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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Pasadena

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 3 of 31 · Towns of Houston Updated Oct 21, 2026

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

Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
+2.3% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Pasadena 68,635
Texas 16M

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

The series at a glance Pasadena · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 68,635 · 2025
First value 61,450 · 1990
Highest 70,314 · 2016
Lowest 61,450 · 1990
Average change +0.3% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearPasadenaChange Texas
2025 68,635 +1.6% 16M
2024 67,573 +0.5% 16M
2023 67,228 +1.1% 15M
2022 66,471 −0.3% 15M
2021 66,657 −1.9% 14M
2020 67,978 −1.3% 14M
2019 68,905 −1.1% 14M
2018 69,651 −0.8% 14M
2017 70,200 −0.2% 13M
2016 70,314 +4.9% 13M
2015 67,060 −2.2% 13M
2014 68,579 −0.4% 13M
2013 68,859 +0.1% 13M
2012 68,814 +0.4% 13M
2011 68,514 +1.1% 12M
2010 67,789 +3.2% 12M
2009 65,684 −0.1% 12M
2008 65,759 +0.9% 12M
2007 65,148 +1.6% 12M
2006 64,108 −1.9% 11M
2005 65,374 −5.9% 11M
2004 69,459 +0.1% 11M
2003 69,421 +1.1% 11M
2002 68,644 +2.3% 11M
2001 67,101 +1.5% 11M
2000 66,112 −5.6% 10M
1999 70,071 +1.0% 10M
1998 69,359 +2.4% 10M
1997 67,730 +1.8% 9.9M
1996 66,501 +0.5% 9.7M
1995 66,148 +0.9% 9.6M
1994 65,553 +1.3% 9.4M
1993 64,738 +1.1% 9.2M
1992 64,051 +2.3% 9M
1991 62,625 +1.9% 8.8M
1990 61,450 8.6M

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

Ranking · Towns of Houston

2015 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
1 Houston 1.1M
2 Pasadena 67,060
3 Pearland 58,118
4 College Station 54,587
5 Beaumont 51,681
6 Tyler 49,359
7 Sugar Land 44,879
8 Bryan 40,469
9 Longview 38,708
10 Baytown 32,859
11 Conroe 32,458
12 Galveston 23,682
13 Port Arthur 22,339
14 Rockwall 21,039
15 Friendswood 19,253
16 La Porte 18,178
17 Rosenberg 16,729
18 Deer Park 16,656
19 Lufkin 15,588
20 Texarkana 15,333
21 Nacogdoches 14,366
22 Lake Jackson 13,563
23 Alvin 12,013
24 Huntsville 11,398
25 Corsicana 10,949
26 Greenville 10,643
27 Paris 10,643
28 Forney 9,430

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2015

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.