Fulshear

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Fulshear
Location of Fulshear in Texas
Location of Fulshear in Texas
Basic data
State : United States
State : Texas
County : Fort Bend County
Coordinates : 29 ° 41 ′  N , 95 ° 53 ′  W Coordinates: 29 ° 41 ′  N , 95 ° 53 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 716 (as of: 2000)
Population density : 33.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 21.2 km 2  (approx. 8 mi 2 ) of
which 21.2 km 2  (approx. 8 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 40 m
Postal code : 77441
Area code : +1 281
FIPS : 48-27876
GNIS ID : 1336299

Fulshear is a city in Fort Bend County in the US state of Texas in the United States .

geography

The city is located in the north of the county, in southwest Texas, 10 km west of Houston , is about 90 km from the Gulf of Mexico and has a total area of ​​21.2 km² without any significant water surface.

history

The place was named after Churchill Fulshear, a member of Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred .

Demographic data

According to the 2000 census, 716 people in 251 households and 192 families lived here. The population density was 33.9 inhabitants per km ². The racial the population was composed of 59.92% White, 24.02% African American, 0.42% Native American, 0.70% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, and 13.41% other ethnic groups. About 1.54% were mixed race and 22.49% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 251 households, 39.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 62.9% of these were married couples living together. 11.6% were single mothers and 23.5% were non-families. 20.7% of all households were single households and 6.0% had people living there who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.85 and the average family size was 3.33 people.

32.1% of the population were under 18 years old, 6.7% 18 to 24, 27.4% 25 to 44, 25.3% 45 to 64, and 8.5% who were 65 years of age or older . The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females of all age groups, there were 98.9 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 96.8 men.

The median income for a household in the 44,375 USD , and the median income for a family 54,444 USD. Males had a median income of $ 40,893 versus $ 36,563 for females. The per capita income was $ 19,489. 22.8% of the population and 15.6% of families are below the poverty line. Of these, 24.8% were children and adolescents under the age of 18 and 27.6% were 65 or older.

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