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People QuickFacts |
Sugar Land |
Texas |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
79,943 | 23,507,783 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
24.1% | 12.7% |
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Population, 2000 |
63,328 | 20,851,820 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
6.1% | 7.8% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
31.2% | 28.2% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
6.7% | 9.9% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
51.1% | 50.4% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
66.0% | 71.0% |
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Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
5.2% | 11.5% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.2% | 0.6% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
23.8% | 2.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.0% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
2.4% | 2.5% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
8.0% | 32.0% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
58.7% | 49.6% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
23.5% | 13.9% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
32.1% | 31.2% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
93.4% | 75.7% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
53.7% | 23.2% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
29.6 | 25.4 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
21,090 | 8,157,575 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
84.1% | 63.8% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$158,000 | $82,500 |
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Households, 2000 |
20,515 | 7,393,354 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
3.06 | 2.74 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$81,767 | $39,927 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$33,506 | $19,617 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
3.8% | 15.4% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Sugar Land |
Texas |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
5,284,852 | 397,405,111 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
1,076,937 | 228,694,755 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$15,745 | $10,528 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
117,495 | 29,914,774 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
8,349 | 1,734,509 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
4.6% | 5.1% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.9% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
23.7% | 4.5% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
5.2% | 18.4% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.1% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
24.1% | 27.0% |
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