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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

2024 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
1 Houston 1.2M
2 College Station 69,842
3 Pasadena 67,573
4 Pearland 66,544
5 Conroe 57,790
6 Tyler 55,339
7 Sugar Land 55,244
8 Beaumont 54,202
9 Bryan 47,486
10 Baytown 39,954
11 Longview 38,400
12 Rockwall 29,681
13 Galveston 25,367
14 Fulshear 23,340
15 Port Arthur 22,253
16 Rosenberg 21,230
17 Forney 21,192
18 Friendswood 19,698
19 La Porte 18,768
20 Huntsville 18,523
21 Deer Park 16,875
22 Greenville 16,344
23 Texarkana 15,285
24 Nacogdoches 15,167
25 Alvin 14,414
26 Lufkin 14,384
27 Fate 14,268
28 Lake Jackson 14,053
29 Katy 12,924
30 Paris 11,152
31 Corsicana 11,002

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2024

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.