Sugar Land, Texas
Sugar Land (sometimes spelled as Sugarland) is the largest city in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, located in the southwestern part of the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. Located about 19 miles (31 km) southwest of downtown Houston, Sugar Land is a populous suburban municipality centered around the junction of Texas State Highway 6 and Interstate 69/U.S. Route 59.
Sugar Land, Texas | |
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Sugar Land Town Square, First Colony in 2010 | |
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Seal | |
Location in Fort Bend County, Texas | |
Sugar Land Location in Texas Sugar Land Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 29°35′58″N 95°36′51″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Fort Bend |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • City Council | Mayor Joe R. Zimmerman William Ferguson Jennifer J. Lane Suzanne Whatley Naushad Kermally Stewart Jacobson Carol K. McCutcheon |
| • City Manager | Mike Goodrum |
| Area | |
| • Total | 42.90 sq mi (111.12 km2) |
| • Land | 40.47 sq mi (104.81 km2) |
| • Water | 2.44 sq mi (6.31 km2) |
| Elevation | 100 ft (30 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 111,026 |
| • Density | 2,927.94/sq mi (1,130.49/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 77478-79, 77487, 77496, and 77498 |
| Area code(s) | Mostly 281 also 713, 832, and 346 |
| Sales Tax | 8.25% |
| GNIS feature ID | 1348034 |
| Website | www |
Beginning in the 19th century, the present-day Sugar Land area was home to a large sugar plantation situated in the fertile floodplain of the Brazos River. Following the consolidation of local plantations into Imperial Sugar Company in 1908, Sugar Land grew steadily as a company town and incorporated as a city in 1959. Since then, Sugar Land has grown rapidly alongside other edge cities around Houston, with large-scale development of master-planned communities contributing to population swells since the 1980s.
Sugar Land is one of the most affluent and fastest-growing cities in Texas. The 2020 United States Census reported that the city's population had grown more than 40% in the preceding 10 years following the annexation of the Greatwood and New Territory communities in December 2017. Over the same 10-year period, the number of employed persons living in Sugar Land increased by 61%.
Sugar Land is home to the headquarters of Imperial Sugar; the company's main sugar refinery and distribution center were once located in the city. The Imperial Sugar crown logo is featured in the city seal and logo.