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Friendswood is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas, partially in Galveston County and Harris County, within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown Metropolitan Area. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 29,037.Friendswood was founded in 1895 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
There were 10,107 households out of which 43.7% had
children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.5% were married couples living
together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.0% were
non-families. 17.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.3% had
someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household
size was 2.85 and the average family size was 3.23.
In the city the population was spread out with 30.0% under the age of 18, 6.2%
from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 25.7% from 45 to 64, and 8.6% who were 65
years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there
were 93.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.4 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $69,384, and the median income
for a family was $77,293. Males had a median income of $60,304 versus $35,447
for females. The per capita income for the city was $28,615. About 2.3% of
families and 3.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.4%
of those under age 18 and 3.8% of those age 65 or over.
Pupils in test attend schools in either Friendswood Independent School
District or Clear Creek Independent School District. Cline Elementary
School, Westwood Elementary School, Bales Intermediate School, and Windsong
Intermediate School serve the Friendswood ISD portion of Friendswood. All
Friendswood ISD residents are zoned to Friendswood Junior High School and
Friendswood High School.
Clear Creek ISD students continue on to Clear Brook High School. The
Friendswood Public Library serves Friendswood. The Harris County portion is also
served by the Harris County Public Library system.