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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Longview

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 11 of 31 · Towns of Houston Updated Oct 21, 2026

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

Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
+0.1% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Longview 38,733
Texas 16M

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

The series at a glance Longview · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 38,733 · 2025
First value 36,236 · 1990
Highest 41,971 · 2009
Lowest 35,844 · 2000
Average change +0.2% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearLongviewChange Texas
2025 38,733 +0.9% 16M
2024 38,400 +0.2% 16M
2023 38,335 +1.4% 15M
2022 37,800 +0.9% 15M
2021 37,453 −0.2% 14M
2020 37,526 −1.7% 14M
2019 38,160 +0.9% 14M
2018 37,823 +0.6% 14M
2017 37,586 −1.5% 13M
2016 38,177 −1.4% 13M
2015 38,708 −3.1% 13M
2014 39,945 −0.4% 13M
2013 40,114 −0.3% 13M
2012 40,215 +0.7% 13M
2011 39,940 +0.7% 12M
2010 39,672 −5.5% 12M
2009 41,971 +0.9% 12M
2008 41,582 +2.9% 12M
2007 40,428 +2.1% 12M
2006 39,615 +1.1% 11M
2005 39,180 +0.6% 11M
2004 38,945 +3.4% 11M
2003 37,656 +2.2% 11M
2002 36,834 +1.6% 11M
2001 36,248 +1.1% 11M
2000 35,844 −11% 10M
1999 40,235 −0.4% 10M
1998 40,414 +0.6% 10M
1997 40,185 +1.7% 9.9M
1996 39,512 +0.7% 9.7M
1995 39,220 +0.1% 9.6M
1994 39,199 +2.1% 9.4M
1993 38,396 +0.3% 9.2M
1992 38,279 +2.8% 9M
1991 37,240 +2.8% 8.8M
1990 36,236 8.6M

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

Ranking · Towns of Houston

2014 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
1 Houston 1.1M
2 Pasadena 68,579
3 Pearland 56,385
4 Beaumont 52,945
5 College Station 51,828
6 Tyler 48,579
7 Sugar Land 45,082
8 Longview 39,945
9 Bryan 39,351
10 Baytown 33,496
11 Conroe 31,739
12 Galveston 23,993
13 Port Arthur 22,738
14 Rockwall 20,677
15 Friendswood 19,416
16 La Porte 18,536
17 Deer Park 17,008
18 Rosenberg 16,526
19 Lufkin 15,761
20 Texarkana 15,505
21 Nacogdoches 14,653
22 Lake Jackson 13,927
23 Alvin 12,148
24 Huntsville 11,542
25 Corsicana 11,128
26 Paris 10,687
27 Greenville 10,569
28 Forney 8,981

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2014

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.