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Unemployment rate 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

Unemployment rate, 1990 – 2025 percent · Pasadena · Texas · United States · World
−0.4 pp since 2015
Pasadena 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
Pasadena
5.3%
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 Pasadena · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 5.3% · 2025
First value 5.5% · 1990
Highest 10.5% · 2020
Lowest 4.7% · 1998
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearPasadenaChange TexasUnited StatesWorld
2025 5.3% +0.1 pp 4.2% — 4.8%
2024 5.2% ±0.0 pp 4.1% — 4.8%
2023 5.2% ±0.0 pp 4.0% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 5.2% −2.4 pp 3.9% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 7.6% −2.9 pp 5.6% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 10.5% +5.7 pp 7.7% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 4.8% −0.8 pp 3.5% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 5.6% −1.0 pp 3.9% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 6.6% +0.4 pp 4.4% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 6.2% +0.5 pp 4.6% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 5.7% −0.5 pp 4.5% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 6.2% −1.3 pp 5.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 7.5% −0.7 pp 6.3% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 8.2% −1.9 pp 6.7% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 10.1% −0.3 pp 8.0% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 10.4% +1.4 pp 8.3% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 9.0% +3.4 pp 7.6% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 5.6% +0.7 pp 4.9% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 4.9% −0.6 pp 4.4% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 5.5% −0.7 pp 5.0% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 6.2% −0.9 pp 5.5% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 7.1% −0.7 pp 6.0% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 7.8% +0.8 pp 6.8% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 7.0% +1.7 pp 6.4% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 5.3% +0.4 pp 5.0% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 4.9% −0.2 pp 4.4% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 5.1% +0.4 pp 4.7% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 4.7% −0.9 pp 5.0% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 5.6% −0.4 pp 5.4% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 6.0% −0.5 pp 5.8% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 6.5% −0.8 pp 6.1% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 7.3% −0.8 pp 6.6% — 5.8%
1993 8.1% +0.2 pp 7.2% — 5.5%
1992 7.9% +1.7 pp 7.7% — 5.3%
1991 6.2% +0.7 pp 6.9% — 5.1%
1990 5.5% 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

2020 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
1 Port Arthur 15.8%
2 Baytown 14.1%
3 Beaumont 10.5%
4 Pasadena 10.5%
5 La Porte 10.0%
6 Galveston 9.5%
7 Lake Jackson 9.5%
8 Deer Park 9.0%
9 Alvin 8.8%
10 Houston 8.8%
11 Longview 8.5%
12 Forney 8.2%
13 Texarkana 8.2%
14 Rosenberg 8.1%
15 Lufkin 7.8%
16 Conroe 7.7%
17 Paris 7.6%
18 Katy 7.2%
19 Sugar Land 7.1%
20 Corsicana 6.9%
21 Tyler 6.8%
22 Friendswood 6.7%
23 Greenville 6.7%
24 Pearland 6.5%
25 Nacogdoches 6.4%
26 Bryan 6.3%
27 Huntsville 6.0%
28 Rockwall 6.0%
29 College Station 5.2%
30 Fate 4.6%
31 Fulshear 4.0%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2020

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.