Ko Sukorn is home to around 2;500 Thai Muslims; mainly fishing families; but also farmers growing coconuts; rice and rubber in the island's fertile interior.

Trang province was dependent on tin mining until the first rubber seedlings were brought into Thailand around 1901 - part of a long journey from South America via the neighboring Malay States.

Rubber; palm oil and fishing are the mainstays of the province's economy. Tourism is making an increasing impact as Trang's Anadaman Coast and islands are increasingly developed and popularized.