Fort Bend County, Texas

2024 results by precinct

173 precincts · 363,515 votes cast

Harris · D+2

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+1.6%	179,310	173,592	363,515
2020	D	+10.6%	195,552	157,718	358,333
2016	D	+6.6%	134,686	117,291	262,066
2012	R	−6.8%	101,144	116,126	219,489
2008	R	−2.4%	98,368	103,206	202,822
2004	R	−15.3%	68,722	93,625	163,169
2000	R	−21.0%	47,569	73,567	123,509
1996	R	−12.7%	38,163	49,945	92,856
1992	R	−12.5%	29,992	41,039	88,031
1988	R	−25.8%	23,351	39,818	63,784
1984	R	−37.6%	18,729	41,370	60,209
1980	R	−36.0%	11,583	25,366	38,286
1976	R	−21.2%	11,264	17,354	28,787
1972	R	−39.3%	4,541	10,475	15,089
1968	R	−0.7%	4,493	4,573	11,514
1964	D	+27.8%	6,186	3,493	9,699
1960	D	+13.5%	4,339	3,301	7,711
1956	R	−20.8%	2,464	3,779	6,316
1952	R	−10.1%	3,241	3,974	7,226
1948	D	+28.8%	2,058	1,016	3,613
1944	D	+58.8%	2,781	442	3,980
1940	D	+61.1%	3,101	748	3,849
1936	D	+86.9%	2,588	176	2,775
1932	D	+90.7%	3,109	148	3,265
1928	D	+46.4%	1,724	631	2,357
1924	D	+59.3%	1,690	356	2,250
1920	D	+2.9%	27	0	929
1916	D	+40.3%	788	329	1,140
1912	D	+35.2%	679	276	1,145
1908	—	No data	—	—	—
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	—	No data	—	—	—
1896	—	No data	—	—	—
1892	—	No data	—	—	—
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

Polish

0.6%

African American

16.6%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 37.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.4%

85+

0.6%

1.5%

75–84

1.8%

3.9%

65–74

4.4%

5.5%

55–64

5.7%

7.0%

45–54

7.1%

7.5%

35–44

8.1%

5.5%

25–34

6.0%

4.3%

18–24

4.1%

10.6%

5–17

10.0%

3.1%

3.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$114,041

Fort Bend County ranks in the top 0.5% of US counties.

Fort Bend County$114,041

Texas$78,476

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

7.6%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

16.1%

Other Christian

9.9%

Baptist

8.8%

Methodist

3.2%

Non-Christian

3.2%

Mainline Protestant

0.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Fort Bend County's rapid demographic transformation — driven by South Asian and African American population growth in cities like Sugar Land — has compressed a once-wide Republican margin to near-parity in presidential contests.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached ninety-one points in 1932; the Republican margin reached thirty-nine points in 1972. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Fort Bend County's demographics — a population of 893,767, a 34% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $114,041 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Gwinnett County and Orange County.

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Fort Bend County delivered a near-tie in 2024.