Thompsons, Texas

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The last Census shows that Thompsons had a population^<1> of 236 people in 2000.

Every year, the US Census produces an estimate for the number of people living in Thompsons. The most recent estimate is for the year 2007 and at that time, Thompsons had a population of 378 people. This is an increase of 60.2% since the 2000 Census.

The following table contains the yearly population estimates since the last Census (the next Census will be in 2010).

The town of Thompsons had 114 Housing Units^<2> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Thompsons has a total area of 8.37 square miles [21.67 km²]^<3>. Of this total, 6.19 square miles [16.04 km²] of the area is land, with the balance (26%) being water (2.18 square miles [5.63 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Thompsons had a 2000 population density of 38.12 people per square mile [98.7 people/km²].

Fort Bend County

Thompsons is located in Fort Bend County.

The county had a population of 358,797 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 236 people, Thompsons accounted for 0.07% of the Fort Bend County total.

In addition, where the community of Thompsons has a population density of 38.12 people per square mile [98.7 people/km²], Fort Bend County averages 410.2 people per square mile [1,062 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Fort Bend County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Thompsons and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Thompsons. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<4>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they haven't created a QuickFact for Thompsons, there are QuickFacts available for the following nearby communities:

Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	Population (2007 est)	Population (2000 Census)	Change in Population
Missouri City	QF-4848804	N	8 mi [12.87 km]<5>	74,002	52,913	39.86%
Sugar Land	QF-4870808	N	8 mi [12.87 km]	79,682	63,328	25.82%
Mission Bend	QF-4848772	N	14 mi [22.53 km]		30,831
Pearland	QF-4856348	E	18 mi [28.97 km]	77,868	37,640	106.88%
Houston	QF-4835000	NE	22 mi [35.41 km]	2,208,180	1,953,631	13.03%
Friendswood	QF-4827648	E	23 mi [37.01 km]	33,486	29,037	15.32%
Pasadena	QF-4856000	NE	26 mi [41.84 km]	146,518	141,674	3.42%
League City	QF-4841980	E	29 mi [46.67 km]	68,178	45,444	50.03%

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Thompsons Neighborhood Page.

A Census Quickfact is available for Fort Bend County (QF-48157).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Fort Bend County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	Population (2007 est)	Population (2000 Census)	Change in Population
Austin	QF-48015	NW	26,610	23,746	12.06%
Brazoria	QF-48039	SE	294,233	243,145	21.01%
Harris	QF-48201	NE	3,935,855	3,414,630	15.26%
Waller	QF-48473	NW	35,933	32,834	9.44%
Wharton	QF-48481	SW	40,897	41,217	-0.78%

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Thompsons:

Thompsons is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #7 (the West South-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Thompsons.

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Thompsons. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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