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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Sugar Land

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 7 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
+25% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Sugar Land 56,137
Texas 16M

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

The series at a glance Sugar Land · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 56,137 · 2025
First value 13,772 · 1990
Highest 56,137 · 2025
Lowest 13,772 · 1990
Average change +4.1% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearSugar LandChange Texas
2025 56,137 +1.6% 16M
2024 55,244 +0.2% 16M
2023 55,151 +0.7% 15M
2022 54,742 +0.8% 15M
2021 54,305 +0.4% 14M
2020 54,112 −3.0% 14M
2019 55,770 +0.1% 14M
2018 55,691 +0.1% 14M
2017 55,626 −0.5% 13M
2016 55,900 +25% 13M
2015 44,879 −0.5% 13M
2014 45,082 +2.7% 13M
2013 43,877 +2.6% 13M
2012 42,755 +2.1% 13M
2011 41,894 +1.9% 12M
2010 41,096 −2.0% 12M
2009 41,919 +0.1% 12M
2008 41,859 +1.8% 12M
2007 41,128 +0.1% 12M
2006 41,100 +3.0% 11M
2005 39,897 −3.2% 11M
2004 41,210 +4.2% 11M
2003 39,553 +4.9% 11M
2002 37,707 +5.5% 11M
2001 35,732 +4.5% 11M
2000 34,194 +61% 10M
1999 21,239 +4.4% 10M
1998 20,349 +6.8% 10M
1997 19,052 +5.5% 9.9M
1996 18,061 +4.4% 9.7M
1995 17,298 +4.1% 9.6M
1994 16,618 +5.3% 9.4M
1993 15,784 +4.4% 9.2M
1992 15,120 +4.8% 9M
1991 14,421 +4.7% 8.8M
1990 13,772 8.6M

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

Ranking · Towns of Houston

2014 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
28 Forney 8,981
27 Greenville 10,569
26 Paris 10,687
25 Corsicana 11,128
24 Huntsville 11,542
23 Alvin 12,148
22 Lake Jackson 13,927
21 Nacogdoches 14,653
20 Texarkana 15,505
19 Lufkin 15,761
18 Rosenberg 16,526
17 Deer Park 17,008
16 La Porte 18,536
15 Friendswood 19,416
14 Rockwall 20,677
13 Port Arthur 22,738
12 Galveston 23,993
11 Conroe 31,739
10 Baytown 33,496
9 Bryan 39,351
8 Longview 39,945
7 Sugar Land 45,082
6 Tyler 48,579
5 College Station 51,828
4 Beaumont 52,945
3 Pearland 56,385
2 Pasadena 68,579
1 Houston 1.1M

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2014

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.