People QuickFacts Port Arthur Texas Population, 2012 estimate 54,010 26,059,203 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 53,822 25,145,561 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.3% 3.6% Population, 2010 53,818 25,145,561 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 8.0% 7.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 27.0% 27.3% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 13.3% 10.3% Female persons, percent, 2010 50.8% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 36.1% 70.4% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 40.7% 11.8% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.7% 0.7% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 5.9% 3.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.4% 2.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 29.6% 37.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 22.8% 45.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 85.6% 82.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 18.5% 16.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 32.3% 34.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 73.8% 80.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 10.3% 26.1% Veterans, 2007-2011 3,396 1,618,413 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 19.8 24.8  Housing units, 2010 23,577 9,977,436 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 61.2% 64.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 22.5% 24.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $62,600 $126,400 Households, 2007-2011 20,066 8,667,807 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.65 2.79 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $17,874 $25,548 Median household income, 2007-2011 $32,178 $50,920 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 26.0% 17.0%     Business QuickFacts Port Arthur Texas Total number of firms, 2007 2,990 2,164,852 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 31.3% 7.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 5.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 15.3% 20.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 35.9% 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 26,687,662 593,541,502 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 165,144 424,238,194 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,078,262 311,334,781 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $19,567 $13,061 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 73,570 42,054,592     Geography QuickFacts Port Arthur Texas Land area in square miles, 2010 76.90 261,231.71 Persons per square mile, 2010 699.8 96.3 FIPS Code 58820 48 Counties Jefferson County Orange 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