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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Baytown

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 10 of 31 · Towns of Houston Updated Oct 22, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1990 – 2025

Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
+24% since 2015

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1990 – 2025

Compared with Labour force · people
Baytown 40,601
Texas 16M

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics

The series at a glance Baytown · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 40,601 · 2025
First value 31,074 · 1990
Highest 40,601 · 2025
Lowest 30,736 · 2006
Average change +0.8% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearBaytownChange Texas
2025 40,601 +1.6% 16M
2024 39,954 +0.1% 16M
2023 39,921 +1.8% 15M
2022 39,223 −0.8% 15M
2021 39,526 −2.2% 14M
2020 40,426 +1.7% 14M
2019 39,763 −0.1% 14M
2018 39,801 −0.3% 14M
2017 39,914 +1.8% 13M
2016 39,190 +19% 13M
2015 32,859 −1.9% 13M
2014 33,496 −0.8% 13M
2013 33,770 +1.8% 13M
2012 33,188 +0.7% 13M
2011 32,946 +1.1% 12M
2010 32,588 +0.0% 12M
2009 32,582 +1.8% 12M
2008 32,010 +1.6% 12M
2007 31,510 +2.5% 12M
2006 30,736 −2.8% 11M
2005 31,616 −3.5% 11M
2004 32,760 +0.1% 11M
2003 32,741 +1.2% 11M
2002 32,352 +2.4% 11M
2001 31,598 +1.5% 11M
2000 31,123 −12% 10M
1999 35,499 +1.0% 10M
1998 35,143 +2.4% 10M
1997 34,331 +1.9% 9.9M
1996 33,702 +0.6% 9.7M
1995 33,502 +0.9% 9.6M
1994 33,194 +1.2% 9.4M
1993 32,790 +1.2% 9.2M
1992 32,414 +2.4% 9M
1991 31,668 +1.9% 8.8M
1990 31,074 8.6M

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1990 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Houston

2016 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
1 Houston 1.2M
2 Pasadena 70,314
3 Pearland 60,570
4 Sugar Land 55,900
5 College Station 55,060
6 Beaumont 54,317
7 Tyler 49,029
8 Baytown 39,190
9 Conroe 38,647
10 Longview 38,177
11 Bryan 37,099
12 Galveston 25,060
13 Rockwall 23,047
14 Port Arthur 22,272
15 Friendswood 19,031
16 Rosenberg 17,687
17 Deer Park 17,163
18 Huntsville 17,162
19 La Porte 17,139
20 Texarkana 15,386
21 Nacogdoches 15,378
22 Lufkin 14,928
23 Lake Jackson 14,051
24 Alvin 12,688
25 Greenville 11,624
26 Corsicana 11,227
27 Paris 10,616
28 Forney 7,067

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2016

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.