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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
Economy & jobs · Sugar Land Texas

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

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Overview 6 figures People 18 figures Economy 20 figures Housing 8 figures Education 10 figures Tourism 3 figures Climate 3 figures
Latest value · 2025 56,137 +1.6% since 2024
Towns of Houston · 2025 7 of 31 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 +25% +4.1% a year on average
share of Texas 0.35% Texas: 15,883,632 · 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

2018 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryLabour force
1 Houston 1.2M
2 Pasadena 69,651
3 Pearland 63,241
4 College Station 58,569
5 Sugar Land 55,691
6 Beaumont 54,125
7 Tyler 49,960
8 Conroe 41,307
9 Baytown 39,801
10 Bryan 38,495
11 Longview 37,823
12 Galveston 25,303
13 Rockwall 24,162
14 Port Arthur 22,025
15 Friendswood 19,394
16 Rosenberg 18,269
17 Huntsville 17,415
18 Deer Park 17,133
19 La Porte 17,096
20 Nacogdoches 15,241
21 Texarkana 15,165
22 Lufkin 14,387
23 Lake Jackson 14,193
24 Alvin 12,870
25 Greenville 12,383
26 Corsicana 11,446
27 Paris 10,769
28 Forney 9,746

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2018

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.