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Fort Bend County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 8 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48157

Within Texas
Fort Bend County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Richmond, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
975,191
+144,844 (+17.4%) since 2020
Land area
862.1
square miles. A further 2.6% of the total area is water
Population density
1,131
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Richmond
Seat of county government.
Established
1837
188 years ago
Largest city
Sugar Land city
Population 107,726.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Fort Bend County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Fort Bend County, Texas from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 735 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Fort Bend County ranks

Position among the 254 counties of Texas, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn TexasNationally
Population975,1918th of 25456th of 3,144
Land area862.1 sq mi181st of 254960th of 3,144
Population density1,131 per sq mi8th of 254142nd of 3,144
Median household income$114,0414th of 25474th of 3,143

Full data for Fort Bend County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population975,191Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020830,347Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?823,997Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area862.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area23.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area885.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?1,131 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$114,041American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$374,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households292,713American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units305,633American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+4,940
9,586 births, 4,646 deaths
Net migration
+19,289
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 5 areas bordering Fort Bend County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Wharton CountyTexas48 mi42,060
Brazoria CountyTexas48 mi419,080
Harris CountyTexas28 mi5,045,026
Austin CountyTexas24 mi33,625
Waller CountyTexas14 mi69,858

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.