The rate of college-level education in Port Arthur is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.42% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Port Arthur in 2018 was $24,065, which is lower middle income relative to Texas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,260 for a family of four. However, Port Arthur contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Port Arthur is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Port Arthur home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Port Arthur residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Port Arthur also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 33.97% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Port Arthur include Irish, German, French, English, and Italian.
In addition, Port Arthur has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (20.51%).
The most common language spoken in Port Arthur is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
