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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

2024 · 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
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.