Fort Bend County is located in the Upper Gulf Coast Region of Texas. The County Seat is Richmond and the largest city is Sugar Land. The 2014 population estimate is 685,345 and the 2010 census population was 584,897. The land area is 861.48 square miles and there are 679.5 persons per square mile.
57.7% of the population is White, 21.2% is Black or African American, 24% is Hispanic or Latino, 18.4% is Asian, 0.6% is American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.1% is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 2% is two or more races. 88.5% have a high school degree or higher, and 41.4% have a Bachelor degree or higher.
The median home value is $183,600, there are 191,406 households, an average of 3.15 persons per household. The per capita income is $34,084, the median household income is $85,297, and 8.4% of the persons in Fort Bend County are considered below poverty level.
The total number of firms, at last estimate, was 50,412. Retail sales (in $1000) were $5,306,163, and sales per capita were $10,440. The percentage of black-owned firms is 16.5%, and the percentage of women-owned firms is 32%.
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Property | CAD Fort Bend County Appraisal District property database. Address: Fort Bend CAD, 2801 B.F. Terry Blvd., Rosenberg, TX 77471-5600. Phone: 281-344-8623. |
Property | Tax Fort Bend County Tax Office property and tax record search, tax payments. Address: Tax Office, 1317 Eugene Heimann Circle, Richmond, TX 77469. Phone: (281) 341-3710. |
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