Pecan Grove, Texas | |
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Census-designated place | |
Plantation Memorial Park in Pecan Grove
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Coordinates: 29°37′33″N 95°43′53″W / 29.62583°N 95.73139°WCoordinates: 29°37′33″N 95°43′53″W / 29.62583°N 95.73139°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Texas |
County | Fort Bend |
Area | |
• Total | 8.8 sq mi (22.9 km2) |
• Land | 8.7 sq mi (22.5 km2) |
• Water | 0.2 sq mi (0.4 km2) |
Elevation | 82 ft (25 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 15,963 |
• Density | 1,834/sq mi (708.3/km2) |
Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
• Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
ZIP code | 77406 |
FIPS code | 48-56482 |
GNIS feature ID | 1867561 |
Pecan Grove is a census-designated place and master-planned community within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Richmond in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. The population was 15,963 at the 2010 census.
Pecan Grove is located northeast of the center of Fort Bend County at 29°37′34″N 95°43′54″W / 29.62611°N 95.73167°W (29.626060, -95.731591). It is bordered to the southwest by the Brazos River. The city limits of Richmond form a convoluted pattern in the southern part of the CDP, and the northern part is bordered by an exclave of the city of Houston. Downtown Richmond is 4 miles (6 km) southwest of the center of Pecan Grove, and downtown Houston is 29 miles (47 km) to the northeast.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Pecan Grove CDP has a total area of 8.8 square miles (22.9 km2), of which 8.7 square miles (22.5 km2) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.4 km2), or 1.69%, is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 13,551 people, 4,516 households, and 3,847 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,552.2 people per square mile (599.3/km²). There were 4,662 housing units at an average density of 534.0/sq mi (206.2/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 91.29% White, 3.29% African American, 0.19% Native American, 1.34% Asian, 2.51% from other races, and 1.38% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.08% of the population.