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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 22, 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

2014 · Place 1 is the highest value.

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

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.