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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

2019 · Place 1 is the highest value.

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

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.