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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

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.