People QuickFacts Beaumont Texas Population, 2012 estimate 118,228 26,059,203 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 118,296 25,145,561 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -0.1% 3.6% Population, 2010 118,296 25,145,561 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 7.3% 7.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 24.7% 27.3% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 12.2% 10.3% Female persons, percent, 2010 51.3% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 39.8% 70.4% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 47.3% 11.8% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.6% 0.7% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 3.3% 3.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.0% 2.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 13.4% 37.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 34.7% 45.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 81.0% 82.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 9.0% 16.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 14.8% 34.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 83.0% 80.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 23.0% 26.1% Veterans, 2007-2011 7,845 1,618,413 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 18.5 24.8  Housing units, 2010 50,689 9,977,436 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 57.6% 64.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 26.4% 24.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $97,300 $126,400 Households, 2007-2011 45,073 8,667,807 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.50 2.79 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $23,674 $25,548 Median household income, 2007-2011 $40,283 $50,920 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 21.6% 17.0%     Business QuickFacts Beaumont Texas Total number of firms, 2007 9,943 2,164,852 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 23.8% 7.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.4% 0.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 6.0% 5.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 5.3% 20.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 26.8% 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 593,541,502 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,269,718 424,238,194 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,474,638 311,334,781 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $22,568 $13,061 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 258,410 42,054,592     Geography QuickFacts Beaumont Texas Land area in square miles, 2010 82.80 261,231.71 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,428.7 96.3 FIPS Code 07000 48 Counties Jefferson County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts