Fulshear, Texas
Fulshear is a
town in
Fort Bend County,
Texas,
United States. The population was 716 at the 2000 census. Fulshear is part of the
Houston Metropolitan Area.
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Location of Fulshear, Texas |
Fulshear is located at (29.690824, -95.890531).
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 21.2
km² (8.2
mi²), all land.
As of the
census of 2000, there were 716 people, 251 households, and 192 families residing in the city. The
population density was 33.9/km² (87.7/mi²). There were 260 housing units at an average density of 12.3/km² (31.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 59.92%
White, 24.02%
African American, 0.42%
Native American, 0.70%
Asian, 13.41% from
other races, and 1.54% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 22.49% of the population.
There were 251 households out of which 39.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.9% were
married couples living together, 11.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.5% were non-families. 20.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.85 and the average family size was 3.33.
In the city the population was spread out with 32.1% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 27.4% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 8.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 98.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.8 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $44,375, and the median income for a family was $54,444. Males had a median income of $40,893 versus $36,563 for females. The
per capita income for the city was $19,489. About 15.6% of families and 22.8% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 24.8% of those under age 18 and 27.6% of those age 65 or over.
Almost all of Fulshear is zoned to schools in the
Lamar Consolidated Independent School District.
That portion is served by:
* Huggins Elementary School (Fulshear)
* Briscoe Junior High School (Unincorporated Fort Bend County)
*
Foster High School (Unincorporated Fort Bend County)
A small portion is within the
Katy Independent School District.
Fulshear's Bob Lutts Fulshear/Simonton Branch Library is a part of the
Fort Bend County Libraries system.
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Handbook of Texas Online article
