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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

2025 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
25 Alvin 14,664
10 Baytown 40,601
8 Beaumont 55,008
9 Bryan 48,725
2 College Station 71,718
5 Conroe 58,764
30 Corsicana 11,327
21 Deer Park 17,163
26 Fate 14,547
17 Forney 21,550
18 Friendswood 19,995
14 Fulshear 23,725
13 Galveston 25,710
22 Greenville 16,655
1 Houston 1.2M
20 Huntsville 18,665
29 Katy 13,183
19 La Porte 19,088
27 Lake Jackson 14,303
11 Longview 38,733
28 Lufkin 14,251
24 Nacogdoches 14,945
31 Paris 11,184
3 Pasadena 68,635
4 Pearland 67,604
15 Port Arthur 22,476
12 Rockwall 30,202
16 Rosenberg 21,555
7 Sugar Land 56,137
23 Texarkana 15,372
6 Tyler 56,798

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

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.