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Port Arthur, TX Urban Area

114,860 Population
66.4 square miles 1,731 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$28,441 ±$2,476 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$57,683 ±$5,171 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

22.4% ±3.8% (24,038  ±4,186) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

21 minutes ±0.8 (901,480  ±47,127) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

43,001 ±2,319 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0.2 (108,064  ±3,667) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

6.3% ±2.6% (1,392  ±594) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

50,590 ±2,155 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$158,300 ±$22,410 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

12.8% ±2.8% (14,458  ±3,200.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

83.7% ±4.7% (63,742  ±4,530.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
15.1% ±2.4% (11,471  ±1,874.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

16.3% ±2.8% (18,704  ±3,263) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5.6% ±1.1% (4,833  ±978) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
4,833 Total veterans ±978 3,962 Male ±804 871 Female ±595

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