| Sugar Land, Texas is one of the fastest-growing cities | | | | forms such as the Nalco/Exxon and the Western |
| in Texas, and a large part of this growth is due to the | | | | Airways headquarters. The per capita income is higher |
| number of Sugar Land subdivisions or planned | | | | than the national average. The minority population of |
| communities that have sprung up in Fort Bend County. | | | | the city is increasingly affluent. An example is the large |
| In fact, the number of Sugar Land subdivisions | | | | Asian American population of the City. |
| qualifying as planned communities tops the entire U.S. | | | | Because many of the housing units in many Sugar |
| The name comes from its connection with sugar. In | | | | Land subdivisions are relatively new and the |
| fact, the headquarters for Imperial Sugar is located in | | | | community is growing, schools are scrambling to keep |
| this city and the logo from Imperial is on the City seal. It | | | | up with the influx. The school districts are |
| became incorporated as a city in 1959 and the first | | | | well-represented amongst all Texas schools in |
| planned subdivision in the area were constructed. The | | | | student-teacher ratios, in test scores for mathematics |
| Sugar Land subdivisions of Sugar Creek, First Colony, | | | | and English, and in other factors used by independent |
| and Sugar Mill were the original communities that were | | | | ranking organizations. Three of the high schools appear |
| built out and then annexed by the city. Other | | | | on the nation's top 1,000 high schools with Clements |
| developments included Telfair and Brazos Landing that | | | | High School that serves the area ranking number 13 in |
| have been or will be annexed to Sugar Land in the | | | | the nation, according to Newsweek Magazine's 2005 |
| near future. | | | | listings. |
| Talks are underway with other Sugar Land | | | | The many greenways, bike paths, parks, and public |
| subdivisions and communities to annex into property | | | | areas found in the Sugar Land subdivisions are just |
| that will bring the current population of around 63,000 | | | | some of the factors that make this city one of the |
| to more than 120,000. The economy here is strong and | | | | nation's best places to live year after year. CNN |
| diversified, although the dependence upon the sugar | | | | Money and Money Magazine ranked this area third in |
| industry has remained as a mainstay in the local | | | | the list of the 100 best cities to live in the U.S. in its |
| economy. The city is also the headquarters for a | | | | 2006 ranking. |
| number of software, international energy and product | | | | |