Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Fort Bend County, TX

889,146 Population
861.8 square miles 1,031.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

37.4 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$43,797 ±$1,584 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $38,123 ±$223
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$105,205 ±$3,212 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Texas: $72,284 ±$443
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

8% ±1.3% (70,729  ±11,272) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,113,641 (±0.3% / ±72,677)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

32.8 minutes ±0.7 (12,057,865  ±409,841) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 329,915,840 (±0.2 / ±2,493,930)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

295,091 ±2,214 Number of households
  • Texas: 11,087,708 ±20,293
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
3 ±0 (883,290  ±221) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,420,404
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

5.1% ±1% (11,337  ±2,285) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 420,463 (±0.2% / ±14,628)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

305,748 ±88 Number of housing units
  • Texas: 12,135,376 ±1,261
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$351,600 ±$7,542 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Texas: $275,400 ±$1,356
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

9.9% ±1.2% (86,716  ±10,958.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,255,243 (±0.2% / ±65,296.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

91.7% ±2.6% (528,919  ±15,168.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 86.1% 16,875,375 (±0.4% / ±78,881.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
50.3% ±1.9% (289,858  ±10,647.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 33.9% 6,651,408 (±0.3% / ±48,274.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

40.6% ±1.6% (339,623  ±13,497.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 35.1% 9,891,294 (±0.2% / ±61,669.6)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 22% 69,241,800 (±0.1% / ±,203,206.2)

30.3% (268,936  ±14,225) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,169,126
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

4.2% ±0.5% (27,185  ±3,200) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,401,173 (±0.1% / ±22,051)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
27,185 Total veterans ±3,200 23,676 Male ±2,878 3,509 Female ±1,206

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.