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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Pearland

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 4 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
+16% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Pearland 67,604
Texas 16M

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

The series at a glance Pearland · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 67,604 · 2025
First value 11,109 · 1990
Highest 67,604 · 2025
Lowest 11,109 · 1990
Average change +5.3% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearPearlandChange Texas
2025 67,604 +1.6% 16M
2024 66,544 +0.5% 16M
2023 66,182 +2.5% 15M
2022 64,583 +2.2% 15M
2021 63,223 +1.3% 14M
2020 62,414 −2.1% 14M
2019 63,774 +0.8% 14M
2018 63,241 +2.3% 14M
2017 61,839 +2.1% 13M
2016 60,570 +4.2% 13M
2015 58,118 +3.1% 13M
2014 56,385 +2.9% 13M
2013 54,801 +3.8% 13M
2012 52,784 +3.7% 13M
2011 50,921 +3.1% 12M
2010 49,381 +7.3% 12M
2009 46,003 +3.0% 12M
2008 44,668 +6.9% 12M
2007 41,789 +14% 12M
2006 36,708 +16% 11M
2005 31,552 +34% 11M
2004 23,510 +1.8% 11M
2003 23,098 +2.1% 11M
2002 22,632 +2.7% 11M
2001 22,042 +1.8% 11M
2000 21,652 +83% 10M
1999 11,832 −1.0% 10M
1998 11,946 +0.4% 10M
1997 11,893 +1.2% 9.9M
1996 11,756 −0.6% 9.7M
1995 11,826 −1.1% 9.6M
1994 11,961 +2.6% 9.4M
1993 11,663 +1.4% 9.2M
1992 11,500 −0.7% 9M
1991 11,579 +4.2% 8.8M
1990 11,109 8.6M

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

Ranking · Towns of Houston

2024 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
25 Alvin 14,414
10 Baytown 39,954
8 Beaumont 54,202
9 Bryan 47,486
2 College Station 69,842
5 Conroe 57,790
31 Corsicana 11,002
21 Deer Park 16,875
27 Fate 14,268
17 Forney 21,192
18 Friendswood 19,698
14 Fulshear 23,340
13 Galveston 25,367
22 Greenville 16,344
1 Houston 1.2M
20 Huntsville 18,523
29 Katy 12,924
19 La Porte 18,768
28 Lake Jackson 14,053
11 Longview 38,400
26 Lufkin 14,384
24 Nacogdoches 15,167
30 Paris 11,152
3 Pasadena 67,573
4 Pearland 66,544
15 Port Arthur 22,253
12 Rockwall 29,681
16 Rosenberg 21,230
7 Sugar Land 55,244
23 Texarkana 15,285
6 Tyler 55,339

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2024

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.