People QuickFacts	Beaumont	Texas
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	109,856	23,507,783
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	-3.4%	12.7%
  	Population, 2000    	113,866	20,851,820
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	7.1%	7.8%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	27.1%	28.2%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	13.4%	9.9%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	52.5%	50.4% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	46.4%	71.0%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	45.8%	11.5%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.2%	0.6%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	2.5%	2.7%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	Z	0.1%
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	1.5%	2.5%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	7.9%	32.0% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	54.0%	49.6%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	5.7%	13.9%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	11.0%	31.2%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	80.6%	75.7%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	21.5%	23.2%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	20.1	25.4 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	48,815	8,157,575
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	59.9%	63.8%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$62,500	$82,500 			
  	Households, 2000    	44,361	7,393,354
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.50	2.74
  	Median household income, 1999    	$32,559	$39,927
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$18,632	$19,617
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	19.6%	15.4%

   	Business QuickFacts	Beaumont	Texas
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	1,634,834	397,405,111
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	1,806,134	228,694,755
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$16,047	$10,528
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	222,477	29,914,774
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	9,118	1,734,509
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	17.5%	5.1%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	S	0.9%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	4.7%	4.5%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	6.0%	18.4%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.1%
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	23.1%	27.0% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Beaumont	Texas
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	85	261,797
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	1,339.4	79.6
  	FIPS Code    	07000	48
 	Counties    	Jefferson County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts