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Cities in Texas by civilian labor force, 2025

Houston, TX had the highest civilian labor force of 134 cities in 2025, at 1.23 million. Big Spring, TX had the lowest, at 9,544. The median was 30,241. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest1,232,972Houston, TX
Lowest9,544Big Spring, TX
Median30,241134 cities

Top 40 cities, 2025

Houston, TX: 1,232,972 personsHouston, TX1,232,972San Antonio, TX: 758,322 personsSan Antonio, TX758,322Dallas, TX: 724,653 personsDallas, TX724,653Austin, TX: 661,792 personsAustin, TX661,792Fort Worth, TX: 535,209 personsFort Worth, TX535,209El Paso, TX: 334,521 personsEl Paso, TX334,521Arlington, TX: 222,478 personsArlington, TX222,478Plano, TX: 168,335 personsPlano, TX168,335Corpus Christi, TX: 155,237 personsCorpus Christi, TX155,237Irving, TX: 144,484 personsIrving, TX144,484Lubbock, TX: 142,727 personsLubbock, TX142,727Garland, TX: 134,535 personsGarland, TX134,535Frisco, TX: 130,939 personsFrisco, TX130,939McKinney, TX: 126,138 personsMcKinney, TX126,138Laredo, TX: 117,423 personsLaredo, TX117,423Grand Prairie, TX: 110,273 personsGrand Prairie, TX110,273Amarillo, TX: 105,948 personsAmarillo, TX105,948Denton, TX: 93,977 personsDenton, TX93,977Brownsville, TX: 87,536 personsBrownsville, TX87,536Carrollton, TX: 85,061 personsCarrollton, TX85,061Lewisville, TX: 83,306 personsLewisville, TX83,306Round Rock, TX: 83,202 personsRound Rock, TX83,202Mesquite, TX: 80,750 personsMesquite, TX80,750Midland, TX: 80,358 personsMidland, TX80,358McAllen, TX: 73,610 personsMcAllen, TX73,610Waco, TX: 71,788 personsWaco, TX71,788College Station, TX: 71,718 personsCollege Station, TX71,718Richardson, TX: 68,907 personsRichardson, TX68,907Pasadena, TX: 68,635 personsPasadena, TX68,635Pearland, TX: 67,604 personsPearland, TX67,604Odessa, TX: 64,818 personsOdessa, TX64,818Killeen, TX: 64,695 personsKilleen, TX64,695Abilene, TX: 63,043 personsAbilene, TX63,043League City, TX: 62,651 personsLeague City, TX62,651Allen, TX: 62,507 personsAllen, TX62,507New Braunfels, TX: 62,104 personsNew Braunfels, TX62,104Conroe, TX: 58,764 personsConroe, TX58,764Tyler, TX: 56,798 personsTyler, TX56,798Sugar Land, TX: 56,137 personsSugar Land, TX56,137Beaumont, TX: 55,008 personsBeaumont, TX55,008Houston, TX: 1,232,972 personsHouston, TX1,232,972San Antonio, TX: 758,322 personsSan Antonio, TX758,322Dallas, TX: 724,653 personsDallas, TX724,653Austin, TX: 661,792 personsAustin, TX661,792Fort Worth, TX: 535,209 personsFort Worth, TX535,209El Paso, TX: 334,521 personsEl Paso, TX334,521Arlington, TX: 222,478 personsArlington, TX222,478Plano, TX: 168,335 personsPlano, TX168,335Corpus Christi, TX: 155,237 personsCorpus Christi, TX155,237Irving, TX: 144,484 personsIrving, TX144,484Lubbock, TX: 142,727 personsLubbock, TX142,727Garland, TX: 134,535 personsGarland, TX134,535Frisco, TX: 130,939 personsFrisco, TX130,939McKinney, TX: 126,138 personsMcKinney, TX126,138Laredo, TX: 117,423 personsLaredo, TX117,423Grand Prairie, TX: 110,273 personsGrand Prairie, TX110,273Amarillo, TX: 105,948 personsAmarillo, TX105,948Denton, TX: 93,977 personsDenton, TX93,977Brownsville, TX: 87,536 personsBrownsville, TX87,536Carrollton, TX: 85,061 personsCarrollton, TX85,061Lewisville, TX: 83,306 personsLewisville, TX83,306Round Rock, TX: 83,202 personsRound Rock, TX83,202Mesquite, TX: 80,750 personsMesquite, TX80,750Midland, TX: 80,358 personsMidland, TX80,358McAllen, TX: 73,610 personsMcAllen, TX73,610Waco, TX: 71,788 personsWaco, TX71,788College Station, TX: 71,718 personsCollege Station, TX71,718Richardson, TX: 68,907 personsRichardson, TX68,907Pasadena, TX: 68,635 personsPasadena, TX68,635Pearland, TX: 67,604 personsPearland, TX67,604Odessa, TX: 64,818 personsOdessa, TX64,818Killeen, TX: 64,695 personsKilleen, TX64,695Abilene, TX: 63,043 personsAbilene, TX63,043League City, TX: 62,651 personsLeague City, TX62,651Allen, TX: 62,507 personsAllen, TX62,507New Braunfels, TX: 62,104 personsNew Braunfels, TX62,104Conroe, TX: 58,764 personsConroe, TX58,764Tyler, TX: 56,798 personsTyler, TX56,798Sugar Land, TX: 56,137 personsSugar Land, TX56,137Beaumont, TX: 55,008 personsBeaumont, TX55,008
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2025
persons		Change on 2024
1Houston, TX1,232,972+1.5%
2San Antonio, TX758,322+1.2%
3Dallas, TX724,653+1.6%
4Austin, TX661,792+2.3%
5Fort Worth, TX535,209+1.3%
6El Paso, TX334,521+1.7%
7Arlington, TX222,478+1.2%
8Plano, TX168,335+1.7%
9Corpus Christi, TX155,237+1.8%
10Irving, TX144,484+1.7%
11Lubbock, TX142,727+1.6%
12Garland, TX134,535+1.8%
13Frisco, TX130,939+1.7%
14McKinney, TX126,138+1.8%
15Laredo, TX117,423+2.6%
16Grand Prairie, TX110,273+1.5%
17Amarillo, TX105,948+2%
18Denton, TX93,977+1.8%
19Brownsville, TX87,536+2.2%
20Carrollton, TX85,061+1.7%
21Lewisville, TX83,306+1.7%
22Round Rock, TX83,202+2.5%
23Mesquite, TX80,750+1.7%
24Midland, TX80,358+2.2%
25McAllen, TX73,610+2.3%
26Waco, TX71,788+0.9%
27College Station, TX71,718+2.7%
28Richardson, TX68,907+1.7%
29Pasadena, TX68,635+1.6%
30Pearland, TX67,604+1.6%
31Odessa, TX64,818+1.9%
32Killeen, TX64,695+1.3%
33Abilene, TX63,043+1.3%
34League City, TX62,651+1.7%
35Allen, TX62,507+1.7%
36New Braunfels, TX62,104+1%
37Conroe, TX58,764+1.7%
38Tyler, TX56,798+2.6%
39Sugar Land, TX56,137+1.6%
40Beaumont, TX55,008+1.5%
41Leander, TX53,825+2.4%
42Edinburg, TX52,190+2.3%
43San Angelo, TX52,023+0.5%
44Georgetown, TX48,780+2.5%
45Bryan, TX48,725+2.6%
46San Marcos, TX46,362+2.5%
47Cedar Park, TX46,206+2.4%
48Flower Mound, TX45,715+1.6%
49Mansfield, TX45,132+1.5%
50Wichita Falls, TX44,999+0.1%
51Temple, TX42,472+1.3%
52Pflugerville, TX42,335+2.3%
53Missouri City, TX41,374+1.7%
54Baytown, TX40,601+1.6%
55North Richland Hills, TX40,591+1.4%
56Rowlett, TX39,448+1.7%
57Mission, TX39,422+2.1%
58Kyle, TX39,405+2.5%
59Longview, TX38,733+0.9%
60Pharr, TX37,162+2.5%
61Euless, TX36,744+1.3%
62Wylie, TX34,969+1.9%
63Little Elm, TX33,732+1.8%
64Grapevine, TX32,152+1.3%
65DeSoto, TX31,961+1.6%
66Harlingen, TX31,816-0%
67Victoria, TX30,280+0.7%
68Rockwall, TX30,202+1.8%
69The Colony, TX29,965+1.8%
70Burleson, TX29,552+1.3%
71Bedford, TX28,363+1.2%
72Celina, TX28,035+2%
73Texas City, TX27,746+1.6%
74Hutto, TX26,894+2.6%
75Cedar Hill, TX26,855+1.7%
76Waxahachie, TX26,510+1.8%
77Galveston, TX25,710+1.4%
78Sherman, TX25,000+2.1%
79Keller, TX24,900+1.4%
80Coppell, TX24,233+1.8%
81Midlothian, TX24,157+1.9%
82Haltom City, TX23,923+1.4%
83Farmers Branch, TX23,752+1.8%
84Fulshear, TX23,725+1.6%
85Prosper, TX22,534+1.8%
86Port Arthur, TX22,476+1%
87Hurst, TX21,920+1.2%
88Rosenberg, TX21,555+1.5%
89Forney, TX21,550+1.7%
90Princeton, TX21,163+2.1%
91Schertz, TX21,002+1.3%
92Weatherford, TX20,595+1.4%
93Lancaster, TX20,331+1.5%
94Friendswood, TX19,995+1.5%
95Weslaco, TX19,439+2.5%
96Seguin, TX19,160+1.2%
97La Porte, TX19,088+1.7%
98Socorro, TX19,087+1.6%
99Sachse, TX18,986+1.7%
100Cleburne, TX18,699+1.5%
101Huntsville, TX18,665+0.8%
102Duncanville, TX18,579+1.8%
103Anna, TX17,835+2%
104Cibolo, TX17,778+1.3%
105Deer Park, TX17,163+1.7%
106San Juan, TX17,160+2.3%
107Greenville, TX16,655+1.9%
108Copperas Cove, TX16,369+1.5%
109Converse, TX15,631+1.6%
110Harker Heights, TX15,474+1.5%
111Texarkana, TX15,372+0.6%
112Del Rio, TX15,302-0.9%
113Nacogdoches, TX14,945-1.5%
114Royse City, TX14,812+2.1%
115Alvin, TX14,664+1.7%
116Fate, TX14,547+2%
117Southlake, TX14,541+1.2%
118Lake Jackson, TX14,303+1.8%
119Lufkin, TX14,251-0.9%
120Saginaw, TX14,135+1.2%
121Balch Springs, TX13,751+2.1%
122Melissa, TX13,740+2.1%
123Colleyville, TX13,328+1.4%
124Katy, TX13,183+2%
125Eagle Pass, TX13,130+5%
126Kingsville, TX11,734+2.3%
127Denison, TX11,729+1.7%
128University Park, TX11,486+1.9%
129Belton, TX11,359+1.4%
130Corsicana, TX11,327+3%
131Kerrville, TX11,307+1.6%
132Paris, TX11,184+0.3%
133San Benito, TX9,713+0.9%
134Big Spring, TX9,544-3.8%

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Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. Counts people where they live, not jobs: for wage and salary jobs by state use oews_employment. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average (Cities in Texas by civilian labor force, 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Texas by civilian labor force, 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/texas-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Cities in Texas by civilian labor force, 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/texas-cities.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Texas by civilian labor force, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/texas-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Houston, TX, with 1.23 million in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Big Spring, TX, with 9,544 in 2025.

Where does this ranking come from?

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