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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 21, 2026
Economy & jobs · Sugar Land Texas

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1990 – 2025

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Overview 6 figures People 18 figures Economy 20 figures Housing 8 figures Education 10 figures Tourism 3 figures Climate 3 figures
Latest value · 2025 56,137 +1.6% since 2024
Towns of Houston · 2025 7 of 31 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 +25% +4.1% a year on average
share of Texas 0.35% Texas: 15,883,632 · 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

2025 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryLabour force
1 Houston 1.2M
2 College Station 71,718
3 Pasadena 68,635
4 Pearland 67,604
5 Conroe 58,764
6 Tyler 56,798
7 Sugar Land 56,137
8 Beaumont 55,008
9 Bryan 48,725
10 Baytown 40,601
11 Longview 38,733
12 Rockwall 30,202
13 Galveston 25,710
14 Fulshear 23,725
15 Port Arthur 22,476
16 Rosenberg 21,555
17 Forney 21,550
18 Friendswood 19,995
19 La Porte 19,088
20 Huntsville 18,665
21 Deer Park 17,163
22 Greenville 16,655
23 Texarkana 15,372
24 Nacogdoches 14,945
25 Alvin 14,664
26 Fate 14,547
27 Lake Jackson 14,303
28 Lufkin 14,251
29 Katy 13,183
30 Corsicana 11,327
31 Paris 11,184

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.