Demographic data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that nearly 28% of the county population is white, 25% of residents are Hispanic or Latino, a little more than 23% are Asian and a little less than 23% are Black.
Even though Black residents make up less than a quarter of the population in Fort Bend County, nearly 40% of all traffic stops conducted last year by county law enforcement officers involved Black drivers, according to the sheriff department’s 2025 racial profiling report.
Out of the 12,816 traffic stops conducted last year in the county southwest of Houston, Black drivers accounted for about 39% of stops, compared to around 23% for Hispanic drivers and 20% each for white and Asian drivers. And while Black drivers were associated with the largest percentage of traffic stops, they were involved with 43.6% of the stops that included searches.
The report was released in Fort Bend County Commissioners Court agenda documents for Thursday’s meeting. The data shows that 41% of traffic stops last year occurred in unincorporated parts of the county, where the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office serves as the primary law enforcement agency for the area…