Editing Fort Bend County, Texas (section)

==Demographics==
From 1930 to 1950, the county showed a decline in the rate of expansion and even a decrease in population. This was a period when many African Americans migrated in the second wave of the [[Great Migration (African American)|Great Migration]] from Texas and other parts of the South to the West Coast, where a buildup in the defense industry provided more job opportunities. Other minorities settled in the county during its residential development, and African Americans are now a minority.
{{US Census population
|1850= 2533
|1860= 6143
|1870= 7114
|1880= 9380
|1890= 10586
|1900= 16538
|1910= 18168
|1920= 22931
|1930= 29718
|1940= 32963
|1950= 31056
|1960= 40527
|1970= 52314
|1980= 130846
|1990= 225421
|2000= 354452
|2010= 585375
|2020= 822797
|estyear=2024
|estimate=958434
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2024">{{cite web|title=County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2024 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html |access-date=March 25, 2025}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. Decennial Census |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=July 20, 2014}}</ref><br>1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|title=Historical Census Browser |url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu |publisher=University of Virginia Library |url-status=live |date=2007 |access-date=July 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212224028/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/ |archive-date=December 12, 2009}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|last=Forstall |first=Richard L. |title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990 |url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/tx190090.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |url-status=live |date=March 27, 1995 |access-date=July 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990219135447/http://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/tx190090.txt |archive-date=February 19, 1999}}</ref><br>1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000 |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |url-status=live |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=July 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010}}</ref> 2010–2020<ref name="QF"/>
}}

As of the third quarter of 2024, the median home value in Fort Bend County was $395,730.<ref>{{Cite web|title=County Median Home Price|url=https://www.nar.realtor/research-and-statistics/housing-statistics/county-median-home-prices-and-monthly-mortgage-payment|publisher=[[National Association of Realtors]]|access-date=March 25, 2025}}</ref>

As of the 2023 [[American Community Survey]], an estimated 281,259 households are in Fort Bend County, with an average of 3.04 persons per household. The county has a median household income of $113,409. About 8.5% of the county's population lives at or below the [[Poverty in the United States|poverty line]]. Fort Bend County has an estimated 66.7% employment rate, with 49.3% of the population holding a bachelor's degree or higher and 91.9% holding a high-school diploma.<ref name="QF">{{Cite web|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Fort Bend County, Texas |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/fortbendcountytexas/PST045224 |access-date=March 25, 2025 |website=www.census.gov |language=en}}</ref>

The top-five reported ancestries (people were allowed to report up to two ancestries, thus the figures will generally add to more than 100%) were English (57.2%), Spanish (18.3%), Indo-European (9.5%), Asian and Pacific Islander (11.9%), and other (3.0%). The median age in the county was 37.6 years.

'''Fort Bend County, Texas – racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''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.''}}</small>
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Race / ethnicity <small>(''NH = non-Hispanic'')</small>
! Pop. 1980<ref>{{Cite web|title=General Population Characteristics: Texas |url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_txAB-03.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018191835/http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_txAB-03.pdf |archive-date=October 18, 2012 |access-date=February 5, 2025}}</ref><ref name=1980CensusScope>{{Cite web|title=Fort Bend County, Texas — Population by Race |url=https://censusscope.org/us/s48/c157/chart_race.html |publisher=CensusScope |access-date=March 25, 2025}}</ref> !! Pop. 1990<ref>{{Cite web|title=Texas: 1990, Part 1 |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cp-1/cp-1-45-1.pdf |access-date=July 15, 2024}}</ref><ref name=1990CensusScope>{{Cite web|title=Fort Bend County, Texas — Population by Race |url=https://censusscope.org/us/s28/c149/chart_race.html |publisher=CensusScope |access-date=March 25, 2025}}</ref> !! Pop. 2000<ref>{{Cite web|title=Texas: 2000 |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2002/dec/phc-1-45.pdf |access-date=July 15, 2024}}</ref><ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Fort Bend County, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALSF12000.P004?g=050XX00US48157 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=March 25, 2025}}</ref> !! Pop. 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Fort Bend County, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US48157&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=March 25, 2025}}</ref> !! {{partial|Pop. 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Fort Bend County, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US48157&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=March 25, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
| 79,549<br>(60.80%) || 121,245<br>(53.79%) || 163,788<br>(46.21%) || 211,680<br>(36.16%) || style='background: #ffffe6; |243,726<br>(29.62%)
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
| 20,132<br>(15.39%) || 45,678<br>(20.26%) || 69,579<br>(19.63%) || 123,267<br>(21.06%) || style='background: #ffffe6; |167,964<br>(20.41%)
|-
| [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
| 276<br>(0.21%) || 411<br>(0.18%) || 621<br>(0.18%) || 1,159<br>(0.20%) || style='background: #ffffe6; |1,269<br>(0.15%)
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
| 3,725<br>(2.85%) || 13,978<br>(6.20%) || 39,545<br>(11.16%) || 98,762<br>(16.87%) || style='background: #ffffe6; |181,522<br>(22.06%)
|-
| [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
| — || — || 97<br>(0.03%) || 174<br>(0.03%) || style='background: #ffffe6; |276<br>(0.03%)
|-
| [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
| 508<br>(0.39%) || 217<br>(0.10%) || 544<br>(0.15%) || 1,341<br>(0.23%) || style='background: #ffffe6; |4,055<br>(0.49%)
|-
| [[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or multiracial]] (NH)
| — || — || 5,407<br>(1.53%) || 10,025<br>(1.71%) || style='background: #ffffe6; |25,387<br>(3.09%)
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
| 26,656<br>(20.37%) || 43,892<br>(19.47%) || 74,871<br>(21.12%) || 138,967<br>(23.74%) || style='background: #ffffe6; |198,580<br>(24.14%)
|-
| '''Total'''
| '''130,846<br>(100.00%)''' || '''225,421<br>(100.00%)''' || '''354,452<br>(100.00%)''' || '''585,375<br>(100.00%)''' || style='background: #ffffe6; |'''822,797<br>(100.00%)'''
|}

===2020 census===
As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], 822,797 people, 263,128 households, and 215,579 families resided in the county.<ref>{{Cite web|title=US Census Bureau, Table P16: Household Type |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Fort%20Bend%20County,%20Texas%20p16&y=2020 |access-date=March 25, 2025 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> The [[population density]] was {{convert|954.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. The 277,910 housing units had an average density of {{convert|322.5|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The [[Race (U.S. Census)|racial makeup]] of the county was 34.3% White, 20.78% African American, 0.56% Native American, 22.18% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 9.14% from some other races and 12.99% from two or more races. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] people of any race were 24.14% of the population.<ref>{{Cite web|title=How many people live in Fort Bend County, Texas |url=https://data.usatoday.com/census/total-population/total-population-change/fort-bend-county-texas/050-48157/ |access-date=March 25, 2025 |publisher=USA Today}}</ref>

===2000 census===
As of the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]], 354,452 people, 110,915 households, and 93,057 families resided in the county. The population density was {{convert|405.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. The 115,991 housing units had an average density of {{convert|133.0|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the county was 56.96% White, 19.85% African American, 0.30% Native American, 11.20% Asian, 9.14% from some other race, and 2.56% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 21.12% of the population. Other self-identifications were 8.8% of [[Germans|German]] ancestry, 6.3% American, and 5.8% English ancestry.

Of the110,915 households, 49.8% had children under 18 living with them, 68.8% were married couples living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.10% were not families. About 13.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.10% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 3.14 and the average family size wass 3.46.<!-- 2000 is in the past, hence past tense -->

In the county, the age distribution of the population was 32.0% under 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 32.3% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 5.7% who were 65 or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.1 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 96.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $63,831, and that for a family was $69,781. Males had a median income of $47,979 versus $32,661 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $24,985; 7.1% of the population and 5.5% of families were below the [[Poverty threshold|poverty line]]. Of the total population, 8.5% of those under 18 and 9.4% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

===Ethnic backgrounds===
Since the 1970s, Fort Bend County has been attracting people from all ethnic backgrounds. According to a 2001 Claritas study, it was the fifth-most diverse U.S. county, among counties with a population of 100,000 or more.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2001_July_23/ai_76689304 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081021064756/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2001_July_23/ai_76689304 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 21, 2008 |work=Business Wire |title=Claritas Study Ranks Racial/Ethnic Diversity in Counties Nationwide; Analysis Shows California Leads Nation In Diversity Among Counties Of 100,000-Plus Population |date=July 23, 2001 |access-date=July 30, 2008}}</ref>

It is one of a growing number of U.S. counties with no single ethnic group forming a majority of the population. Fort Bend County has the highest percentage of Asian-American residents in the Southern United States; the largest groups are of [[Vietnamese Americans|Vietnamese]], [[Chinese Americans|Chinese]], [[Indian Americans|Indian]], and [[Filipino Americans|Filipino]] ancestry. By 2011, Fort Bend was ranked the fourth-most racially diverse county in the United States by ''[[USA Today]]''. The newspaper based the ranking on calculating the probability that two persons selected at random would be of different ethnic groups or races. According to the ''USA Today'' methodology, the chance of people of being two different ethnic groups/races being selected was 75%. Karl Eschbach, a former demographer with the State of Texas, has said that many people from Houston neighborhoods and communities with clear racial identities, such as the [[East End, Houston|East End]], [[Sunnyside, Houston|Sunnyside]], and the [[Third Ward, Houston|Third Ward]], moved to suburban areas that were too new to have established racial identities. Eschbach explained, "[a]s a large minority middle class started to emerge, Fort Bend was virgin territory that all groups could move to."<ref name="KeverCrossroads">Kever, Jeannie. "[http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7590873.html FACING A CROSSROADS] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605123132/http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7590873.html |date=June 5, 2011}}." ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. June 1, 2011. Retrieved on June 3, 2011.</ref>

In 2020, Fort Bend County had the highest percentage of Asian Americans of any county in Texas. In 2019, [[Indian Americans]] made up almost 50% of the Asian Americans in the county, with the second- and third-largest subsets being [[Chinese Americans]] and [[Vietnamese Americans]]. From 2010 to 2020, the percentage of non-Hispanic White residents declined by 4.8% (though this population grew in absolute numbers), the Asian-American community grew by 83,167 (83.7% increase), the percentage of Hispanic people increased by 42.9%, and the percentage of Black people increased by 35.9%.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bauman|first=Anna|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Asian-Americans-fastest-growing-Fort-Bend-Houston-16486256.php|title=Asian Americans are the fastest growing demographic in Houston's suburbs. Here's why.|newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]]|date=September 26, 2021|accessdate=November 19, 2021}}</ref> Fort Bend County also has the highest percentage of [[Filipino Americans]] in the Greater Houston area and in state of Texas.<ref name=":0" /> Filipinos are also the fourth-largest Asian subset in the county.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=State of Asian Ameerican and Pacific Islander Health in Houston/Harris County and Surrounding Areas |url=https://www.houstontx.gov/health/chs/Asian.pdf |access-date=August 31, 2023 |website=www.houstontx.gov}}</ref>

===Economic characteristics===
According to the 2008 American Community Survey, the median income for a household in the county was $81,456, and for a family was $90,171.<ref>{{cite web |author=American FactFinder, United States Census Bureau |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=05000US48157&-qr_name=ACS_2008_3YR_G00_DP3YR3&-ds_name=ACS_2008_3YR_G00_&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on |title=Fort Bend County, Texas - Selected Economic Characteristics: 2006–2008 |publisher=Factfinder.census.gov |access-date=July 22, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200211182203/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=05000US48157&-qr_name=ACS_2008_3YR_G00_DP3YR3&-ds_name=ACS_2008_3YR_G00_&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on |archive-date=February 11, 2020 }}</ref> Males had a median income of $54,139 versus $41,353 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $30,862. About 5.5% of families and 7.1% of the population were below the [[Poverty threshold|poverty line]], including 8.5% of those under 18 and 9.4% of those 65 or over.

As of 2006, Fort Bend County was the wealthiest county in Texas, with a median household income of $95,389 and a median family income of $105,944, having surpassed Collin and Rockwall Counties since the 2000 census. However, the Council for Community and Economic Research ranked Fort Bend County America's third-wealthiest county when the local [[cost of living]] was factored in.<ref>[http://www.coli.org/COLIAdjustedMHI.asp Cost of Living Can Significantly Affect "Real" Median Household Income] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080702224956/http://www.coli.org/COLIAdjustedMHI.asp |date=July 2, 2008}}, Council for Community and Economic Research website. Retrieved December 9, 2007.</ref> This estimate did not include property taxes and local taxes, as effective tax rates and home insurance were not measured. Along with other Texas counties, Fort Bend County has one of the nation's highest property-tax rates. In 2007, it was ranked fifth in the nation for property taxes as a percentage of the homes' value on owner-occupied housing. The list includes only counties with a population over 65,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/show/1888.html |title=Property Taxes on Owner-Occupied Housing by County, 2005 - 2008, Ranked by Taxes as Percentage of Home Value |publisher=The Tax Foundation |date=September 22, 2009 |access-date=July 22, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429104315/http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/show/1888.html |archive-date=April 29, 2010 }}</ref> Fort Bend County also ranked in the top 100 in property taxes paid and percentage of taxes of income. Part of this is due to Texas's complex [[Robin Hood plan]] school financing law.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F04E5DB173BF934A35753C1A9629C8B63 | work=The New York Times | title=Economic Scene; A Texas experiment that shifts money from rich to poor school districts is turning into a major policy disaster | first=Virginia | last=Postrel | date=October 7, 2004 | access-date=May 2, 2010 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090606192231/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F04E5DB173BF934A35753C1A9629C8B63 | archive-date=June 6, 2009 }}</ref>