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Unemployment rate in Port Arthur

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 1 of 31 · Towns of Houston Updated Oct 22, 2026

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

Unemployment rate, 1990 – 2025 percent · Port Arthur · Texas · United States · World
−1.8 pp since 2015
Port Arthur 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
Port Arthur
8.1%
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 Port Arthur · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 8.1% · 2025
First value 11.4% · 1990
Highest 16.3% · 1993
Lowest 7.2% · 2007
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearPort ArthurChange TexasUnited StatesWorld
2025 8.1% −0.5 pp 4.2% — 4.8%
2024 8.6% −0.3 pp 4.1% — 4.8%
2023 8.9% +0.3 pp 4.0% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 8.6% −4.6 pp 3.9% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 13.2% −2.6 pp 5.6% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 15.8% +7.4 pp 7.7% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 8.4% −1.0 pp 3.5% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 9.4% −1.7 pp 3.9% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 11.1% +0.9 pp 4.4% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 10.2% +0.3 pp 4.6% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 9.9% −1.6 pp 4.5% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 11.5% −4.5 pp 5.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 16.0% ±0.0 pp 6.3% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 16.0% ±0.0 pp 6.7% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 16.0% +0.8 pp 8.0% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 15.2% +1.9 pp 8.3% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 13.3% +4.3 pp 7.6% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 9.0% +1.8 pp 4.9% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 7.2% −0.5 pp 4.4% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 7.7% −2.3 pp 5.0% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 10.0% −3.4 pp 5.5% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 13.4% −0.7 pp 6.0% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 14.1% +1.2 pp 6.8% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 12.9% +1.2 pp 6.4% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 11.7% +0.8 pp 5.0% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 10.9% −2.3 pp 4.4% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 13.2% +2.0 pp 4.7% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 11.2% −0.8 pp 5.0% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 12.0% −2.0 pp 5.4% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 14.0% −0.6 pp 5.8% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 14.6% −0.7 pp 6.1% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 15.3% −1.0 pp 6.6% — 5.8%
1993 16.3% +2.3 pp 7.2% — 5.5%
1992 14.0% +3.0 pp 7.7% — 5.3%
1991 11.0% −0.4 pp 6.9% — 5.1%
1990 11.4% 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

2015 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
11 Alvin 4.8%
2 Baytown 7.0%
3 Beaumont 6.1%
25 Bryan 3.5%
27 College Station 3.2%
22 Conroe 3.8%
16 Corsicana 4.4%
15 Deer Park 4.6%
28 Forney 3.0%
21 Friendswood 3.9%
8 Galveston 5.0%
7 Greenville 5.1%
17 Houston 4.3%
5 Huntsville 5.5%
12 La Porte 4.8%
18 Lake Jackson 4.3%
10 Longview 4.9%
6 Lufkin 5.4%
14 Nacogdoches 4.7%
9 Paris 5.0%
4 Pasadena 5.7%
26 Pearland 3.5%
1 Port Arthur 9.9%
23 Rockwall 3.7%
19 Rosenberg 4.3%
24 Sugar Land 3.6%
13 Texarkana 4.8%
20 Tyler 4.2%

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

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.