Selected Census 2000 Information
City Characteristics - Sugar Land Overview - Population History - Census 2000
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OCCUPATION (Employed civilian population 16 years and over) |
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Management, professional, and related occupations |
56.8% |
Service occupations |
7.4% |
Sales and office occupations |
27.1% |
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
0.2% |
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations |
3.5% |
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations |
5.0% |
INDUSTRY (Employed civilian population 16 years and over) |
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Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining |
4.5% |
Construction |
4.7% |
Manufacturing |
11.0% |
Wholesale trade |
5.4% |
Retail trade |
11.2% |
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities |
4.2% |
Information |
2.5% |
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing |
8.9% |
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste mgmt. services |
14.9% |
Educational, health and social services |
21.4% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services |
4.9% |
Other services (except public administration) |
3.9% |
Public administration |
2.4% |
INCOME IN 1999 |
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Median household income (dollars) |
$81,767 |
Median family income (dollars) |
$88,639 |
Per capita income (dollars) |
$33,506 |
COMMUTING TO WORK (Workers 16 years and over) |
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Car, truck, or van -- drove alone |
84.3% |
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled |
9.3% |
Public transportation (including taxicab) |
1.4% |
Walked |
0.2% |
Other means |
0.6% |
Worked at home |
4.1% |
Mean travel time to work (minutes) |
29.6 |
AGE |
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Median age (years) |
37.4 |
RACE |
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White |
66.0% |
Black or African American |
5.2% |
American Indian and Alaska Native |
0.2% |
Asian |
23.8% |
Asian Indian |
6.8% |
Chinese |
10.1% |
Filipino |
1.9% |
Japanese |
0.1% |
Korean |
0.6% |
Vietnamese |
2.0% |
Other Asian |
2.3% |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
0.0% |
Native Hawaiian |
0.0% |
Guamanian or Chamorro |
0.0% |
Samoan |
0.0% |
Other Pacific Islander |
0.0% |
Some other race |
2.3% |
Two or more races |
2.4% |
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races |
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White |
67.8% |
Black or African American |
5.5% |
American Indian and Alaska Native |
0.5% |
Asian |
25.1% |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
0.1% |
Some other race |
3.5% |
HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE |
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Hispanic or Latino (of any race) |
8.0% |
Mexican |
4.5% |
Puerto Rican |
0.3% |
Cuban |
0.4% |
Other Hispanic or Latino |
2.7% |
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE |
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Total households |
20,515 |
Family households (families) |
85.4% |
With own children under 18 years |
51.2% |
Married-couple family |
74.5% |
With own children under 18 years |
44.5% |
Female householder, no husband present |
8.4% |
With own children under 18 years |
5.4% |
Households with individuals under 18 years |
53.1% |
Households with individuals 65 years and over |
13.7% |
Average household size |
3.06 |
Average family size |
3.36 |
HOUSING TENURE |
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Owner-occupied housing units |
84.1% |
Renter-occupied housing units |
15.9% |
Average household size of owner-occupied unit |
3.15 |
Average household size of renter-occupied unit |
2.61 |
OWNER-OCCUPIED HOME VALUE |
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Median (dollars) |
$158,000 |
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT (Population 3 years and over enrolled in school) |
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Nursery school, preschool |
7.4% |
Kindergarten |
5.0% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
46.3% |
High school (grades 9-12) |
24.6% |
College or graduate school |
16.6% |
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT (Population 25 years and over) |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
93.4% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
53.7% |