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Fort Bend County, TX

916,778 Population
861.8 square miles 1,063.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$46,259 ±$1,671 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $39,775 ±$250
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$105,441 ±$3,961 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Texas: $75,780 ±$472
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

8.9% ±1.4% (80,702  ±12,685) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 13.7% 4,086,851 (±0.3% / ±75,298)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

33.7 minutes ±0.8 (12,413,240  ±473,062) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 27.2 347,514,080 (±0.1 / ±2,192,679)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

303,900 ±2,888 Number of households
  • Texas: 11,260,645 ±19,354
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
3 ±0 (911,188  ±148) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,898,096
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.8% ±1.1% (11,124  ±2,550) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.5% 417,167 (±0.2% / ±13,744)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

318,065 ±81 Number of housing units
  • Texas: 12,394,809 ±3,110
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$384,100 ±$7,220 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Texas: $296,900 ±$1,483
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9.9% ±1.3% (90,026  ±11,452.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 14.1% 4,240,926 (±0.2% / ±65,092.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

92.2% ±2.6% (551,128  ±15,808.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 86.3% 17,292,906 (±0.4% / ±73,530.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
49.4% ±1.8% (295,520  ±10,966.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 34.2% 6,858,406 (±0.2% / ±45,043.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

31% (283,924  ±13,010) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 17.9% 5,455,292
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4% ±0.6% (26,921  ±4,023) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 6.1% 1,394,897 (±0.1% / ±21,106)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
26,921 Total veterans ±4,023 22,286 Male ±3,634 4,635 Female ±1,807

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