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People QuickFacts | Fort Bend County | Texas
Population, 2012 estimate | 627,293 | 26,059,203
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 585,385 | 25,145,561
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 7.2% | 3.6%
Population, 2010 | 585,375 | 25,145,561
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 7.0% | 7.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 28.4% | 26.8%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 8.4% | 10.9%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 50.9% | 50.3%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 57.9% | 80.6%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 21.4% | 12.3%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.6% | 1.0%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 18.1% | 4.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.9% | 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 24.0% | 38.2%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 35.7% | 44.5%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 88.1% | 82.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 25.0% | 16.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 37.3% | 34.4%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 88.6% | 80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 40.7% | 26.1%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 25,362 | 1,618,413
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 30.1 | 24.8
Housing units, 2011 | 208,696 | 10,098,750
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 80.0% | 64.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 10.4% | 24.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $175,100 | $126,400
Households, 2007-2011 | 177,980 | 8,667,807
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 3.14 | 2.79
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $32,924 | $25,548
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $82,571 | $50,920
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 8.3% | 17.0%
Business QuickFacts | Fort Bend County | Texas
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 9,705 | 525,420
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 119,383 | 8,987,663
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 3.9% | 2.3%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 52,729 | 1,975,620
Total number of firms, 2007 | 50,412 | 2,164,852
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 16.5% | 7.1%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 16.5% | 5.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 15.9% | 20.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 32.0% | 28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 4,986,616 | 593,541,502
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 6,615,255 | 424,238,194
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 5,306,163 | 311,334,781
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $10,440 | $13,061
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 583,427 | 42,054,592
Building permits, 2012 | 6,724 | 135,514
Geography QuickFacts | Fort Bend County | Texas
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 861.48 | 261,231.71
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 679.5 | 96.3
FIPS Code | 157 | 48
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX Metro Area
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts