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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

2018 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
1 Houston 1.2M
2 Pasadena 69,651
3 Pearland 63,241
4 College Station 58,569
5 Sugar Land 55,691
6 Beaumont 54,125
7 Tyler 49,960
8 Conroe 41,307
9 Baytown 39,801
10 Bryan 38,495
11 Longview 37,823
12 Galveston 25,303
13 Rockwall 24,162
14 Port Arthur 22,025
15 Friendswood 19,394
16 Rosenberg 18,269
17 Huntsville 17,415
18 Deer Park 17,133
19 La Porte 17,096
20 Nacogdoches 15,241
21 Texarkana 15,165
22 Lufkin 14,387
23 Lake Jackson 14,193
24 Alvin 12,870
25 Greenville 12,383
26 Corsicana 11,446
27 Paris 10,769
28 Forney 9,746

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2018

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.