Profile for Beaumont, Texas, TX

Beaumont is on the lower Neches River.

Former and merged names include:
· Cow Bayou
· Jefferson City
· Tevis Bluff

Founded by fur trappers and explorers.

The famous Spindletop oil well blew near here in 1901, marking the opening of the vast oil deposits of the coastal plains of Texas and Louisiana.

Public transportation: Beaumont Municipal Transit System (See the transit and travel sections below.)

Crime: The number of violent crimes recorded by the FBI in 2003 was 1,051. The number of murders and homicides was 6. The violent crime rate was 9.2 per 1,000 people.

Well-known residents have included:
· Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Olympic athlete and professional golfer
· Frank Robinson, baseball player
· Edgar Winter, musician
· Barbara Lynn, R&B singer

Coffee: National and regional coffee companies with outlets here include Starbucks

Local festivals include:

• South Texas State Fair - Oct. 11-21, 2007
• Rockin' Blues Festival - Oct. 26-27, 2007
• Janis Joplin Birthday Bash - Jan. 27, 2007
• Crawfish Festival - May 6, 2007
• Orleans Street Jazz Festival - July 21, 2007

Performing arts: Symphony of Southeast Texas

Nearby parks & recreation: Village Creek State Park, Big Thicket National Preserve, Tyrell Park

Historic sites and museums: Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont Police Museum, Texas Energy Museum, John Jay French Museum, Edison Plaza Museum

Colleges and universities: Lamar University

Support for libraries: Local government funding for the local library system, in fiscal years 2001-2002, was below the national average. (See library links below.)

Gays & lesbians
National index: 100
Local index: 84

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Archives (1)

Cemeteries (11)

Colleges (1)

Communities (4)

Hotels (17)

Libraries (8)

Museums (3)

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Sections below provide additional information and links about Beaumont demographics, travel and tourism, nearby airports, cemeteries, the Jefferson County economy, education, environment, genealogy, government, historic sites, Beaumont-Port Arthur area jobs, libraries, maps, museums, newspapers and other media, nonprofit groups, real estate, recreation, religion, transportation, and weather in the 77701 ZIP code.

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7% of Beaumont residents report German ancestry, and 6% report Irish. For more info on local ancestry groups, see the Beaumont ancestry & family history guide.

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• Jefferson County Ancestry forum
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• County history catalog
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• Death index
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• Spindletop Boom Days

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• Americans with Disabilities Act
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• National Council on Independent Living

At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Beaumont was $18,632, compared with $21,587 nationally.

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21% of Beaumont residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced college degree.

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Beaumont festival dates:

• South Texas State Fair - Oct. 11-21, 2007
• Rockin' Blues Festival - Oct. 26-27, 2007
• Janis Joplin Birthday Bash - Jan. 27, 2007
• Crawfish Festival - May 6, 2007
• Orleans Street Jazz Festival - July 21, 2007

Dates often change. Check with local tourism officials to be sure.

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Historic districts in Beaumont include Beaumont Commercial District ... View historic districts

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Median rent in Beaumont, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $384.   Monthly homeowner costs, for people with mortgages, were $793.

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Libraries in Beaumont include Beaumont Public Library System, Elmo R Willard Branch Library, Jefferson County Library, Literacy Depot, Rc Miller Memorial Library, Spindletop Branch Library, Tyrrell Historical Library ... View libraries

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Newspapers in Beaumont include Beaumont Enterprise

TV stations in Beaumont include KBMT, KFDM, KITU.

National Public Radio programming is carried locally by KVLU.

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Jefferson County supported John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election. For more information, see our Beaumont political report.

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The average commute time for Beaumont workers is 20 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.

A total of 43 fatal motor vehicle accidents occurred in Beaumont between 2001 and 2003, according to reports gathered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

This is a rate of 3.8 fatal crashes per 10,000 population, which was slightly lower than the national norm.

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