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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Greenville

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 22 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
+56% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Greenville 16,655
Texas 16M

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

The series at a glance Greenville · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 16,655 · 2025
First value 11,578 · 1990
Highest 16,655 · 2025
Lowest 10,541 · 2013
Average change +1.0% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearGreenvilleChange Texas
2025 16,655 +1.9% 16M
2024 16,344 +4.7% 16M
2023 15,617 +5.9% 15M
2022 14,749 +6.7% 15M
2021 13,824 +7.9% 14M
2020 12,811 +0.8% 14M
2019 12,714 +2.7% 14M
2018 12,383 +3.5% 14M
2017 11,962 +2.9% 13M
2016 11,624 +9.2% 13M
2015 10,643 +0.7% 13M
2014 10,569 +0.3% 13M
2013 10,541 −1.8% 13M
2012 10,733 +1.0% 13M
2011 10,631 +0.6% 12M
2010 10,564 −4.0% 12M
2009 11,006 −2.0% 12M
2008 11,233 −1.7% 12M
2007 11,423 −2.2% 12M
2006 11,682 −0.4% 11M
2005 11,725 −1.6% 11M
2004 11,918 +0.2% 11M
2003 11,889 −0.8% 11M
2002 11,982 +0.1% 11M
2001 11,972 −0.5% 11M
2000 12,035 −7.2% 10M
1999 12,973 +2.6% 10M
1998 12,647 +0.8% 10M
1997 12,544 +1.9% 9.9M
1996 12,312 +3.0% 9.7M
1995 11,948 −0.4% 9.6M
1994 11,997 +2.9% 9.4M
1993 11,661 +0.3% 9.2M
1992 11,630 +2.1% 9M
1991 11,394 −1.6% 8.8M
1990 11,578 8.6M

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

Ranking · Towns of Houston

2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
1 Houston 1.2M
2 Pasadena 70,200
3 Pearland 61,839
4 College Station 56,636
5 Sugar Land 55,626
6 Beaumont 54,135
7 Tyler 49,517
8 Baytown 39,914
9 Conroe 39,735
10 Longview 37,586
11 Bryan 37,476
12 Galveston 25,206
13 Rockwall 23,636
14 Port Arthur 22,277
15 Friendswood 19,156
16 Rosenberg 17,917
17 Deer Park 17,254
18 La Porte 17,202
19 Huntsville 17,161
20 Nacogdoches 15,282
21 Texarkana 15,281
22 Lufkin 14,647
23 Lake Jackson 14,246
24 Alvin 12,748
25 Greenville 11,962
26 Corsicana 11,173
27 Paris 10,796
28 Forney 7,859

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2017

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.