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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Lufkin

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 28 of 31 · Towns of Houston Updated Oct 21, 2026
Economy & jobs · Lufkin 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 14,251 −0.9% since 2024
Towns of Houston · 2025 28 of 31 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 −8.6% +0.0% a year on average
share of Texas 0.09% Texas: 15,883,632 · 2025
Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
−8.6% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Lufkin 14,251
Texas 16M

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

The series at a glance Lufkin · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 14,251 · 2025
First value 14,145 · 1990
Highest 16,613 · 2003
Lowest 14,145 · 1990
Average change +0.0% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearLufkinChange Texas
2025 14,251 −0.9% 16M
2024 14,384 +1.6% 16M
2023 14,151 −0.3% 15M
2022 14,194 −1.4% 15M
2021 14,401 +1.6% 14M
2020 14,175 −0.5% 14M
2019 14,248 −1.0% 14M
2018 14,387 −1.8% 14M
2017 14,647 −1.9% 13M
2016 14,928 −4.2% 13M
2015 15,588 −1.1% 13M
2014 15,761 −0.7% 13M
2013 15,875 +0.3% 13M
2012 15,820 +0.5% 13M
2011 15,736 +0.2% 12M
2010 15,697 −5.3% 12M
2009 16,575 +1.6% 12M
2008 16,322 −0.4% 12M
2007 16,391 −0.5% 12M
2006 16,480 +1.2% 11M
2005 16,287 −1.8% 11M
2004 16,593 −0.1% 11M
2003 16,613 +2.6% 11M
2002 16,187 +2.0% 11M
2001 15,872 +1.6% 11M
2000 15,620 −0.9% 10M
1999 15,755 −1.3% 10M
1998 15,970 +1.4% 10M
1997 15,752 +2.7% 9.9M
1996 15,342 +1.7% 9.7M
1995 15,079 +0.5% 9.6M
1994 15,008 −0.2% 9.4M
1993 15,034 +1.8% 9.2M
1992 14,762 +3.1% 9M
1991 14,313 +1.2% 8.8M
1990 14,145 8.6M

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

Ranking · Towns of Houston

2023 · 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
1 Houston 1.2M
2 College Station 67,808
3 Pasadena 67,228
4 Pearland 66,182
5 Sugar Land 55,151
6 Conroe 54,868
7 Tyler 54,071
8 Beaumont 52,174
9 Bryan 46,013
10 Baytown 39,921
11 Longview 38,335
12 Rockwall 29,454
13 Galveston 25,249
14 Port Arthur 21,546
15 Rosenberg 20,764
16 Forney 19,629
17 Friendswood 19,582
18 La Porte 18,525
19 Fulshear 18,372
20 Huntsville 18,044
21 Deer Park 16,478
22 Greenville 15,617
23 Nacogdoches 15,111
24 Texarkana 14,998
25 Lufkin 14,151
26 Lake Jackson 13,984
27 Alvin 13,963
28 Fate 12,820
29 Katy 12,395
30 Corsicana 11,208
31 Paris 11,020

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2023

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.