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Port Arthur, TX Urban Area

116,142 Population
66.4 square miles 1,750.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±2.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$30,169 ±$3,024 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$57,944 ±$9,823 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

22.2% ±3.9% (24,026  ±4,227) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21 minutes ±0.7 (917,725  ±44,675) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

42,958 ±1,859 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (108,158  ±2,956) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.9% ±2.8% (1,221  ±707) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

49,108 ±2,247 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$177,500 ±$17,459 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.9% ±2.6% (10,189  ±2,969.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

82.4% ±5% (61,475  ±4,382.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
20% ±2.8% (14,949  ±2,137.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

14.2% ±2.3% (16,518  ±2,689) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.2% ±1.6% (6,107  ±1,335) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,107 Total veterans ±1,335 5,043 Male ±1,261 1,064 Female ±614

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