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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Port Arthur

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 15 of 31 · Towns of Houston Updated Oct 22, 2026
Economy & jobs · Port Arthur 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 22,476 +1.0% since 2024
Towns of Houston · 2025 15 of 31 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 +0.6% −0.3% a year on average
share of Texas 0.14% Texas: 15,883,632 · 2025
Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
+0.6% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
Port Arthur 22,476
Texas 16M

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

The series at a glance Port Arthur · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 22,476 · 2025
First value 24,694 · 1990
Highest 26,992 · 1993
Lowest 21,055 · 2022
Average change −0.3% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearPort ArthurChange Texas
2025 22,476 +1.0% 16M
2024 22,253 +3.3% 16M
2023 21,546 +2.3% 15M
2022 21,055 −2.3% 15M
2021 21,549 −1.9% 14M
2020 21,973 +1.7% 14M
2019 21,613 −1.9% 14M
2018 22,025 −1.1% 14M
2017 22,277 +0.0% 13M
2016 22,272 −0.3% 13M
2015 22,339 −1.8% 13M
2014 22,738 −2.4% 13M
2013 23,293 −2.3% 13M
2012 23,840 −0.9% 13M
2011 24,067 +2.7% 12M
2010 23,432 −4.5% 12M
2009 24,541 +4.5% 12M
2008 23,475 +3.0% 12M
2007 22,793 +0.5% 12M
2006 22,681 −0.9% 11M
2005 22,881 −3.3% 11M
2004 23,674 −2.1% 11M
2003 24,191 +2.1% 11M
2002 23,705 +1.5% 11M
2001 23,365 −0.9% 11M
2000 23,587 −8.7% 10M
1999 25,840 +0.8% 10M
1998 25,635 −0.2% 10M
1997 25,674 −0.7% 9.9M
1996 25,861 −1.9% 9.7M
1995 26,365 −0.6% 9.6M
1994 26,530 −1.7% 9.4M
1993 26,992 +0.6% 9.2M
1992 26,824 +3.7% 9M
1991 25,858 +4.7% 8.8M
1990 24,694 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.

Year: 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryLabour force
23 Alvin 12,013
10 Baytown 32,859
5 Beaumont 51,681
8 Bryan 40,469
4 College Station 54,587
11 Conroe 32,458
25 Corsicana 10,949
18 Deer Park 16,656
28 Forney 9,430
15 Friendswood 19,253
12 Galveston 23,682
26 Greenville 10,643
1 Houston 1.1M
24 Huntsville 11,398
16 La Porte 18,178
22 Lake Jackson 13,563
9 Longview 38,708
19 Lufkin 15,588
21 Nacogdoches 14,366
27 Paris 10,643
2 Pasadena 67,060
3 Pearland 58,118
13 Port Arthur 22,339
14 Rockwall 21,039
17 Rosenberg 16,729
7 Sugar Land 44,879
20 Texarkana 15,333
6 Tyler 49,359

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.