[12] 2000[13] 2010[14]

Bluetown first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. Census^[14] after the Bluetown-Iglesia Antigua CDP was split into the Bluetown and Iglesia Antigua CDPs.^[14]

2020 census

Bluetown CDP, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition
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.

Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)	Pop 2010[15]	Pop 2020[16]	% 2010	% 2020
White alone (NH)	11	38	3.09%	7.74%
Black or African American alone (NH)	0	0	0.00%	0.00%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	1	1	0.28%	0.20%
Asian alone (NH)	1	0	0.28%	0.00%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)	0	0	0.00%	0.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH)	0	1	0.00%	0.20%
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH)	0	3	0.00%	0.61%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	343	448	96.35%	91.24%
Total	356	491	100.00%	100.00%