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vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Unincorporated_areas"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Unincorporated areas</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Unincorporated_areas-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Census-designated_places" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Census-designated_places"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.1</span> <span>Census-designated places</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Census-designated_places-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_communities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_communities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.2</span> <span>Other communities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_communities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A4%D9%84%DA%AF%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%8C_%D8%AA%DA%A9%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B3" title="جفرزون بؤلگه‌سی، تکزاس – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="جفرزون بؤلگه‌سی، تکزاس" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_K%C5%ABn_(Texas)" title="Jefferson Kūn (Texas) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Jefferson Kūn (Texas)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D1%8D%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0,_%D0%A2%D1%8D%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%81)" title="Джэферсан (акруга, Тэхас) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Джэферсан (акруга, Тэхас)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D1%8A%D0%BD_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%B3,_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%81)" title="Джеферсън (окръг, Тексас) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Джеферсън (окръг, Тексас)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Texas" title="Jefferson County, Texas – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Jefferson County, Texas" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County_(kondado_sa_Tinipong_Bansa,_Texas)" title="Jefferson County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Texas) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Jefferson County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Texas)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County_(Texas)" title="Jefferson County (Texas) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Jefferson County (Texas)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tum mw-list-item"><a href="https://tum.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County,Texas" title="Jefferson County,Texas – Tumbuka" lang="tum" hreflang="tum" data-title="Jefferson County,Texas" data-language-autonym="ChiTumbuka" data-language-local-name="Tumbuka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiTumbuka</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Texas" title="Jefferson County, Texas – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Jefferson County, Texas" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County_(Texas)" title="Jefferson County (Texas) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Jefferson County (Texas)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffersoni_maakond_(Texas)" title="Jeffersoni maakond (Texas) – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Jeffersoni maakond (Texas)" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%AD%CF%86%CE%B5%CF%81%CF%83%CE%BF%CE%BD_(%CE%A4%CE%AD%CE%BE%CE%B1%CF%82)" title="Κομητεία Τζέφερσον (Τέξας) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κομητεία Τζέφερσον (Τέξας)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Jefferson_(Texas)" title="Condado de Jefferson (Texas) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Condado de Jefferson (Texas)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantono_Jefferson_(Teksaso)" title="Kantono Jefferson (Teksaso) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kantono Jefferson (Teksaso)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_konderria_(Texas)" title="Jefferson konderria (Texas) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Jefferson konderria (Texas)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%8C_%D8%AA%DA%AF%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B3" title="شهرستان جفرسون، تگزاس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهرستان جفرسون، تگزاس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Jefferson_(Texas)" title="Comté de Jefferson (Texas) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comté de Jefferson (Texas)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contae_Jefferson,_Texas" title="Contae Jefferson, Texas – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Contae Jefferson, Texas" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%9A_%D8%B4%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D8%AA%DA%AF%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B3)" title="جفرسون ٚ شأرستان (تگزاس) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="جفرسون ٚ شأرستان (تگزاس)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%9C%ED%8D%BC%EC%8A%A8%EA%B5%B0_(%ED%85%8D%EC%82%AC%EC%8A%A4%EC%A3%BC)" title="제퍼슨군 (텍사스주) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="제퍼슨군 (텍사스주)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%A5%D6%86%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%BD%D5%B8%D5%B6_%D5%B7%D6%80%D5%BB%D5%A1%D5%B6_(%D5%8F%D5%A5%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%BD)" title="Ջեֆերսոն շրջան (Տեխաս) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ջեֆերսոն շրջան (Տեխաս)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF,_%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8" title="জেফারশন কাউন্টি, টেক্সাস – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="জেফারশন কাউন্টি, টেক্সাস" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contea_di_Jefferson_(Texas)" title="Contea di Jefferson (Texas) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Contea di Jefferson (Texas)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AF%E1%83%94%E1%83%A4%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A5%E1%83%98_(%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%AE%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98)" title="ჯეფერსონის ოლქი (ტეხასი) – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ჯეფერსონის ოლქი (ტეხასი)" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Comitatus_(Texia)" title="Jefferson Comitatus (Texia) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Jefferson Comitatus (Texia)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_megye_(Texas)" title="Jefferson megye (Texas) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Jefferson megye (Texas)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a 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colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jeffersoncountycourthouse3.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Jefferson County Courthouse in Beaumont. The Art Deco-style building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 17, 1982. The top five floors once served as the County Jail."><img alt="The Jefferson County Courthouse in Beaumont. The Art Deco-style building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 17, 1982. The top five floors once served as the County Jail." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Jeffersoncountycourthouse3.jpg/250px-Jeffersoncountycourthouse3.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="305" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Jeffersoncountycourthouse3.jpg/375px-Jeffersoncountycourthouse3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Jeffersoncountycourthouse3.jpg/500px-Jeffersoncountycourthouse3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1944" data-file-height="2375" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">The <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County_Courthouse_(Texas)" title="Jefferson County Courthouse (Texas)">Jefferson County Courthouse</a> in Beaumont. The <a href="/wiki/Art_Deco" title="Art Deco">Art Deco</a>-style building was added to the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a> on June 17, 1982. The top five floors once served as the County Jail.</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jefferson_County_tx_seal.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Jefferson County"><img alt="Official seal of Jefferson County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3c/Jefferson_County_tx_seal.jpg/100px-Jefferson_County_tx_seal.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3c/Jefferson_County_tx_seal.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="150" data-file-height="149" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location within the U.S. state of Texas"><img alt="Map of Texas highlighting Jefferson County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg/450px-Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg/600px-Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1386" data-file-height="1317" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location within the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Texas_in_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Texas's location within the U.S."><img alt="Map of the United States highlighting Texas" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Texas_in_United_States.svg/300px-Texas_in_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Texas_in_United_States.svg/450px-Texas_in_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Texas_in_United_States.svg/600px-Texas_in_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Texas's location within the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Jefferson_County,_Texas&params=29.86_N_94.14_W_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">29°52′N</span> <span class="longitude">94°08′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">29.86°N 94.14°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">29.86; -94.14</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="infobox-data">1837</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Beaumont,_Texas" title="Beaumont, Texas">Beaumont</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest city</th><td class="infobox-data">Beaumont</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,113 sq mi (2,880 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">876 sq mi (2,270 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">236 sq mi (610 km<sup>2</sup>)  21%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">256,526 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%926" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−6">UTC−6</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">Central</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Congressional districts</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Texas%27s_14th_congressional_district" title="Texas's 14th congressional district">14th</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas%27s_36th_congressional_district" title="Texas's 36th congressional district">36th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.co.jefferson.tx.us">www<wbr />.co<wbr />.jefferson<wbr />.tx<wbr />.us</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Jefferson County</b> is a <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">county</a> in the Coastal Plain or Gulf Prairie region of <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Texas" title="Southeast Texas">Southeast Texas</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Neches_River" title="Neches River">Neches River</a> forms its northeastern boundary. As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020 census</a>, the population was 256,526.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> is <a href="/wiki/Beaumont,_Texas" title="Beaumont, Texas">Beaumont</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jefferson County has the highest percentage of <a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">African Americans</a> in the state of Texas.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The county was established in 1835 as a municipality of Mexico, which had gained independence from Spain. Because the area was lightly settled, the Mexican government allowed European Americans from the United States to settle here if they pledged loyalty to Mexico. This was organized as a county in 1837 after Texas achieved independence as a republic.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-handbook_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was named by European-American settlers for <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">U.S. president</a> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Texas later became part of the US. </p><p>Jefferson County is part of the Beaumont–<a href="/wiki/Port_Arthur,_Texas" title="Port Arthur, Texas">Port Arthur</a> <a href="/wiki/Beaumont%E2%80%93Port_Arthur_metropolitan_area" title="Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area">Metropolitan Statistical Area</a> and has the highest population of the four-county MSA. It has three state correctional facilities and a federal high-security prison in unincorporated areas of the county. Together they have a maximum capacity of nearly 9,000 prisoners. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Census_Bureau" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Census Bureau">U.S. Census Bureau</a>, the county has a total area of 1,113 square miles (2,880 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 876 square miles (2,270 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 236 square miles (610 km<sup>2</sup>) (21%) is water.<sup id="cite_ref-GR1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jefferson County is on the plains of the Texas <a href="/wiki/Gulf_Coast" class="mw-redirect" title="Gulf Coast">Gulf Coast</a> in the southeastern part of the state. It is bounded on the north by <a href="/wiki/Pine_Island_Bayou" title="Pine Island Bayou">Pine Island Bayou</a>, on the northeast by the <a href="/wiki/Neches_River" title="Neches River">Neches River</a>, and on the east by <a href="/wiki/Sabine_Lake" title="Sabine Lake">Sabine Lake</a> and the mouth of the <a href="/wiki/Sabine_River_(Texas-Louisiana)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabine River (Texas-Louisiana)">Sabine River</a>, a natural outlet called <a href="/wiki/Sabine_Pass" title="Sabine Pass">Sabine Pass</a>. The southern part of the county is largely marshland, much of which is within <a href="/wiki/Sea_Rim_State_Park" title="Sea Rim State Park">Sea Rim State Park</a>, reaching the storm-battered beach at the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_highways">Major highways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Major highways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:I-10_(TX).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/I-10_%28TX%29.svg/20px-I-10_%28TX%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/I-10_%28TX%29.svg/30px-I-10_%28TX%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/I-10_%28TX%29.svg/40px-I-10_%28TX%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_10_(Texas)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 10 (Texas)">Interstate 10</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_69.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/US_69.svg/20px-US_69.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/US_69.svg/30px-US_69.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/US_69.svg/40px-US_69.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_96.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/US_96.svg/20px-US_96.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/US_96.svg/30px-US_96.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/US_96.svg/40px-US_96.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_287.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/US_287.svg/25px-US_287.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/US_287.svg/38px-US_287.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/US_287.svg/50px-US_287.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_69_in_Texas" title="U.S. Route 69 in Texas">U.S. Highway 69</a>/<a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_96" title="U.S. Route 96">U.S. Highway 96</a>/<a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_287_(Texas)" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Route 287 (Texas)">U.S. Highway 287</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_90.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/US_90.svg/20px-US_90.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/US_90.svg/30px-US_90.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/US_90.svg/40px-US_90.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_90_(Texas)" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Route 90 (Texas)">U.S. Highway 90</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Texas_73.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Texas_73.svg/20px-Texas_73.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Texas_73.svg/30px-Texas_73.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Texas_73.svg/40px-Texas_73.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="384" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_73" title="Texas State Highway 73">State Highway 73</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Texas_82.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Texas_82.svg/20px-Texas_82.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Texas_82.svg/30px-Texas_82.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Texas_82.svg/40px-Texas_82.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="384" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_82" title="Texas State Highway 82">State Highway 82</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Texas_87.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Texas_87.svg/20px-Texas_87.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Texas_87.svg/30px-Texas_87.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Texas_87.svg/40px-Texas_87.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="384" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_87" title="Texas State Highway 87">State Highway 87</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Texas_105.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Texas_105.svg/20px-Texas_105.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Texas_105.svg/30px-Texas_105.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Texas_105.svg/40px-Texas_105.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="384" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_105" title="Texas State Highway 105">State Highway 105</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Texas_124.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Texas_124.svg/20px-Texas_124.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Texas_124.svg/30px-Texas_124.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Texas_124.svg/40px-Texas_124.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="384" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_124" title="Texas State Highway 124">State Highway 124</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Texas_326.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Texas_326.svg/20px-Texas_326.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Texas_326.svg/30px-Texas_326.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Texas_326.svg/40px-Texas_326.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="384" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_326" title="Texas State Highway 326">State Highway 326</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Texas_347.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Texas_347.svg/20px-Texas_347.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Texas_347.svg/30px-Texas_347.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Texas_347.svg/40px-Texas_347.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="384" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_347" title="Texas State Highway 347">State Highway 347</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjacent_counties_and_parishes">Adjacent counties and parishes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Adjacent counties and parishes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hardin_County,_Texas" title="Hardin County, Texas">Hardin County</a> (north)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_Texas" title="Orange County, Texas">Orange County</a> (northeast)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chambers_County,_Texas" title="Chambers County, Texas">Chambers County</a> (southwest)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberty_County,_Texas" title="Liberty County, Texas">Liberty County</a> (northwest)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cameron_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Cameron Parish, Louisiana">Cameron Parish, Louisiana</a> (east)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_protected_areas">National protected areas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: National protected areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Big_Thicket_National_Preserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Thicket National Preserve">Big Thicket National Preserve</a> (part)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McFaddin_National_Wildlife_Refuge" class="mw-redirect" title="McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge">McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Point_National_Wildlife_Refuge" class="mw-redirect" title="Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge">Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Communities">Communities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cities">Cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beaumont,_Texas" title="Beaumont, Texas">Beaumont</a> (county seat and largest municipality)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bevil_Oaks,_Texas" title="Bevil Oaks, Texas">Bevil Oaks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/China,_Texas" title="China, Texas">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Groves,_Texas" title="Groves, Texas">Groves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nederland,_Texas" title="Nederland, Texas">Nederland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nome,_Texas" title="Nome, Texas">Nome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Arthur,_Texas" title="Port Arthur, Texas">Port Arthur</a> (small part in <a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_Texas" title="Orange County, Texas">Orange County</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Neches,_Texas" title="Port Neches, Texas">Port Neches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor_Landing,_Texas" title="Taylor Landing, Texas">Taylor Landing</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unincorporated_areas">Unincorporated areas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Unincorporated areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Census-designated_places">Census-designated places</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Census-designated places"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beauxart_Gardens,_Texas" title="Beauxart Gardens, Texas">Beauxart Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Gardens,_Texas" title="Central Gardens, Texas">Central Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fannett,_Texas" title="Fannett, Texas">Fannett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamshire,_Texas" title="Hamshire, Texas">Hamshire</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_communities">Other communities</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Other communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cheek,_Texas" title="Cheek, Texas">Cheek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dowling,_Texas" title="Dowling, Texas">Dowling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LaBelle,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="LaBelle, Texas">LaBelle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viterbo,_Texas" title="Viterbo, Texas">Viterbo</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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.us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>1,836</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>1,995</td><td></td><td>8.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>1,906</td><td></td><td>−4.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>3,489</td><td></td><td>83.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>5,857</td><td></td><td>67.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>14,239</td><td></td><td>143.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>38,182</td><td></td><td>168.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>73,120</td><td></td><td>91.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>133,391</td><td></td><td>82.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>145,329</td><td></td><td>8.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>195,083</td><td></td><td>34.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>245,659</td><td></td><td>25.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>244,773</td><td></td><td>−0.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>250,938</td><td></td><td>2.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>239,397</td><td></td><td>−4.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>252,051</td><td></td><td>5.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>252,273</td><td></td><td>0.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>256,526</td><td></td><td>1.7%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-DecennialCensus_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DecennialCensus-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1850–2010<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2010–2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusP2_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusP2-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption><b>Jefferson County, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition</b><br /><small><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><i>Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.</i></span></small> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race / Ethnicity <small>(<i>NH = Non-Hispanic</i>)</small> </th> <th>Pop 2000<sup id="cite_ref-2000CensusP004_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2000CensusP004-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Pop 2010<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Pop 2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusP2_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusP2-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>% 2000 </th> <th>% 2010 </th> <th style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">% 2020 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino whites">White</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>130,604 </td> <td>112,503 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">96,047 </td> <td>51.82% </td> <td>44.60% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">37.44% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_African_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans">Black or African American</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>84,482 </td> <td>84,500 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">83,856 </td> <td>33.52% </td> <td>33.50% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">32.69% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> or <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Native" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska Native">Alaska Native</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>654 </td> <td>747 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">622 </td> <td>0.26% </td> <td>0.30% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.24% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>7,236 </td> <td>8,525 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">9,943 </td> <td>2.87% </td> <td>3.38% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">3.88% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_Americans" title="Pacific Islander Americans">Pacific Islander</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>68 </td> <td>64 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">66 </td> <td>0.03% </td> <td>0.03% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_census" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States census">Other Race</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>185 </td> <td>255 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">867 </td> <td>0.07% </td> <td>0.10% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.34% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">Mixed Race or Multiracial</a> (NH) </td> <td>2,286 </td> <td>2,780 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">6,210 </td> <td>0.91% </td> <td>1.10% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">2.42% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> (any race) </td> <td>26,536 </td> <td>42,899 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">58,915 </td> <td>10.53% </td> <td>17.00% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">22.97% </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>252,051</b> </td> <td><b>252,273</b> </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;"><b>256,526</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;"><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a><sup id="cite_ref-GR8_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR8-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2000, there were 252,051 people, 92,880 households, and 63,808 families residing in the county. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 279 people per square mile (108 people/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 102,080 housing units at an average density of 113 units per square mile (44/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the county was 57.24% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">White</a>, 33.74% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Black</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">African American</a>, 0.34% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Native American</a>, 2.89% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Asian</a>, 0.03% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 4.26% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 1.50% from two or more races. 10.53% of the population were <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Latino</a> of any race. 8.3% were of <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a>, 7.2% <a href="/wiki/French_people" title="French people">French</a>, 6.2% <a href="/wiki/Germans" title="Germans">German</a>, 5.8% <a href="/wiki/English_people" title="English people">English</a> and 5.3% <a href="/wiki/Irish_people" title="Irish people">Irish</a> ancestry according to <a href="/wiki/Census_2000" class="mw-redirect" title="Census 2000">census 2000</a>. </p><p>There were 92,880 households, out of which 33.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.40% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 16.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.30% were non-families. 27.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.12. </p><p>In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.90% under the age of 18, 10.00% from 18 to 24, 29.30% from 25 to 44, 21.10% from 45 to 64, and 13.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.20 males. </p><p>The median income for a household in the county was $34,706, and the median income for a family was $42,290. Males had a median income of $36,719 versus $23,924 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the county was $17,571. About 14.60% of families and 17.40% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 24.60% of those under age 18 and 11.80% of those age 65 or over. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_and_politics">Government and politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Government and politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="County">County</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: County"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The County Commissioners Court, considered the administrative arm of the state government, is made up of a county judge and four commissioners. The four commissioners are elected to staggered terms from <a href="/wiki/Single-member_district" title="Single-member district">single-member districts</a> or precincts, two in years of presidential elections and two in off-years. The County Commissioners Court carries out the "budgetary and policy making functions of county government. In addition, in many counties, commissioners have extensive responsibilities related to the building and maintenance of county roads."<sup id="cite_ref-duties_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-duties-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The elected county judge in Texas may also be the judge of the County Criminal Court, County Civil Court, Probate Court and Juvenile Court.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State">State</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: State"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jefferson County was represented in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Texas_State_House_District_21&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Texas State House District 21 (page does not exist)">Texas State House District 21</a> from 1999 to 2015 in the <a href="/wiki/Texas_House_of_Representatives" title="Texas House of Representatives">Texas House of Representatives</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <a href="/wiki/Allan_Ritter" title="Allan Ritter">Allan Ritter</a>, a businessman from Nederland.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 13, 2015, Republican <a href="/wiki/Dade_Phelan" title="Dade Phelan">Dade Phelan</a> of Beaumont succeeded Ritter, who did not seek reelection in 2014. </p><p>It is also represented in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Texas_State_House_District_22&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Texas State House District 22 (page does not exist)">Texas State House District 22</a>, which takes in much of Beaumont and Port Arthur, by <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_D._Deshotel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joe D. Deshotel (page does not exist)">Joe D. Deshotel</a>, who has served in this seat since 1999. In the 81st Legislative Session, Deshotel was appointed to serve as chairman of the House Business and Industry Committee, a post he continues to hold today.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Texas_Department_of_Criminal_Justice" title="Texas Department of Criminal Justice">Texas Department of Criminal Justice</a> operates three facilities in the county: the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gist_Unit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gist Unit (page does not exist)">Gist Unit</a>, a state jail;<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Stiles_Unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Stiles Unit">Stiles Unit</a>, a prison;<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Leblanc Unit, a pre-release facility, in an <a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">unincorporated area</a> of Jefferson County.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition, the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Youth_Commission" title="Texas Youth Commission">Texas Youth Commission</a> operated the Al Price State Juvenile Correctional Facility in an <a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">unincorporated area</a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> within the Mid County region.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The facility was among three selected for closure on August 31, 2011, because of agency budget shortfalls.<sup id="cite_ref-3closing_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3closing-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015 the county commissioners announced that it would lease the facility to a Beaumont charter school, Evolution Academy, at a minimal cost for 35 years. This was reported as an attempt to prevent the state from housing sex offenders here who had completed their sentences.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Federal">Federal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Federal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jefferson County is part of <a href="/wiki/Texas%27s_14th_congressional_district" title="Texas's 14th congressional district">Texas's 14th congressional district</a>, represented in the US House of Representatives by <a href="/wiki/Randy_Weber" title="Randy Weber">Randy Weber</a> (Republican). The Texas US Senators are <a href="/wiki/John_Cornyn" title="John Cornyn">John Cornyn</a> (Republican) and <a href="/wiki/Ted_Cruz" title="Ted Cruz">Ted Cruz</a> (Republican). </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Prisons" title="Federal Bureau of Prisons">Federal Bureau of Prisons</a> operates the <a href="/wiki/Beaumont_Federal_Correctional_Complex" class="mw-redirect" title="Beaumont Federal Correctional Complex">Beaumont Federal Correctional Complex</a> in an <a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">unincorporated area</a> in Jefferson County. It is a high-security prison with a capacity of nearly 1400 inmates.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Presidential_elections">Presidential elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Presidential elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Membership in political parties in Texas has undergone realignment since the late 20th century, following passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and renewed participation by minorities in the political system. Jefferson County has been dominated by <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> voters in presidential elections: prior to 1965 they were majority white and the party has since attracted many minorities. In many parts of Texas, <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> voters have predominated in presidential elections, especially since the turn of the 21st century. </p><p>In 2004, Jefferson was one of only 18 counties in Texas that gave Senator <a href="/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">John Kerry</a> a majority of the popular vote. Kerry received 47,050 votes while <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> received 44,412.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> won 51.25% of the vote. <a href="/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain">John McCain</a> won 48.38% of the vote. Other candidates received 1% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Democratic trend continued in 2012 when <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> won Jefferson County with 50.34% of the vote, while 48.73% went to <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a>. </p><p>In 2016, <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> won the county by a very narrow margin over <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a>, becoming the first Republican presidential candidate to win in Jefferson County since <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a> in <a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1972 United States presidential election in Texas">1972</a>. Trump carried the county again in 2020, this time with a majority. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible floatright" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption>United States presidential election results for Jefferson County, Texas<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Year </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third party(ies)</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="2024 United States presidential election in Texas">2024</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">46,453 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>54.27%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">38,662 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">45.17% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">479 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.56% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="2020 United States presidential election in Texas">2020</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">47,570 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>50.20%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">46,073 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">48.62% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,116 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.18% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="2016 United States presidential election in Texas">2016</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">42,862 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>48.92%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42,443 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">48.44% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,313 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.64% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="2012 United States presidential election in Texas">2012</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">43,242 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">48.73% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">44,668 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>50.34%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">825 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.93% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="2008 United States presidential election in Texas">2008</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">42,905 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">48.52% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">44,888 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>50.76%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">637 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.72% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="2004 United States presidential election in Texas">2004</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">44,423 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">48.36% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">47,066 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.23%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">377 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.41% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="2000 United States presidential election in Texas">2000</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">40,320 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">46.39% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">45,409 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>52.25%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,180 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.36% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1996 United States presidential election in Texas">1996</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">32,821 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">38.88% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">45,854 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>54.31%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5,751 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6.81% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1992 United States presidential election in Texas">1992</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">29,622 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">31.00% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">48,405 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>50.66%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">17,516 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">18.33% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1988 United States presidential election in Texas">1988</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">35,754 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">38.99% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">55,649 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>60.69%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">290 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.32% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1984 United States presidential election in Texas">1984</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">45,124 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">45.03% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">54,846 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>54.73%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">245 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.24% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1980 United States presidential election in Texas">1980</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">36,763 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">43.45% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">45,642 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>53.95%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,197 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.60% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1976 United States presidential election in Texas">1976</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">32,451 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">40.29% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">47,581 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>59.07%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">514 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.64% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1972 United States presidential election in Texas">1972</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">45,819 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>60.42%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">29,909 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">39.44% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">109 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.14% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1968 United States presidential election in Texas">1968</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">26,007 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">33.40% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">30,032 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>38.57%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">21,829 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">28.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1964 United States presidential election in Texas">1964</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">28,771 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">39.09% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">44,584 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>60.58%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">239 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.32% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1960 United States presidential election in Texas">1960</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">29,395 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">41.80% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">40,533 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>57.63%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">403 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.57% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1956 United States presidential election in Texas">1956</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">30,102 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>54.31%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">25,057 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">45.21% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">270 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.49% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1952 United States presidential election in Texas">1952</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">25,363 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">46.29% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">29,384 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>53.63%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">48 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.09% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1948 United States presidential election in Texas">1948</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,749 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">17.15% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">22,475 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>67.06%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5,290 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">15.78% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1944 United States presidential election in Texas">1944</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,525 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">15.56% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">22,066 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>75.88%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,489 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">8.56% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1940 United States presidential election in Texas">1940</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,860 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">19.76% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">19,694 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>80.09%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">37 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.15% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1936 United States presidential election in Texas">1936</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,544 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">12.23% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">18,187 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>87.40%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">77 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.37% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1932 United States presidential election in Texas">1932</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,584 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">17.18% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">17,129 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>82.09%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">152 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.73% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1928 United States presidential election in Texas">1928</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">9,209 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>56.74%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">7,006 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">43.16% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">16 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.10% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1924 United States presidential election in Texas">1924</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,348 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">40.42% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">5,925 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>55.09%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">483 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4.49% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1920 United States presidential election in Texas">1920</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,110 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">17.21% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,246 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>65.83%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,094 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">16.96% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1916 United States presidential election in Texas">1916</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">488 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">12.99% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,082 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>82.06%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">186 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4.95% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1912 United States presidential election in Texas">1912</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">187 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">7.81% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,703 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>71.17%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">503 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">21.02% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The area is served by deep-water ports located at Beaumont, Port Arthur, Orange, and Sabine Pass. The Sabine Neches Waterway provides deep-water access to ocean-going vessels, which are served by public ports within the county. The waterway is the 8th largest port in the US by tonnage.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The county is traversed by Interstate Highway 10, US Highways 90 and 69-96-287, State Highways 73, 87, and 105 and three farm-to-market roads. Rail and motor freight carriers also provide freight service to the county. The Jack Brooks Regional Airport located between Beaumont and Port Arthur provides passenger and freight service and is currently serviced by one commuter passenger air carrier. </p><p>The economy of the county is based primarily on petroleum refining; the production and processing of petrochemicals, bio-fuels and other chemicals; the fabrication of steel and steel products; shipping activity; the manufacture of wood, pulp, food and feed products; agriculture; and health care services. The county continues to diversify its economic base as evidenced by the increase of jobs in the services and government sectors. The county is also home to the largest military off-load port in the world. </p><p>Several large projects are in construction, permitting, and development for the area and the county continues to work with other taxing entities to create a business environment conducive to this growth. These include such notables as Lucite, Air Products, Vitol, Golden Pass Products, OCI, Exxon Mobil, Golden Pass LNG, and Sempra Energy. </p><p>Petrochemical expansions at the Motiva, Total, and Valero facilities located in Jefferson County represent approximately $15 billion in project improvements.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In addition, hundreds of millions of dollars are being spent on terminal and pipeline facilities to support these projects. Construction of the Trans-Canada Keystone XL pipeline which would deliver Canadian tar sands crude to Jefferson County and proponents say would help in relieving US dependence on oil from more politically volatile regions is awaiting federal permit approval. In addition, recent rail terminal facility expansions and new construction has significantly increased the transportation of Canadian tar sands oil and bitumen to the area for processing by area refineries. </p><p>Cheniere, one of two companies with Liquefied Natural Gas Terminals on the border of the Texas/Louisiana Coast, is completing construction of a $10 billion liquefaction facility. Golden Pass LNG opened their terminal in mid-2011. With their opening, the ship channel is now home to over 40% of the nation's LNG capacity. Golden Pass LNG has filed with federal authorities for permits allowing it to build a $10 billion gas liquefaction facility in Jefferson County, as has Sempra Energy. It is anticipated that these permits should move through the approval process more expeditiously now that former Texas governor Rick Perry has been confirmed as the new Secretary of Energy. </p><p>The county has participated in a study by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers into the feasibility of deepening the Sabine-Neches waterway. This will allow ports in Southeast Texas, the third largest in the nation, to accommodate newer deep draft vessels and thus remain competitive with other ports on the Gulf Coast. Recently, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued their "Chief's Report" which paves the way for federal funding of this project. The U S House and Senate recently passed legislation which was signed by the President authorizing the construction of the waterway improvements at a cost in excess of $1 billion. Congressional appropriations for the project are expected shortly. </p><p>The county continues to work with industry leaders, the Texas Workforce Commission, Lamar Institute of Technology, Lamar University and non-profit groups to supply a workforce able to handle the growing labor needs of the county. This is especially critical given the interest of the international community in locating facilities to the county. </p><p>The resurgence in U. S. oil and gas exploration and production has made the county the place of choice for those industrial sectors seeking to exploit opportunities to profit from historically low priced energy commodities. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Lamar_University" title="Lamar University">Lamar University</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lamar_State_College%E2%80%93Port_Arthur" title="Lamar State College–Port Arthur">Lamar State College–Port Arthur</a></div> <p>School districts:<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beaumont_Independent_School_District" title="Beaumont Independent School District">Beaumont Independent School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamshire-Fannett_Independent_School_District" title="Hamshire-Fannett Independent School District">Hamshire-Fannett Independent School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardin-Jefferson_Independent_School_District" title="Hardin-Jefferson Independent School District">Hardin-Jefferson Independent School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nederland_Independent_School_District" title="Nederland Independent School District">Nederland Independent School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Arthur_Independent_School_District" title="Port Arthur Independent School District">Port Arthur Independent School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Neches%E2%80%93Groves_Independent_School_District" title="Port Neches–Groves Independent School District">Port Neches–Groves Independent School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabine_Pass_Independent_School_District" title="Sabine Pass Independent School District">Sabine Pass Independent School District</a></li></ul> <p>Hamshire-Fannett and Sabine Pass ISDs are assigned to <a href="/wiki/Galveston_College" title="Galveston College">Galveston College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Galveston,_Texas" title="Galveston, Texas">Galveston</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Legislation does not specify a community college for the remainder of the county. </p><p>Beaumont is home to <a href="/wiki/Lamar_University" title="Lamar University">Lamar University</a>, a public research university with an enrollment of 14,889 students as of the fall 2014 semester; it offers 96 undergraduate, 50 master's, and eight doctoral degree programs.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Port Arthur is home to <a href="/wiki/Lamar_State_College%E2%80%93Port_Arthur" title="Lamar State College–Port Arthur">Lamar State College–Port Arthur</a>, offering two-year degrees and one-year certifications, including 34 associate degrees and 24 technical programs. Fall 2014 enrollment totaled 2,075 students.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output 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communities of <a class="mw-selflink selflink"><span class="region">Jefferson County, Texas</span></a>, <span class="country-name">United States</span></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="color:inherit;"><div><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat"><span>County seat</span></a>: <b><a href="/wiki/Beaumont,_Texas" title="Beaumont, Texas"><span>Beaumont</span></a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/City" title="City">Cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beaumont,_Texas" title="Beaumont, Texas">Beaumont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bevil_Oaks,_Texas" title="Bevil Oaks, Texas">Bevil Oaks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/China,_Texas" title="China, Texas">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Groves,_Texas" title="Groves, Texas">Groves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nederland,_Texas" title="Nederland, Texas">Nederland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nome,_Texas" title="Nome, Texas">Nome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Arthur,_Texas" title="Port Arthur, Texas">Port Arthur</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Neches,_Texas" title="Port Neches, Texas">Port Neches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor_Landing,_Texas" title="Taylor Landing, Texas">Taylor Landing</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Jefferson County map"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1386" data-file-height="1317" /></span><figcaption>Jefferson County map</figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">CDPs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beauxart_Gardens,_Texas" title="Beauxart Gardens, Texas">Beauxart Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Gardens,_Texas" title="Central Gardens, Texas">Central Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fannett,_Texas" title="Fannett, Texas">Fannett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamshire,_Texas" title="Hamshire, Texas">Hamshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area#United_States" title="Unincorporated area">Other<br />communities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cheek,_Texas" title="Cheek, Texas">Cheek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dowling,_Texas" title="Dowling, Texas">Dowling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Belle,_Texas" title="La Belle, Texas">La Belle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viterbo,_Texas" title="Viterbo, Texas">Viterbo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;">Footnotes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="3" style="color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portal:Texas_(state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:Texas (state)"><span>Texas portal</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portal:United_States" title="Portal:United States"><span>United States portal</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="City_of_Beaumont" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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selflink">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_Texas" title="Orange County, Texas">Orange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardin_County,_Texas" title="Hardin County, Texas">Hardin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Businesses</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ExxonMobil" title="ExxonMobil">ExxonMobil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason%27s_Deli" title="Jason's Deli">Jason's Deli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaumont,_Texas" title="Beaumont, Texas">City of Beaumont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company">Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_of_Beaumont" title="Port of Beaumont">Port of Beaumont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Entergy" title="Entergy">Entergy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conn%27s" title="Conn's">Conn's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohmstede_Limited" title="Ohmstede Limited">Ohmstede Limited</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Education</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Higher education</b>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lamar_University" title="Lamar University">Lamar University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Institute_of_Technology" title="Lamar Institute of Technology">Lamar Institute of Technology</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Primary and secondary education</b>: <a href="/wiki/Beaumont_Independent_School_District" title="Beaumont Independent School District">Beaumont ISD</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beaumont_United_High_School" title="Beaumont United High School">United HS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Brook_High_School" title="West Brook High School">West Brook HS</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Academy_of_Leadership_in_the_Humanities" title="Texas Academy of Leadership in the Humanities">Texas Acad. of Leadership in the Humanities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monsignor_Kelly_Catholic_High_School" title="Monsignor Kelly Catholic High School">Monsignor Kelly Catholic HS</a> </li></ul></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Closed" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Closed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaumont_High_School_(Beaumont,_Texas)" title="Beaumont High School (Beaumont, Texas)">Beaumont HS</a> (1900-1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlton-Pollard_High_School" title="Charlton-Pollard High School">Charlton-Pollard HS</a> (1900-1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaumont_Charlton-Pollard_High_School" title="Beaumont Charlton-Pollard High School">Beaumont Charlton-Pollard HS</a> (1975-1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_High_School_(Beaumont,_Texas)" title="Central High School (Beaumont, Texas)">Central HS</a> (1986-2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clifton_J._Ozen_High_School" title="Clifton J. Ozen High School">Ozen HS</a> (-2018)</li> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Beaumont,_Texas#Government" title="Beaumont, Texas">Government</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Beaumont,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="List of mayors of Beaumont, Texas">Mayors</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Beaumont,_Texas#History" title="Beaumont, Texas">History</a> and landmarks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Beaumont,_Texas" title="Timeline of Beaumont, Texas">Timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montagne_Center" title="Montagne Center">Montagne Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vincent%E2%80%93Beck_Stadium" title="Vincent–Beck Stadium">Vincent–Beck Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provost_Umphrey_Stadium" title="Provost Umphrey Stadium">Provost Umphrey Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaumont_Civic_Center" title="Beaumont Civic Center">Beaumont Civic Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doggett_Ford_Park" title="Doggett Ford Park">Doggett Ford Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hotel_Beaumont" title="Hotel Beaumont">Hotel Beaumont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Rogers_Theatre" title="Julie Rogers Theatre">Julie Rogers Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spindletop" title="Spindletop">Spindletop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyrrell_Historical_Library" title="Tyrrell Historical Library">Tyrrell Historical Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Theatre" title="Jefferson Theatre">Jefferson Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaumont_Commercial_District" title="Beaumont Commercial District">Beaumont Commercial District</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Parks and<br />preserves</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beaumont_Botanical_Gardens" title="Beaumont Botanical Gardens">Beaumont Botanical Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Beaumont_Country_Club&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Beaumont Country Club (page does not exist)">Beaumont Country Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Thicket" title="Big Thicket">Big Thicket National Preserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyrrell_Park" title="Tyrrell Park">Tyrrell Park</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cattail_Marsh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cattail Marsh (page does not exist)">Cattail Marsh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Village_Creek_State_Park_(Texas)" title="Village Creek State Park (Texas)">Village Creek State Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McFaddin_and_Texas_Point_National_Wildlife_Refuges" title="McFaddin and Texas Point National Wildlife Refuges">McFaddin and Texas Point National Wildlife Refuges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_Rim_State_Park" title="Sea Rim State Park">Sea Rim State Park</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bodies of<br />water</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neches_River" title="Neches River">Neches River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabine_River_(Texas%E2%80%93Louisiana)" title="Sabine River (Texas–Louisiana)">Sabine River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Village_Creek_(Texas)" title="Village Creek (Texas)">Village Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pine_Island_Bayou" title="Pine Island Bayou">Pine Island Bayou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a></li></ul> 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href="/w/index.php?title=Chambers_House_(Beaumont,_Texas)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chambers House (Beaumont, Texas) (page does not exist)">Chambers House</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clifton_Steamboat_Museum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Clifton Steamboat Museum (page does not exist)">Clifton Steamboat Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dishman_Art_Museum" title="Dishman Art Museum">Dishman Art Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edison_Museum" title="Edison Museum">Edison Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fire_Museum_of_Texas" title="Fire Museum of Texas">Fire Museum of Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Jay_French_House&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Jay French House (page does not exist)">John Jay French House</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County_Historical_Commission_Mini-Museum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jefferson County Historical Commission Mini-Museum (page does not exist)">Jefferson County Historical Commission Mini-Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McFaddin%E2%80%93Ward_House" title="McFaddin–Ward House">McFaddin–Ward House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spindletop-Gladys_City_Boomtown_Museum" title="Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum">Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Energy_Museum" title="Texas Energy Museum">Texas Energy Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_museums_in_East_Texas" title="List of museums in East Texas">List of museums in East Texas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Beaumont,_Texas#Culture" title="Beaumont, Texas">Community events<br />and culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Downtown_Beaumont" title="Downtown Beaumont">Downtown Beaumont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Texas_State_Fair" title="South Texas State Fair">South Texas State Fair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Symphony_of_Southeast_Texas" title="Symphony of Southeast Texas">Symphony of Southeast Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Beaumont_Jazz_%26_Blues_Fest&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Beaumont Jazz & Blues Fest (page does not exist)">Beaumont Jazz & Blues Fest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boomtown_Film_and_Music_Festival" title="Boomtown Film and Music Festival">Boomtown Film and Music Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crockett_Street" title="Crockett Street">Crockett Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dog_Jam" title="Dog Jam">Dog Jam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babe_Didrikson_Zaharias" title="Babe Didrikson Zaharias">Babe Didrikson Zaharias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gusher_Marathon" title="Gusher Marathon">Gusher Marathon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:People_from_Beaumont,_Texas" title="Category:People from Beaumont, Texas">People From Beaumont</a></li></ul> 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href="/wiki/Armstrong_County,_Texas" title="Armstrong County, Texas">Armstrong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atascosa_County,_Texas" title="Atascosa County, Texas">Atascosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austin_County,_Texas" title="Austin County, Texas">Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bailey_County,_Texas" title="Bailey County, Texas">Bailey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandera_County,_Texas" title="Bandera County, Texas">Bandera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bastrop_County,_Texas" title="Bastrop County, Texas">Bastrop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baylor_County,_Texas" title="Baylor County, Texas">Baylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bee_County,_Texas" title="Bee County, Texas">Bee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_County,_Texas" title="Bell County, Texas">Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bexar_County,_Texas" title="Bexar County, Texas">Bexar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blanco_County,_Texas" title="Blanco County, Texas">Blanco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borden_County,_Texas" title="Borden County, Texas">Borden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosque_County,_Texas" title="Bosque County, Texas">Bosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowie_County,_Texas" title="Bowie County, Texas">Bowie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazoria_County,_Texas" title="Brazoria County, Texas">Brazoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazos_County,_Texas" title="Brazos County, Texas">Brazos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brewster_County,_Texas" title="Brewster County, Texas">Brewster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Briscoe_County,_Texas" title="Briscoe County, Texas">Briscoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooks_County,_Texas" title="Brooks County, Texas">Brooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brown_County,_Texas" title="Brown County, Texas">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burleson_County,_Texas" title="Burleson County, Texas">Burleson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burnet_County,_Texas" title="Burnet County, Texas">Burnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caldwell_County,_Texas" title="Caldwell County, Texas">Caldwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calhoun_County,_Texas" title="Calhoun County, Texas">Calhoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Callahan_County,_Texas" title="Callahan County, Texas">Callahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cameron_County,_Texas" title="Cameron County, Texas">Cameron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camp_County,_Texas" title="Camp County, Texas">Camp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carson_County,_Texas" title="Carson County, Texas">Carson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cass_County,_Texas" title="Cass County, Texas">Cass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castro_County,_Texas" title="Castro County, Texas">Castro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chambers_County,_Texas" title="Chambers County, Texas">Chambers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherokee_County,_Texas" title="Cherokee County, Texas">Cherokee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Childress_County,_Texas" title="Childress County, Texas">Childress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Texas" title="Clay County, Texas">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cochran_County,_Texas" title="Cochran County, Texas">Cochran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coke_County,_Texas" title="Coke County, Texas">Coke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coleman_County,_Texas" title="Coleman County, Texas">Coleman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collin_County,_Texas" title="Collin County, Texas">Collin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collingsworth_County,_Texas" title="Collingsworth County, Texas">Collingsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_County,_Texas" title="Colorado County, Texas">Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comal_County,_Texas" title="Comal County, Texas">Comal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comanche_County,_Texas" title="Comanche County, Texas">Comanche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concho_County,_Texas" title="Concho County, Texas">Concho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooke_County,_Texas" title="Cooke County, Texas">Cooke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coryell_County,_Texas" title="Coryell County, Texas">Coryell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cottle_County,_Texas" title="Cottle County, Texas">Cottle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crane_County,_Texas" title="Crane County, Texas">Crane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crockett_County,_Texas" title="Crockett County, Texas">Crockett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crosby_County,_Texas" title="Crosby County, Texas">Crosby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culberson_County,_Texas" title="Culberson County, Texas">Culberson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallam_County,_Texas" title="Dallam County, Texas">Dallam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_County,_Texas" title="Dallas County, Texas">Dallas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dawson_County,_Texas" title="Dawson County, Texas">Dawson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deaf_Smith_County,_Texas" title="Deaf Smith County, Texas">Deaf Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_County,_Texas" title="Delta County, Texas">Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denton_County,_Texas" title="Denton County, Texas">Denton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeWitt_County,_Texas" title="DeWitt County, Texas">DeWitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickens_County,_Texas" title="Dickens County, Texas">Dickens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dimmit_County,_Texas" title="Dimmit County, Texas">Dimmit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donley_County,_Texas" title="Donley County, Texas">Donley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duval_County,_Texas" title="Duval County, Texas">Duval</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastland_County,_Texas" title="Eastland County, Texas">Eastland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ector_County,_Texas" title="Ector County, Texas">Ector</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwards_County,_Texas" title="Edwards County, Texas">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Paso_County,_Texas" title="El Paso County, Texas">El Paso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellis_County,_Texas" title="Ellis County, Texas">Ellis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erath_County,_Texas" title="Erath County, Texas">Erath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falls_County,_Texas" title="Falls County, Texas">Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fannin_County,_Texas" title="Fannin County, Texas">Fannin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_Texas" title="Fayette County, Texas">Fayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fisher_County,_Texas" title="Fisher County, Texas">Fisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floyd_County,_Texas" title="Floyd County, Texas">Floyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foard_County,_Texas" title="Foard County, Texas">Foard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Bend_County,_Texas" title="Fort Bend County, Texas">Fort Bend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Texas" title="Franklin County, Texas">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freestone_County,_Texas" title="Freestone County, Texas">Freestone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frio_County,_Texas" title="Frio County, Texas">Frio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaines_County,_Texas" title="Gaines County, Texas">Gaines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galveston_County,_Texas" title="Galveston County, Texas">Galveston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garza_County,_Texas" title="Garza County, Texas">Garza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gillespie_County,_Texas" title="Gillespie County, Texas">Gillespie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasscock_County,_Texas" title="Glasscock County, Texas">Glasscock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goliad_County,_Texas" title="Goliad County, Texas">Goliad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gonzales_County,_Texas" title="Gonzales County, Texas">Gonzales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gray_County,_Texas" title="Gray County, Texas">Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grayson_County,_Texas" title="Grayson County, Texas">Grayson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregg_County,_Texas" title="Gregg County, Texas">Gregg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grimes_County,_Texas" title="Grimes County, Texas">Grimes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guadalupe_County,_Texas" title="Guadalupe County, Texas">Guadalupe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hale_County,_Texas" title="Hale County, Texas">Hale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hall_County,_Texas" title="Hall County, Texas">Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_County,_Texas" title="Hamilton County, Texas">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hansford_County,_Texas" title="Hansford County, Texas">Hansford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardeman_County,_Texas" title="Hardeman County, Texas">Hardeman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardin_County,_Texas" title="Hardin County, Texas">Hardin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harris_County,_Texas" title="Harris County, Texas">Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrison_County,_Texas" title="Harrison County, Texas">Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartley_County,_Texas" title="Hartley County, Texas">Hartley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haskell_County,_Texas" title="Haskell County, Texas">Haskell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hays_County,_Texas" title="Hays County, Texas">Hays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemphill_County,_Texas" title="Hemphill County, Texas">Hemphill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson_County,_Texas" title="Henderson County, Texas">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hidalgo_County,_Texas" title="Hidalgo County, Texas">Hidalgo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hill_County,_Texas" title="Hill County, Texas">Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hockley_County,_Texas" title="Hockley County, Texas">Hockley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hood_County,_Texas" title="Hood County, Texas">Hood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopkins_County,_Texas" title="Hopkins County, Texas">Hopkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_County,_Texas" title="Houston County, Texas">Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_County,_Texas" title="Howard County, Texas">Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hudspeth_County,_Texas" title="Hudspeth County, Texas">Hudspeth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunt_County,_Texas" title="Hunt County, Texas">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hutchinson_County,_Texas" title="Hutchinson County, Texas">Hutchinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irion_County,_Texas" title="Irion County, Texas">Irion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_County,_Texas" title="Jack County, Texas">Jack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Texas" title="Jackson County, Texas">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasper_County,_Texas" title="Jasper County, Texas">Jasper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Davis_County,_Texas" title="Jeff Davis County, Texas">Jeff Davis</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Hogg_County,_Texas" title="Jim Hogg County, Texas">Jim Hogg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Wells_County,_Texas" title="Jim Wells County, Texas">Jim Wells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_County,_Texas" title="Johnson County, Texas">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jones_County,_Texas" title="Jones County, Texas">Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karnes_County,_Texas" title="Karnes County, Texas">Karnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaufman_County,_Texas" title="Kaufman County, Texas">Kaufman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kendall_County,_Texas" title="Kendall County, Texas">Kendall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenedy_County,_Texas" title="Kenedy County, Texas">Kenedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kent_County,_Texas" title="Kent County, Texas">Kent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerr_County,_Texas" title="Kerr County, Texas">Kerr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kimble_County,_Texas" title="Kimble County, Texas">Kimble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_County,_Texas" title="King County, Texas">King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinney_County,_Texas" title="Kinney County, Texas">Kinney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kleberg_County,_Texas" title="Kleberg County, Texas">Kleberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knox_County,_Texas" title="Knox County, Texas">Knox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Salle_County,_Texas" title="La Salle County, Texas">La Salle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamar_County,_Texas" title="Lamar County, Texas">Lamar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamb_County,_Texas" title="Lamb County, Texas">Lamb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lampasas_County,_Texas" title="Lampasas County, Texas">Lampasas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lavaca_County,_Texas" title="Lavaca County, Texas">Lavaca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_County,_Texas" title="Lee County, Texas">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon_County,_Texas" title="Leon County, Texas">Leon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberty_County,_Texas" title="Liberty County, Texas">Liberty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limestone_County,_Texas" title="Limestone County, Texas">Limestone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lipscomb_County,_Texas" title="Lipscomb County, Texas">Lipscomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Live_Oak_County,_Texas" title="Live Oak County, Texas">Live Oak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llano_County,_Texas" title="Llano County, Texas">Llano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loving_County,_Texas" title="Loving County, Texas">Loving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lubbock_County,_Texas" title="Lubbock County, Texas">Lubbock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_County,_Texas" title="Lynn County, Texas">Lynn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison_County,_Texas" title="Madison County, Texas">Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_Texas" title="Marion County, Texas">Marion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_County,_Texas" title="Martin County, Texas">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mason_County,_Texas" title="Mason County, Texas">Mason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matagorda_County,_Texas" title="Matagorda County, Texas">Matagorda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maverick_County,_Texas" title="Maverick County, Texas">Maverick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCulloch_County,_Texas" title="McCulloch County, Texas">McCulloch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McLennan_County,_Texas" title="McLennan County, Texas">McLennan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McMullen_County,_Texas" title="McMullen County, Texas">McMullen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medina_County,_Texas" title="Medina County, Texas">Medina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menard_County,_Texas" title="Menard County, Texas">Menard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland_County,_Texas" title="Midland County, Texas">Midland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milam_County,_Texas" title="Milam County, Texas">Milam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mills_County,_Texas" title="Mills County, Texas">Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_County,_Texas" title="Mitchell County, Texas">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montague_County,_Texas" title="Montague County, Texas">Montague</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Texas" title="Montgomery County, Texas">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moore_County,_Texas" title="Moore County, Texas">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_County,_Texas" title="Morris County, Texas">Morris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motley_County,_Texas" title="Motley County, Texas">Motley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nacogdoches_County,_Texas" title="Nacogdoches County, Texas">Nacogdoches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navarro_County,_Texas" title="Navarro County, Texas">Navarro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton_County,_Texas" title="Newton County, Texas">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nolan_County,_Texas" title="Nolan County, Texas">Nolan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nueces_County,_Texas" title="Nueces County, Texas">Nueces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ochiltree_County,_Texas" title="Ochiltree County, Texas">Ochiltree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oldham_County,_Texas" title="Oldham County, Texas">Oldham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_Texas" title="Orange County, Texas">Orange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palo_Pinto_County,_Texas" title="Palo Pinto County, Texas">Palo Pinto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panola_County,_Texas" title="Panola County, Texas">Panola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parker_County,_Texas" title="Parker County, Texas">Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parmer_County,_Texas" title="Parmer County, Texas">Parmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pecos_County,_Texas" title="Pecos County, Texas">Pecos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polk_County,_Texas" title="Polk County, Texas">Polk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potter_County,_Texas" title="Potter County, Texas">Potter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidio_County,_Texas" title="Presidio County, Texas">Presidio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rains_County,_Texas" title="Rains County, Texas">Rains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randall_County,_Texas" title="Randall County, Texas">Randall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reagan_County,_Texas" title="Reagan County, Texas">Reagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Real_County,_Texas" title="Real County, Texas">Real</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_River_County,_Texas" title="Red River County, Texas">Red River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reeves_County,_Texas" title="Reeves County, Texas">Reeves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Refugio_County,_Texas" title="Refugio County, Texas">Refugio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roberts_County,_Texas" title="Roberts County, Texas">Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robertson_County,_Texas" title="Robertson County, Texas">Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockwall_County,_Texas" title="Rockwall County, Texas">Rockwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Runnels_County,_Texas" title="Runnels County, Texas">Runnels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rusk_County,_Texas" title="Rusk County, Texas">Rusk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabine_County,_Texas" title="Sabine County, Texas">Sabine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Augustine_County,_Texas" title="San Augustine County, Texas">San Augustine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Jacinto_County,_Texas" title="San Jacinto County, Texas">San Jacinto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Patricio_County,_Texas" title="San Patricio County, Texas">San Patricio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Saba_County,_Texas" title="San Saba County, Texas">San Saba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schleicher_County,_Texas" title="Schleicher County, Texas">Schleicher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scurry_County,_Texas" title="Scurry County, Texas">Scurry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shackelford_County,_Texas" title="Shackelford County, Texas">Shackelford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelby_County,_Texas" title="Shelby County, Texas">Shelby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherman_County,_Texas" title="Sherman County, Texas">Sherman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smith_County,_Texas" title="Smith County, Texas">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somervell_County,_Texas" title="Somervell County, Texas">Somervell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starr_County,_Texas" title="Starr County, Texas">Starr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephens_County,_Texas" title="Stephens County, Texas">Stephens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sterling_County,_Texas" title="Sterling County, Texas">Sterling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stonewall_County,_Texas" title="Stonewall County, Texas">Stonewall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton_County,_Texas" title="Sutton County, Texas">Sutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swisher_County,_Texas" title="Swisher County, Texas">Swisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarrant_County,_Texas" title="Tarrant County, Texas">Tarrant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor_County,_Texas" title="Taylor County, Texas">Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrell_County,_Texas" title="Terrell County, Texas">Terrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_County,_Texas" title="Terry County, Texas">Terry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Throckmorton_County,_Texas" title="Throckmorton County, Texas">Throckmorton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titus_County,_Texas" title="Titus County, Texas">Titus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Green_County,_Texas" title="Tom Green County, Texas">Tom Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Travis_County,_Texas" title="Travis County, Texas">Travis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinity_County,_Texas" title="Trinity County, Texas">Trinity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyler_County,_Texas" title="Tyler County, Texas">Tyler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upshur_County,_Texas" title="Upshur County, Texas">Upshur</a></li> <li><a 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