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We would like to provide the residents of  Port Arthur  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Port Arthur Home page. The Port Arthur Home page provides as much information as possible on Port Arthur. Knowing Port Arthur’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Port Arthur’s Home page, you will also find Port Arthur’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Port Arthur has a population of 156988. 48.8% of Port Arthur’s inhabitants are Male, and 51.2 are female. 40.1% of Port Arthur is married and 56.6% own their own home. The Average Home price is $74,726, and the average rent is $826. Household median income in Port Arthur is $37,794, and the individual median income is $24,234. Port Arthur’s Ethnic is the following: White(43%), Black(42.2%), Hispanic(32%), Asian(6.5%), Multiple(4.1%), Other(3.6%), Native(0.6%), Pacific(0.1%).


Port Arthur is a city in Jefferson County within the Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area of the U.S. state of Texas. A small, uninhabited portion extends into Orange County; it is 90 mi (140 km) east of Houston. The largest oil refinery in the United States, the Motiva Refinery, is located in Port Arthur.The population of Port Arthur was 53,818 at the 2010 census, down from 57,755 at the 2000 census.


By 2020, its population rebounded to 56,039. Early attempts at settlements in the area had all failed. However, in 1895, Arthur Stilwell founded Port Arthur, and the town quickly grew. Port Arthur was incorporated as a city in 1898 and soon developed into a seaport. It eventually became the center of a large oil refinery network.


The Rainbow Bridge across the Neches River connects Port Arthur to Bridge City. Port Arthur is vulnerable to hurricanes and extensive damage to the city has been caused several times.


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