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Population (year 2000): 63,328. Estimated
population in July 2005: 75,754 (+19.6% change)
Males: 30,983 (48.9%), Females: 32,345 (51.1%)
Fort Bend County
Zip codes:
77478,
77479.
Median resident age: 37.4 years
Median household income: $81,767 (year 2000)
Median house value: $158,000 (year 2000)
Races in Sugar Land:
- White Non-Hispanic (60.8%)
- Chinese (10.1%)
- Hispanic (8.0%)
- Asian Indian (6.8%)
- Black (5.2%)
- Two or more races (2.4%)
- Other race (2.3%)
- Other Asian (2.3%)
- Vietnamese (2.0%)
- Filipino (1.9%)
- Korean (0.6%)
- American Indian (0.5%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (14.7%), English (11.0%),
Irish (9.3%), United States (5.3%), French (3.5%), Italian
(3.1%).
Land area: 24.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Sugar Land
- High school or higher: 93.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 53.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 19.3%
- Unemployed: 4.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 29.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Sugar Land city
- Never married: 20.9%
- Now married: 68.2%
- Separated: 0.9%
- Widowed: 3.7%
- Divorced: 6.3%
23.6% Foreign born (17.7% Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: +18,486
(+41.2%).
Hospital/medical center in Sugar Land:
- METHODIST SUGAR LAND HOSPITAL (16655
SOUTHWEST FREEWAY)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Sugar Land:
- MEMORIAL HERMANN FORT BEND HOSPITAL (about 6 miles;
MISSOURI CITY, TX)
- BEACON HEALTH WESTCHASE (about 9 miles; HOUSTON, TX)
- WEST HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER (about 9 miles; HOUSTON,
TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Sugar Land:
- WILLIAM P HOBBY (about 25 miles; HOUSTON, TX; ID:
HOU)
- GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL ARPT/HOUSTON (about 32
miles; HOUSTON, TX; ID: IAH)
- ELLINGTON FIELD (about 33 miles; HOUSTON, TX; ID:
EFD)
Other public-use airports nearest to Sugar Land:
- SUGAR LAND RGNL (about 3 miles; HOUSTON, TX; ID:
SGR)
- LANE AIRPARK (about 12 miles; ROSENBERG, TX; ID:
T54)
- HOUSTON-SOUTHWEST (about 13 miles; HOUSTON, TX; ID:
AXH)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Sugar Land:
- HOUSTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY (about 10 miles; HOUSTON,
TX; Full-time enrollment: 2,273)
- RICE UNIVERSITY (about 16 miles; HOUSTON, TX; FT
enrollment: 4,158)
- UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS (about 19 miles; HOUSTON,
TX; FT enrollment: 2,541)
- UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON-UNIVERSITY PARK (about 20
miles; HOUSTON, TX; FT enrollment: 25,479)
- TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY (about 20 miles; HOUSTON,
TX; FT enrollment: 5,808)
- UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON-DOWNTOWN (about 21 miles;
HOUSTON, TX; FT enrollment: 6,236)
- HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (about 21 miles;
HOUSTON, TX; FT enrollment: 21,140)
Public high schools in Sugar Land:
- STEPHEN F AUSTIN H S (Students: 2,695;
Location: 16431 LEXINGTON BLVD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- KEMPNER H S (Students: 2,489; Location: 16431
LEXINGTON BLVD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- DULLES H S (Students: 2,387; Location: 16431
LEXINGTON BLVD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- CLEMENTS H S (Students: 2,374; Location:
16431 LEXINGTON BLVD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- GEORGE BUSH HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 2,146;
Location: 16431 LEXINGTON BLVD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- LAWRENCE E ELKINS H S (Students: 2,124;
Location: 16431 LEXINGTON BLVD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- HIGHTOWER H S (Students: 2,049; Location:
16431 LEXINGTON BLVD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- WILLOWRIDGE H S (Students: 1,771; Location:
16431 LEXINGTON BLVD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- PROGRESSIVE H S (Students: 1; Location: 16431
LEXINGTON BLVD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high school in Sugar Land:
- FORT BEND BAPTIST ACADEMY (Students: 924;
Location: 222 FIFTH STREET; Grades: PK - 12)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in Sugar Land:
- HODGES BEND MIDDLE (Students: 1,775;
Location: 16431 LEXINGTON BLVD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- LAKE OLYMPIA MIDDLE (Students: 1,655;
Location: 16431 LEXINGTON BLVD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- DULLES MIDDLE (Students: 1,544; Location:
16431 LEXINGTON BLVD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- SUGAR LAND MIDDLE (Students: 1,516; Location:
16431 LEXINGTON BLVD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- MACARIO GARCIA MIDDLE (Students: 1,455;
Location: 16431 LEXINGTON BLVD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE (Students: 1,358;
Location: 16431 LEXINGTON BLVD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- MISSOURI CITY MIDDLE (Students: 1,169;
Location: 16431 LEXINGTON BLVD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- SARTARTIA MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 1,168;
Location: 16431 LEXINGTON BLVD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- FIRST COLONY MIDDLE (Students: 1,141;
Location: 16431 LEXINGTON BLVD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- QUAIL VALLEY MIDDLE (Students: 1,106;
Location: 16431 LEXINGTON BLVD; Grades: 06 - 08)
Private primary/middle schools in Sugar Land:
- ST LAURENCE THE MARTYR (Students: 629;
Location: 2630 AUSTIN PKY; Grades: PK - 8)
- HONOR ROLL SCHOOL II (Students: 598;
Location: 2808 ALCORN OAKS DRIVE; Grades: PK - 8)
- 1ST UNITED METHD CH SCH LITTLE (Students:
295; Location: 431 ELDRIDGE RD; Grades: PK - KG)
- FAITH LUTHERAN SCHOOL (Students: 287;
Location: 800 BROOKS ST; Grades: PK - 8)
- KINGSBRIDGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 138;
Location: 8727 GAINES RD; Grades: PK - 6)
- RIVERBEND MONTESSORI SCHOOL (Students: 126;
Location: 4225 ELLEINS; Grades: PK - 3)
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