Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area
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The Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan statistical area is defined by the United States Census Bureau as a three-county region in Southeast Texas. The metropolitan area shares borders with the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area to the west and the Lake Charles metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Louisiana to the east. The area is also known as the Golden Triangle. The "golden" refers to the wealth that came from the Spindletop oil strike near Beaumont in 1901, and "triangle" refers to the area among the cities of Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange.
According to the
139th most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S.[4]
Counties
Communities
Places with more than 100,000 inhabitants
- Beaumont (principal city)
Places with more than 50,000 inhabitants
- Port Arthur (principal city)
Places with 10,000 to 50,000 inhabitants
Places with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants
- Bevil Oaks
- Bridge City
- Central Gardens (census-designated place)
- China
- Kountze
- Mauriceville (census-designated place)
- Nome
- Pine Forest
- Pinehurst
- Pinewood Estates (census-designated place)
- Rose City
- Rose Hill Acres
- Silsbee
- Sour Lake
- Taylor Landing
- West Orange
Unincorporated places
Demographics
In 2000, the metropolitan area's population was 385,090. According to the
Latino
of any race were 17.51% of the population.
See also
- List of Texas metropolitan areas
- United States metropolitan area
- List of United States metropolitan statistical areas by population
References
- ^ "Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 (CBSA-EST2009-01)". 2009 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 23, 2010. Archived from the original (CSV) on June 15, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
- National Archives.
- ^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on October 18, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
- ^ "2020 Population and Housing State Data". Census.gov. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- ^ "P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 24, 2022.