Fort Bend County

administration
The Fort Bend County Courthouse in Richmond, listed on the NRHP as # 80004119
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Richmond
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Fort Bend County Courthouse 301 Jackson Richmond, TX 77469
Foundation :	1837
Made up from:	Austin County Brazoria County Harris County
Area code :	001 281
Demographics
Residents :	585,375 (2010)
Population density :	261.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2265 km²
Water surface :	30 km²
map

Website : www.co.fort-bend.tx.us

The Fort Bend County is a county in the US state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Richmond .

geography

The county is located southeast of the geographic center of Texas, belongs to the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown Metropolitan Area and is about 40 km from the Gulf of Mexico . It has an area of 2265 square kilometers, of which 30 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Waller County , Harris County , Brazoria County , Wharton County, and Austin County .

history

Fort Bend County was formed on December 29, 1837 from parts of Austin County, Brazoria County and Harris County. It was named after Fort Bend on the Brazos River , which was given its name due to its location at a bend in this river.

Seven buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of May 23, 2019).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	2533	-
1860	6143	142.5%
1870	7114	15.8%
1880	9380	31.9%
1890	10,586	12.9%
1900	16,538	56.2%
1910	18,168	9.9%
1920	22,931	26.2%
1930	29,718	29.6%
1940	32,963	10.9%
1950	31,056	-5.8%
1960	40,527	30.5%
1970	52,314	29.1%
1980	130,846	150.1%
1990	225,421	72.3%
2000	354.452	57.2%
2010	585,375	65.1%
1850-2010 Fort Bend County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

The John M. and Lottie D. Moore House , listed on the NRHP with the number 01000104

Replica of the Terracotta Army in Forbidden Gardens

According to the 2000 census , Fort Bend County had 354,452 people in 110,915 households and 93,057 families. The population density was 156 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 56.96 percent white, 19.85 percent African American, 0.30 percent Native American, 11.20 percent Asian, 0.04 percent from the Pacific island area and 9.10 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.56 percent were descended from two or more races. 21.12 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 110,915 households, 49.8 percent had children or young people living with them. 68.8 percent were married couples living together, 11.4 percent were single mothers and 16.1 percent were non-families. 13.5 percent were single households and 3.1 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 3.14 and the average family size was 3.46 people.

32.0 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 7.6 percent between 18 and 24, 32.3 percent between 25 and 44, 22.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 5.7 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 99.1 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 96.3 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 63,831 , and the median income for a family is $ 69,781. Males had a median income of $ 47,979 versus $ 32,661 for females. The per capita income was $ 24,985. 5.5 percent of families and 7.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
↑ Fort Bend County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
↑ Information from the National Association of Counties ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved October 10, 2012 @1@ 2

↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 103 .

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 23, 2019.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 23, 2019.

↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF file; 682 kB), accessed September 18, 2012

↑ Fort Bend County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .