Quick Stats & Facts
For more than 20 years, Fort Bend has been in the top 20 counties in the United States for economic excellence and population growth.
Excellent schools, affordable housing, and extensive recreational facilities have attracted families with impressive demographic profiles. This results in a local employment base that provides relocating companies with a diverse mix of professional, technical, skilled, and unskilled labor with the highest educational attainment levels in the region.
A Glimpse of Fort Bend County:
- Population: 528,392
- College Educated: 39%
- Average Household Income: $112,101
- Percent of Families: 84%
Largest Employers in FBC, PDF
Fort Bend County - 2008 Year In Review 3-26-09, PDF
Fort Bend Industrial Market Update 3-26-09, PDF
Provided by Greater Fort Bend Economic Development Council
Why Move to Fort Bend?
- Ranked #1 in employment growth percentage in the U.S
– US Department of Labor
- Ranked in the top 1% of fastest growing counties in America
– US Census Bureau
- National leader in ethnic diversity
– US Census Bureau, American Community Survey
- Named one of the most diverse communities in the country
– Best Places to Raise Your Family – The Top 100 Affordable Communities in the US
- 38% of our workforce earned a college degree or higher
– US Census Bureau, American Community Survey
- 531,000 residents strong. By 2030, we are projected to grow to over 1,000,000
– Woods & Poole Economics, 2008
- CNN/Money Magazine’s best place in the Southwest to live
- Sugar Land ranked 8th in the nation as the best place to raise a family - Best Places to Raise Your Family
– The Top 100 Affordable Communities in the US
- Missouri City is one of the safest communities in America
– Congressional Quarterly
- One of the top ideal places in the nation to live and launch a business
Find more reasons at http://www.fortbendcounty.com/why-fort-bend
Texas Department of Transportation
2010 - 2011 Fort Bend County Roadway Construction Update April 2010 |
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