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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in La Porte

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 19 of 31 · Towns of Houston Updated Oct 22, 2026
Economy & jobs · La Porte Texas

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

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Overview 6 figures People 18 figures Economy 20 figures Housing 8 figures Education 10 figures Tourism 3 figures Climate 3 figures
Latest value · 2025 19,088 +1.7% since 2024
Towns of Houston · 2025 19 of 31 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 +5.0% +0.7% a year on average
share of Texas 0.12% Texas: 15,883,632 · 2025
Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
+5.0% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
La Porte 19,088
Texas 16M

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

The series at a glance La Porte · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 19,088 · 2025
First value 15,189 · 1990
Highest 19,088 · 2025
Lowest 15,189 · 1990
Average change +0.7% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearLa PorteChange Texas
2025 19,088 +1.7% 16M
2024 18,768 +1.3% 16M
2023 18,525 +3.3% 15M
2022 17,934 +1.7% 15M
2021 17,640 +2.3% 14M
2020 17,245 +1.6% 14M
2019 16,975 −0.7% 14M
2018 17,096 −0.6% 14M
2017 17,202 +0.4% 13M
2016 17,139 −5.7% 13M
2015 18,178 −1.9% 13M
2014 18,536 −0.0% 13M
2013 18,541 +0.2% 13M
2012 18,500 +1.1% 13M
2011 18,305 +0.0% 12M
2010 18,304 +0.1% 12M
2009 18,278 +0.0% 12M
2008 18,274 +1.2% 12M
2007 18,061 +1.4% 12M
2006 17,805 −0.5% 11M
2005 17,886 −2.0% 11M
2004 18,244 +0.3% 11M
2003 18,193 +0.9% 11M
2002 18,038 +1.7% 11M
2001 17,730 +1.4% 11M
2000 17,491 +0.9% 10M
1999 17,340 +0.9% 10M
1998 17,187 +2.7% 10M
1997 16,733 +2.0% 9.9M
1996 16,412 +0.7% 9.7M
1995 16,299 +1.2% 9.6M
1994 16,108 +1.5% 9.4M
1993 15,868 +1.0% 9.2M
1992 15,712 +1.7% 9M
1991 15,442 +1.7% 8.8M
1990 15,189 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.

Year: 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#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.