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Port Arthur, TX vs Long Beach, CA

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- Long Beach is 0% more densely populated than Port Arthur.
- People are 4.8% less likely to be married in Long Beach.
- The Median Age is 1.4 years older in Long Beach.
 Port Arthur, TXLong Beach, CAUnited States
 Population  Unlock466,565329,725,481
 Female Population50.5%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population49.5%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock35.938.4
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 Population - 201054,500  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock461,522285,036,114
 Population - 199058,724  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock-1.5%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now-8.2%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock9,203.293.4
 Land Area76.9  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock29.3264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Port Arthur, TXLong Beach, CAUnited States
 Age 0 to 47.7%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock5.7%6.1%
 Age 10 to 147.6%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock3.5%3.9%
 Age 18 to 204.4%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock5.8%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3413.9%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock14.0%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5412.0%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock6.4%6.7%
 Age 60 to 646.3%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock7.6%9.6%
 Age 75 to 844.1%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock1.5%1.9%
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 Race
 Port Arthur, TXLong Beach, CAUnited States
 White17.6%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock11.6%12.2%
 Asian6.5%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.2%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.1%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.4%0.4%
 Two or More Races0.8%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock43.9%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Port Arthur, TXLong Beach, CAUnited States
 Married Population43.0%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock38.3%48.0%
 Married but Separated3.1%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock59.0%50.2%
 Never Married39.1%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock9.0%10.8%
 Widowed6.1%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.692.60
 Households20,396  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock100,97480,755,759
     Married couple, w/children27.4%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock35.2%42.9%
 Non Family Households7,558  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock20.9%15.8%
     Single householder, no children14.7%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Port Arthur    9 Reviews

Port arthur and surrounding areas CONS: hot and very humid summers cant go outside during summer hungry mosquitos chase you. Most pdople on the road especially with  More

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Over 10 years ago

Seattle, here we  More

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Over 11 years ago

I live in the Port Acres area of Port Arthur and I like the rural area very much. I do have to wonder what kind of hallucinogenic drugs he had used prior to writing his  More

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Reviews for Long Beach    45 Reviews

Local born and bred. This place is going down the drain. Crime is up, housing is up, yuppies finding nothing wrong with it since they want to validate spending 3k on a 2  More

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Angelique · 
Over 5 years ago

I love Long Beach. I especially shoreline village and the aquarium of the pacific. The only big problem here (for me) is crime. Otherwise, nice  More

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Over 7 years ago

The cost of living is extremely high and there are way too many apartments or multi unit homes which have no parking. But with everyone living on top of each other it  More

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