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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Unemployment rate in La Porte

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 5 of 31 · Towns of Houston Updated Oct 22, 2026

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

Unemployment rate, 1990 – 2025 percent · La Porte · Texas · United States · World
+0.4 pp since 2015
La Porte Texas United States World

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Compared with Unemployment rate · percent
La Porte
5.2%
Texas
4.2%
United States
3.6% · 2023
World
4.8%

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance La Porte · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 5.2% · 2025
First value 3.9% · 1990
Highest 10.0% · 2010
Lowest 3.3% · 1998
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearLa PorteChange TexasUnited StatesWorld
2025 5.2% +0.2 pp 4.2% — 4.8%
2024 5.0% −0.1 pp 4.1% — 4.8%
2023 5.1% +0.3 pp 4.0% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 4.8% −2.6 pp 3.9% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 7.4% −2.6 pp 5.6% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 10.0% +5.2 pp 7.7% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 4.8% −0.7 pp 3.5% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 5.5% −1.1 pp 3.9% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 6.6% +0.6 pp 4.4% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 6.0% +1.2 pp 4.6% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 4.8% −0.6 pp 4.5% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 5.4% −1.3 pp 5.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 6.7% −0.8 pp 6.3% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 7.5% −1.5 pp 6.7% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 9.0% −1.0 pp 8.0% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 10.0% +1.6 pp 8.3% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 8.4% +3.3 pp 7.6% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 5.1% +0.8 pp 4.9% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 4.3% −0.6 pp 4.4% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 4.9% −0.8 pp 5.0% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 5.7% +0.8 pp 5.5% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 4.9% −0.5 pp 6.0% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 5.4% +0.6 pp 6.8% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 4.8% +1.2 pp 6.4% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 3.6% +0.2 pp 5.0% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 3.4% −0.2 pp 4.4% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 3.6% +0.3 pp 4.7% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 3.3% −0.7 pp 5.0% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 4.0% −0.2 pp 5.4% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 4.2% −0.4 pp 5.8% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 4.6% −0.6 pp 6.1% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 5.2% −0.6 pp 6.6% — 5.8%
1993 5.8% +0.2 pp 7.2% — 5.5%
1992 5.6% +1.2 pp 7.7% — 5.3%
1991 4.4% +0.5 pp 6.9% — 5.1%
1990 3.9% 6.4% — —

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Houston

2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
28 Rockwall 3.3%
27 College Station 3.3%
26 Bryan 3.5%
25 Pearland 3.8%
24 Huntsville 3.9%
23 Sugar Land 4.0%
22 Forney 4.0%
21 Tyler 4.1%
20 Greenville 4.1%
19 Nacogdoches 4.2%
18 Corsicana 4.2%
17 Conroe 4.2%
16 Friendswood 4.3%
15 Rosenberg 4.5%
14 Lufkin 4.8%
13 Houston 4.8%
12 Texarkana 4.9%
11 Paris 4.9%
10 Galveston 4.9%
9 Longview 5.3%
8 Alvin 5.6%
7 Lake Jackson 5.9%
6 Deer Park 6.0%
5 Beaumont 6.1%
4 Pasadena 6.6%
3 La Porte 6.6%
2 Baytown 9.0%
1 Port Arthur 11.1%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2017

What it means

The share of people who want a job and are looking for one but do not have one.

How it is calculated

Unemployed people divided by the labour force (employed plus unemployed), following the international definition; annual average.