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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 21, 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

2018 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#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.