Cumings is an

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and

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(CDP) in

Fort Bend County Fort Bend County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. The county was founded in 1837 and organized the next year. It is named for a blockhouse at a bend of the Brazos River. The community developed around the fort in early days. Th ...

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, United States. The population was 981 at the 2010 census.

History

The town was established in the early 1990s.

Geography

Cumings is located north of the center of Fort Bend County at (29.573483, -95.803286). It is bordered to the south and west by the city of Rosenberg. The southern and eastern edge of Cumings is the Brazos River. According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which and , or 4.25%, is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 683 people, 172 households, and 156 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 186 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 60.76%

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, 0.29%

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, 35.43% from

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, and 3.51% from two or more races.

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of any race were 91.65% of the population. There were 172 households, out of which 50.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.9% were married couples living together, 13.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 9.3% were non-families. 8.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.97 and the average family size was 4.16. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 34.8% under the age of 18, 13.0% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 16.7% from 45 to 64, and 5.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.6 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $36,316, and the median income for a family was $36,776. Males had a median income of $25,847 versus $16,641 for females. The

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for the CDP was $10,399. About 24.0% of families and 20.5% of the population were below the

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, including 14.7% of those under age 18 and 56.8% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Cumings is within the

Lamar Consolidated Independent School District Lamar Consolidated Independent School District, also Lamar Consolidated ISD, Lamar CISD or LCISD, is a public school district in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Metropolitan Area. Lamar CISD includes almo ...

. Zoned schools include: * Jackson Elementary School * Briscoe Junior High School * Foster High School - Compare with the Census map.

References

External links

CUMINGS, TX
at '' Handbook of Texas'' {{authority control Census-designated places in Fort Bend County, Texas Census-designated places in Texas Unincorporated communities in Fort Bend County, Texas Unincorporated communities in Texas Greater Houston