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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in College Station

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 2 of 31 · Towns of Houston Updated Oct 22, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1990 – 2025

Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
+31% since 2015

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1990 – 2025

Compared with Labour force · people
College Station 71,718
Texas 16M

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics

The series at a glance College Station · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 71,718 · 2025
First value 24,626 · 1990
Highest 71,718 · 2025
Lowest 24,626 · 1990
Average change +3.1% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearCollege StationChange Texas
2025 71,718 +2.7% 16M
2024 69,842 +3.0% 16M
2023 67,808 +3.4% 15M
2022 65,585 +3.9% 15M
2021 63,120 +5.9% 14M
2020 59,583 −0.9% 14M
2019 60,096 +2.6% 14M
2018 58,569 +3.4% 14M
2017 56,636 +2.9% 13M
2016 55,060 +0.9% 13M
2015 54,587 +5.3% 13M
2014 51,828 +2.1% 13M
2013 50,742 +3.8% 13M
2012 48,906 +0.8% 13M
2011 48,505 −0.6% 12M
2010 48,791 +4.7% 12M
2009 46,582 +5.3% 12M
2008 44,247 +6.7% 12M
2007 41,477 +2.3% 12M
2006 40,529 +0.7% 11M
2005 40,243 +9.3% 11M
2004 36,813 +1.3% 11M
2003 36,327 +3.0% 11M
2002 35,278 +3.2% 11M
2001 34,182 +1.5% 11M
2000 33,687 +12% 10M
1999 30,197 +2.6% 10M
1998 29,421 +4.1% 10M
1997 28,249 +2.4% 9.9M
1996 27,588 +0.5% 9.7M
1995 27,461 +0.5% 9.6M
1994 27,333 +3.2% 9.4M
1993 26,477 +3.6% 9.2M
1992 25,565 +2.9% 9M
1991 24,854 +0.9% 8.8M
1990 24,626 8.6M

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1990 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Houston

2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
24 Alvin 12,748
8 Baytown 39,914
6 Beaumont 54,135
11 Bryan 37,476
4 College Station 56,636
9 Conroe 39,735
26 Corsicana 11,173
17 Deer Park 17,254
28 Forney 7,859
15 Friendswood 19,156
12 Galveston 25,206
25 Greenville 11,962
1 Houston 1.2M
19 Huntsville 17,161
18 La Porte 17,202
23 Lake Jackson 14,246
10 Longview 37,586
22 Lufkin 14,647
20 Nacogdoches 15,282
27 Paris 10,796
2 Pasadena 70,200
3 Pearland 61,839
14 Port Arthur 22,277
13 Rockwall 23,636
16 Rosenberg 17,917
5 Sugar Land 55,626
21 Texarkana 15,281
7 Tyler 49,517

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2017

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.