The City of Houston annexed it in the 1940s. Between 1990 and 2000, the
Hispanic population of Kashmere Gardens increased from around 19% of the population to around 31%, as Hispanics in the Houston area moved into majority-black neighborhoods. In the same period, the black population of the Kashmere area declined by 1,711, as majority African-American neighborhoods in Houston had declines in their black populations. A study by the Evert Crawford of Crawford Realty Advisors, in conjunction with the Institute for Regional Forecasting, stated that Kashmere Gardens' population increased by 10.5% each year from 2000 to 2005. By 2010, the
Harris County Flood Control District began buying houses in the district to reduce the effects of potential floods. The community received severe damage from
Hurricane Harvey in 2017. The president of the Kashmere Gardens Super Neighborhood Association, Keith Downey, stated that residents felt helpless in the face of institutional failures in local governments. Danny Vinik of
Politico wrote, "Nearly every street [in Kashmere Gardens] has gutted homes." In 2019, the
Texas Department of State Health Services published a report indicating the neighborhood had higher-than-average cancer rates. ==Demographics==