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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 21, 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

2025 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
1 Houston 1.2M
2 College Station 71,718
3 Pasadena 68,635
4 Pearland 67,604
5 Conroe 58,764
6 Tyler 56,798
7 Sugar Land 56,137
8 Beaumont 55,008
9 Bryan 48,725
10 Baytown 40,601
11 Longview 38,733
12 Rockwall 30,202
13 Galveston 25,710
14 Fulshear 23,725
15 Port Arthur 22,476
16 Rosenberg 21,555
17 Forney 21,550
18 Friendswood 19,995
19 La Porte 19,088
20 Huntsville 18,665
21 Deer Park 17,163
22 Greenville 16,655
23 Texarkana 15,372
24 Nacogdoches 14,945
25 Alvin 14,664
26 Fate 14,547
27 Lake Jackson 14,303
28 Lufkin 14,251
29 Katy 13,183
30 Corsicana 11,327
31 Paris 11,184

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

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.