Population History

* The 2010 Census population (78,817) differed from the City's 2010 estimate (84,511) by 7%.
Year Population Notes
1960 2,802
1970
 3,318
1980
 8,826
1986
 15,587
 Includes annexation of Sugar Creek
1990
 24,529
 Includes annexation of Fort Bend County MUD 16
1992
 34,524
 Includes annexation of Fort Bend County MUD 12
1994
 36,846
1995
 45,097
Includes annexation of First Colony MUDs 1, 6, and internal MUD 13
1996
 45,699
1997
 59,157
 Includes annexation of First Colony MUDs 2, 3, 4, 5, and 8
1998
 60,043

1999
 61,587
2000
 63,328
 Census, April 1, 2000
2001
 65,895
 January 1, 2001
2002
 66,721
 January 1, 2002
2003
 67,592
 January 1, 2003
2004
 69,129
 January 1, 2004
2005
 70,758
 January 1, 2005
2006
 74,472
 January 1, 2006, includes annexation of FBC MUD 113 - Avalon
2007
 76,228
 January 1, 2007
2008
 77,982
 January 1, 2008
2009
 79,573
 January 1, 2009
2010
 84,511
 January 1, 2010, includes annexation of FBC MUD1 - RiverPark*
2010
 78,817
 Census, April 1, 2010
2011
 84,511
 *
2012
 84,511
*
2013
 84,511
 *
2014
 86,495
2015
 86,972
 January 1, 2015
2016
 87,367
 January 1, 2016
 2017
 87,733
January 1, 2017
2018 117,869 January 1, 2018
2019 118,118 January 1, 2019
2020 118,498 January 1, 2020
2021 111,026 January 1, 2021