Port Arthur, TX Social Statistics

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school15,682100.0
Nursery school, preschool1,2988.3
Kindergarten9936.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)7,39447.1
High school (grades 9-12)3,96925.3
College or graduate school2,02812.9
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over35,576100.0
Less than 9th grade5,11314.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma5,65115.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)12,33534.7
Some college, no degree7,62121.4
Associate degree1,5414.3
Bachelor's degree2,4386.9
Graduate or professional degree8772.5
Percent high school graduate or higher69.7(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher9.3(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over44,137100.0
Never married12,28527.8
Now married, except separated20,98547.5
Separated1,5353.5
Widowed4,0609.2
Female
3,3727.6
Divorced5,27211.9
Female
2,9586.7
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years1,955100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren1,05453.9
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over41,175100.0
Civilian veterans5,27512.8
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years14,788100.0
With a disability1,2458.4
Population 21 to 64 years29,274100.0
With a disability7,45525.5
Percent employed
44.5(X)
No disability21,81974.5
Percent employed
64.5(X)
Population 65 years and over8,705100.0
With a disability3,93345.2
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over53,336100.0
Same house in 199531,64759.3
Different house in the U.S. in 199520,48038.4
Same county
14,84327.8
Different county
5,63710.6
Same state
3,2686.1
Different state
2,3694.4
Elsewhere in 19951,2092.3
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population57,756100.0
Native50,58887.6
Born in United States
50,35287.2
State of residence
37,17964.4
Different state
13,17322.8
Born outside United States
2360.4
Foreign born7,16812.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000
3,2865.7
Naturalized citizen
2,3194.0
Not a citizen
4,8498.4
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)7,168100.0
Europe1221.7
Asia2,09629.2
Africa160.2
Oceania260.4
Latin America4,88268.1
Northern America260.4
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over53,336100.0
English only40,93776.8
Language other than English12,39923.2
Speak English less than 'very well
6,77612.7
Spanish
8,02315.0
Speak English less than "very well"
4,5678.6
Other Indo-European languages
1,4212.7
Speak English less than "very well"
4000.7
Asian and Pacific Island languages
2,8885.4
Speak English less than "very well"
1,7573.3
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population57,756100.0

Total ancestries reported

52,39890.7
Arab490.1
Czech1680.1
Danish190.0
Dutch2460.4
English1,8333.2
French (except Basque)13,4165.9
French Canadian11,4732.6
German2,4324.2
Greek830.1
Hungarian100.0
Irish12,3254.0
Italian1,0321.8
Lithuanian130.0
Norwegian1120.2
Polish1630.3
Portuguese350.1
Russian280.0
Scotch-Irish5280.9
Scottish3040.5
Slovak40.0
Subsaharan African3390.6
Swedish1460.3
Swiss20.0
Ukrainian40.0
United States or American2,2753.9
Welsh920.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)1090.2
Other ancestries35,25861.0
(X) Not applicable.
1 The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.



Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

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