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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

2019 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
28 Paris 10,800
27 Corsicana 11,523
26 Forney 11,719
25 Greenville 12,714
24 Alvin 12,918
23 Lake Jackson 14,177
22 Lufkin 14,248
21 Nacogdoches 14,899
20 Texarkana 15,214
19 Deer Park 16,969
18 La Porte 16,975
17 Huntsville 17,556
16 Rosenberg 18,526
15 Friendswood 19,511
14 Port Arthur 21,613
13 Rockwall 24,653
12 Galveston 25,358
11 Longview 38,160
10 Bryan 39,608
9 Baytown 39,763
8 Conroe 43,194
7 Tyler 50,209
6 Beaumont 53,708
5 Sugar Land 55,770
4 College Station 60,096
3 Pearland 63,774
2 Pasadena 68,905
1 Houston 1.2M

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2019

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.