Pleak is a village in

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, United States, within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. It is on

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south of Rosenberg. Its population was 1,044 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Pleak is south of the center of Fort Bend County, at 29°29'3" North, 95°48'36" West (29.484144, –95.810087). From Pleak, Texas Highway 36 leads north to the center of Rosenberg and south to Needville. According to the

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, Pleak has a total area of , of which , or 1.86%, is water.

Demographics

As of the 2000

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, 947 people, 318 households and 269 families resided in the village. The population density was . There were 325 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 80.04%

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, 4.33%

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, 0.32% Native American, 0.32%

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, 0.00%

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, 13.94% from

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, and 1.06% from two or more races. 29.25% of the population were

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of any race. There were 318 households, out of which 38.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.1% were

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living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.1% were non-families. 12.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.98 and the average family size was 3.22. In the village, the population was spread out, with 27.1% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 28.2% from 45 to 64, and 8.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.0 males. The median income for a household in the village was $52,188, and the median income for a family was $56,364. Males had a median income of $35,313 versus $25,625 for females. The

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for the village was $20,773. 4.5% of the population and 3.4% of families were below the

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. 6.0% of those under the age of 18 and 0.0% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

Government and infrastructire

Fort Bend County does not have a

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. OakBend Medical Center serves as the county's

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which the county contracts with.

Education

Most of Pleak is a part of 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 ...

while a small portion is in the

Needville Independent School District Needville Independent School District is a public school district based in unincorporated area, unincorporated Fort Bend County, Texas, Fort Bend County, Texas (United States, USA) (with a Needville, Texas, Needville postal address). The distri ...

. The LCISD portion is zoned to Wright Junior High School (grades 6–8), and Randle High School. The LCISD portion was zoned to Meyer Elementary, Navarro Middle School, George Junior High, and

B.F. Terry High School B. F. Terry High School is located in Rosenberg, Texas, United States, and is part of the Lamar Consolidated Independent School District. Terry serves all of Beasley, and serves parts of Rosenberg, and the unincorporated communities of Booth a ...

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Gallery

File:Pleak TX City Hall.JPG, Marquee in front of Pleak City Hall File:Pleak TX Pleak Korner.JPG, Pleak Korner business across from City Hall File:Pleak TX SH 36 and FM 2218.JPG, Highway 36 and FM 2218 intersection in Pleak

References

External links

Village of Pleak official website
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