Port Arthur is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 55,579 people and 21 associated neighborhoods, Port Arthur is the 67th largest community in Texas.When you are in Port Arthur, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.05% of Port Arthur’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Port Arthur is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Port Arthur who work in sales jobs (11.00%), office and administrative support (7.22%), and management occupations (7.12%). The percentage of people in Port Arthur with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.42% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Port Arthur in 2022 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.
