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Port Arthur Independent School District, TX

52,677 Population
53 square miles 994.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jefferson County: 37.1 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$24,198 ±$1,725 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Jefferson County: $31,855 ±$873
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$42,903 ±$4,374 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Jefferson County: $59,934 ±$2,138
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

30.7% ±3.3% (15,939  ±1,760) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Jefferson County: 18.8% 44,758 (±1.3% / ±3,066)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

23.5 minutes ±1.2 (415,815  ±36,365) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 21 2,086,930 (±0.4 / ±59,156)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

19,618 ±830 Number of households
  • Jefferson County: 93,646 ±958
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.7 ±0.1 (52,108  ±1,261) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 2.6 238,845 (±0 / ±212)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

3.7% ±1.4% (441  ±171) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Jefferson County: 5.1% † 2,802 (±0.9% / ±468)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

23,640 ±717 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson County: 109,351 ±111
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$92,100 ±$5,792 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Jefferson County: $159,600 ±$4,833
  • about one-third of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

9.3% ±1.5% (4,821  ±808) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Jefferson County: 12.5% 31,223 (±0.9% / ±2,330.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

76% ±2.9% (24,846  ±1,264.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 84.9% 143,863 (±1.7% / ±2,834.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
9.1% ±1.3% (2,978  ±424) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Jefferson County: 19.5% 32,964 (±0.8% / ±1,361.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

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

22.1% ±1.7% (11,639  ±917) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Jefferson County: 12.2% 30,866
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

4.4% ±0.6% (1,652  ±233) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Jefferson County: 6.8% 12,917 (±0.5% / ±850)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
1,652 Total veterans ±233 1,530 Male ±225 122 Female ±79

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