People Facts Sugar Land Texas
Population, 2003 estimate 70,815 22,118,509
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 11.8% 6.1%
Population, 2000 63,328 20,851,820
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 43.1% 22.8%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 6.1% 7.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 31.2% 28.2%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 6.7% 9.9%
Female persons, percent, 2000 51.1% 50.4%
White persons, percent, 2000 66.0% 71.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 5.2% 11.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 0.2% 0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 23.8% 2.7%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 2.3% 11.7%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 2.4% 2.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 8.0% 32.0%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 58.7% 49.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 23.5% 13.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 32.1% 31.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 93.4% 75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 53.7% 23.2%
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 29.6 25.4
 
Housing units, 2000 21,090 8,157,575
Homeownership rate, 2000 84.1% 63.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $158,000 $82,500
 
Households, 2000 20,515 7,393,354
Persons per household, 2000 3.06 2.74
Median household income, 1999 $81,767 $39,927
Per capita money income, 1999 $33,506 $19,617
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 3.8% 15.4%
    Business Facts
Wholesale trade sales, 1997 ($1000) 1,726,199 323,111,661
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 743,839 182,516,112
Retail sales per capita, 1997 $11,788 $9,430
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 1997 ($1000) 78,718 22,698,848
Total number of firms, 1997 5,874 1,525,972
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 23.4% 23.9%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 28.9% 25.0%
    Geography Facts
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 24 261,797
Persons per square mile, 2000 2,629.1 79.6
Counties Fort Bend County