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Port Arthur, TX
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Living in Port Arthur



Port Arthur is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 55,579 people and 21 constituent neighborhoods, Port Arthur is the 67th largest community in Texas.

It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Port Arthur has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Port Arthur has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Port Arthur than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Port Arthur may be for you.

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 10.89% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Port Arthur in 2018 was $22,557, which is lower middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $90,228 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 32.17% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Port Arthur include Irish, French, German, English, and Italian.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Port Arthur's cultural character, accounting for 20.32% of the city’s population.

The most common language spoken in Port Arthur is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.


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