- State:TexasCounty:Fort Bend CountyZips:77481,77492,77444,77451,77464,77497,77496,77487,77476,77469,77417,77477,77545,77461,77441,77053,77407,77489,77498,77406,77469,77471,77459,77479,77477,77494,77478Coordinates:29.52751136865746, -95.77094980465493Area total:885.34 sq. mi., 2293.02 sq. km, 566616.96 acresArea land:861.76 sq. mi., 2231.96 sq. km, 551528.32 acresArea water:23.58 sq. mi., 61.06 sq. km, 15088.64 acresEstablished:1837Capital seat:
Richmond
Address: 301 Jackson St
County Courthouse
Richmond, TX 77469-3108
Governing Body: Commisioners Court with 5 board size
Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule
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Fort Bend County, Texas, United States
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- Population:822,779; Population change: 40.56% (2010 - 2020)Population density:955 persons per square mileHousehold income:$77,078Households:170,532Unemployment rate:7.70% per 394,948 county labor force
- Sales taxes:8.25%GDP:$24.91 B, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Fort Bend County's population of Texas of 29,718 residents in 1930 has increased 27,69-fold to 822,779 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 50.32% female residents and 49.68% male residents live in as of 2020, 67.88% in Fort Bend County, Texas are married and the remaining 32.12% are single population.
As of 2020, 67.88% in Fort Bend County, Texas are married and the remaining 32.12% are single population.
- Housing units:277,910 residential units of which 94.68% share occupied residential units.
35.8 minutes is the average time that residents in Fort Bend County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
82.10% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 12.29% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 1.74% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 2.81% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Fort Bend County, Texas 80.79% are owner-occupied homes, another 16.95% are rented apartments, and the remaining 2.26% are vacant.
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The 44.15% of the population in Fort Bend County, Texas who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 50.890%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 48.500%) of those eligible to vote in Fort Bend County, Texas.
