Fort Bend County, Texas: New American county. In 2024, voted D+2%. Democratic peak: D+91 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+2MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 893,7672024 5-year
- Median household income
- $114,0412024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 33.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 20.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 24.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+91 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+39 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Gwinnett County, GA · similarity 0.97
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Fort Bend CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Fort Bend County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | +35.2% |
| 1916 | +40.3% |
| 1920 | +2.9% |
| 1924 | +59.3% |
| 1928 | +46.4% |
| 1932 | +90.7% |
| 1936 | +86.9% |
| 1940 | +61.1% |
| 1944 | +58.8% |
| 1948 | +28.8% |
| 1952 | −10.1% |
| 1956 | −20.8% |
| 1960 | +13.5% |
| 1964 | +27.8% |
| 1968 | −0.7% |
| 1972 | −39.3% |
| 1976 | −21.2% |
| 1980 | −36.0% |
| 1984 | −37.6% |
| 1988 | −25.8% |
| 1992 | −12.5% |
| 1996 | −12.7% |
| 2000 | −21.0% |
| 2004 | −15.3% |
| 2008 | −2.4% |
| 2012 | −6.8% |
| 2016 | +6.6% |
| 2020 | +10.6% |
| 2024 | +1.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 179,310 | 173,592 | 363,515 | ||
| D | 195,552 | 157,718 | 358,333 | ||
| D | 134,686 | 117,291 | 262,066 | ||
| R | 101,144 | 116,126 | 219,489 | ||
| R | 98,368 | 103,206 | 202,822 | ||
| R | 68,722 | 93,625 | 163,169 | ||
| R | 47,569 | 73,567 | 123,509 | ||
| R | 38,163 | 49,945 | 92,856 | ||
| R | 29,992 | 41,039 | 88,031 | ||
| R | 23,351 | 39,818 | 63,784 | ||
| R | 18,729 | 41,370 | 60,209 | ||
| R | 11,583 | 25,366 | 38,286 | ||
| R | 11,264 | 17,354 | 28,787 | ||
| R | 4,541 | 10,475 | 15,089 | ||
| R | 4,493 | 4,573 | 11,514 | ||
| D | 6,186 | 3,493 | 9,699 | ||
| D | 4,339 | 3,301 | 7,711 | ||
| R | 2,464 | 3,779 | 6,316 | ||
| R | 3,241 | 3,974 | 7,226 | ||
| D | 2,058 | 1,016 | 3,613 | ||
| D | 2,781 | 442 | 3,980 | ||
| D | 3,101 | 748 | 3,849 | ||
| D | 2,588 | 176 | 2,775 | ||
| D | 3,109 | 148 | 3,265 | ||
| D | 1,724 | 631 | 2,357 | ||
| D | 1,690 | 356 | 2,250 | ||
| O | 27 | 0 | 929 | ||
| D | 788 | 329 | 1,140 | ||
| D | 679 | 276 | 1,145 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
6.1%
English
6.0%
Irish
4.1%
American
3.6%
Italian
2.0%
French
1.3%
Polish
0.9%
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. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 37.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
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
Fort Bend County ranks in the top 0.5% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
7.6%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 189.0%
Working age (18–64)6.8%
Seniors (65+)10.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
58.7%
speak English only
Spanish17.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander11.8%
Other Indo-European8.3%
Other languages3.8%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
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.
Fort Bend County has leaned Democratic in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of ninety-one points in 1932. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved nine points toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 34% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $114,041, and a population of 893,767. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Gwinnett County and Orange County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Fort Bend County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Fort Bend County, Texas voted Democratic by 1.6 points (D+2), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 363,515 votes cast, 179,310 went Democratic and 173,592 went Republican.
What is Fort Bend County, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places Fort Bend County, Texas in the "New American" typology — Communities where a large share of households speak a language other than English — multilingual, Democratic-leaning overall, yet the hardest-swinging bloc toward the Republican Party in 2024. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 14 times, Republican 14 times, and other 1 times.
When did Fort Bend County, Texas last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Fort Bend County, Texas voted Republican was 2012.
How many people live in Fort Bend County, Texas?
Fort Bend County, Texas has a population of 893,767 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Fort Bend County, Texas?
Median household income in Fort Bend County, Texas is $114,041 — above the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Fort Bend County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Fort Bend County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.