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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Longview

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 11 of 31 · Towns of Houston Updated Oct 21, 2026
Economy & jobs · Longview 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 38,733 +0.9% since 2024
Towns of Houston · 2025 11 of 31 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 +0.1% +0.2% a year on average
share of Texas 0.24% Texas: 15,883,632 · 2025
Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
+0.1% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Longview 38,733
Texas 16M

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

The series at a glance Longview · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 38,733 · 2025
First value 36,236 · 1990
Highest 41,971 · 2009
Lowest 35,844 · 2000
Average change +0.2% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearLongviewChange Texas
2025 38,733 +0.9% 16M
2024 38,400 +0.2% 16M
2023 38,335 +1.4% 15M
2022 37,800 +0.9% 15M
2021 37,453 −0.2% 14M
2020 37,526 −1.7% 14M
2019 38,160 +0.9% 14M
2018 37,823 +0.6% 14M
2017 37,586 −1.5% 13M
2016 38,177 −1.4% 13M
2015 38,708 −3.1% 13M
2014 39,945 −0.4% 13M
2013 40,114 −0.3% 13M
2012 40,215 +0.7% 13M
2011 39,940 +0.7% 12M
2010 39,672 −5.5% 12M
2009 41,971 +0.9% 12M
2008 41,582 +2.9% 12M
2007 40,428 +2.1% 12M
2006 39,615 +1.1% 11M
2005 39,180 +0.6% 11M
2004 38,945 +3.4% 11M
2003 37,656 +2.2% 11M
2002 36,834 +1.6% 11M
2001 36,248 +1.1% 11M
2000 35,844 −11% 10M
1999 40,235 −0.4% 10M
1998 40,414 +0.6% 10M
1997 40,185 +1.7% 9.9M
1996 39,512 +0.7% 9.7M
1995 39,220 +0.1% 9.6M
1994 39,199 +2.1% 9.4M
1993 38,396 +0.3% 9.2M
1992 38,279 +2.8% 9M
1991 37,240 +2.8% 8.8M
1990 36,236 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.

Year: 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryLabour force
25 Alvin 14,664
10 Baytown 40,601
8 Beaumont 55,008
9 Bryan 48,725
2 College Station 71,718
5 Conroe 58,764
30 Corsicana 11,327
21 Deer Park 17,163
26 Fate 14,547
17 Forney 21,550
18 Friendswood 19,995
14 Fulshear 23,725
13 Galveston 25,710
22 Greenville 16,655
1 Houston 1.2M
20 Huntsville 18,665
29 Katy 13,183
19 La Porte 19,088
27 Lake Jackson 14,303
11 Longview 38,733
28 Lufkin 14,251
24 Nacogdoches 14,945
31 Paris 11,184
3 Pasadena 68,635
4 Pearland 67,604
15 Port Arthur 22,476
12 Rockwall 30,202
16 Rosenberg 21,555
7 Sugar Land 56,137
23 Texarkana 15,372
6 Tyler 56,798

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.