Jury Pool Profile
Fort Bend County, Texas
- County seat
- Richmond
- Judicial district
- 240th District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 975,191
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 893,767.
At a glance
Fort Bend County is a 975,191-person venue. The county population is 34% White and 21% Black (Census race-alone categories). 25% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 28.7%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $115,538, $35,815 above the TX state median of $79,723; 50.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 41.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other Indo-European languages (7.1%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 29.8% of covered employment, average pay $55,585/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.56%, above the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 50% to 55% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 893,767
- Median household income
- $114,041
- Unemployment
- 4.6%
Who sits on a jury?
<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 34%; Black: 21%.
Fort Bend County has a population of 893,767, with a median age of 37.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 33.6%; Black residents 20.8%. Independently, 24.7% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $115,538; 50.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 7.7% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 30% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 29.8% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 23.0%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.56%, above the Texas state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 52%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Fort Bend County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 49.5% in 2024, 54.7% in 2020, 51.6% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 81% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 41.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
41.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese. Veterans account for 4.2% of the adult civilian population (27,597 individuals).