Demographic Profile for Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
By measuring total land area, the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area encompasses a total area of 2154 square miles. This area has a medium-low population density of 178 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US metro areas with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Columbus (181 per sq. mile ), Des Moines (181 per sq. mile ), Baton Rouge (182 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Greenville (177 per sq. mile ), Napa (176 per sq. mile ), Springfield (174 per sq. mile ).
The Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area had an estimated population of 383,530 in 2005. The estimated population has decreased, since its 2000 population of 384,773. The decline signifies a decrease of -0.3 percent. Beaumont-Port Arthur ranks 23 of 25 MSAs when analyzing total population change in Texas and the metro area ranks 324 of 361 metro areas when analyzing total MSA population change across the nation.
Estimated since the year 2000, a medium-high number of individuals have migrated into the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area, with 3,189 people migrating in from outside the country. The immigration into Beaumont-Port Arthur totals 0.5 percent of the total international migration into the State of Texas. This amount of international migration is medium-high when compared to international migration per 2005 population.
The Beaumont-Port Arthur metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population that is made up of 61.9 percent White, 25.3 percent African American, 2.1 percent Asian, and 9.5 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a high level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 36.9 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Texas percent of 49.5. Since 2000, Beaumont-Port Arthur has increased the percent of minority makeup when 34.9 percent of the people were minorities.
The Census Bureau estimates in 2005 the median age in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area to be 36.9 years of age. The median age in Beaumont-Port Arthur is greater than the median in Texas of 33.2. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median, when the median age was 35.6 years of age. With a total of 9.5 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Beaumont-Port Arthur can be described as having a medium-high percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low presence of the population, with 61.6 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 13.4 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other metro areas throughout the United States, this represents a medium-low proportion of the population.
Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.
The Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area had an estimated population of 383,530 in 2005. The estimated population has decreased, since its 2000 population of 384,773. The decline signifies a decrease of -0.3 percent. Beaumont-Port Arthur ranks 23 of 25 MSAs when analyzing total population change in Texas and the metro area ranks 324 of 361 metro areas when analyzing total MSA population change across the nation.
Estimated since the year 2000, a medium-high number of individuals have migrated into the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area, with 3,189 people migrating in from outside the country. The immigration into Beaumont-Port Arthur totals 0.5 percent of the total international migration into the State of Texas. This amount of international migration is medium-high when compared to international migration per 2005 population.
The Beaumont-Port Arthur metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population that is made up of 61.9 percent White, 25.3 percent African American, 2.1 percent Asian, and 9.5 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a high level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 36.9 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Texas percent of 49.5. Since 2000, Beaumont-Port Arthur has increased the percent of minority makeup when 34.9 percent of the people were minorities.
The Census Bureau estimates in 2005 the median age in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area to be 36.9 years of age. The median age in Beaumont-Port Arthur is greater than the median in Texas of 33.2. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median, when the median age was 35.6 years of age. With a total of 9.5 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Beaumont-Port Arthur can be described as having a medium-high percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low presence of the population, with 61.6 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 13.4 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other metro areas throughout the United States, this represents a medium-low proportion of the population.
Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.
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