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Cities in Texas by civilian labor force

Houston, TX had the highest civilian labor force of 122 cities in 2014, at 1.13 million. Forney, TX had the lowest, at 8,981. The median was 27,618. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest1,130,502Houston, TX
Lowest8,981Forney, TX
Median27,618122 cities

Top 40 cities, 2014

Houston, TX: 1,130,502 personsHouston, TX1,130,502San Antonio, TX: 667,368 personsSan Antonio, TX667,368Dallas, TX: 629,513 personsDallas, TX629,513Austin, TX: 525,799 personsAustin, TX525,799Fort Worth, TX: 388,928 personsFort Worth, TX388,928El Paso, TX: 286,492 personsEl Paso, TX286,492Arlington, TX: 201,265 personsArlington, TX201,265Corpus Christi, TX: 151,811 personsCorpus Christi, TX151,811Plano, TX: 150,915 personsPlano, TX150,915Lubbock, TX: 123,446 personsLubbock, TX123,446Irving, TX: 122,219 personsIrving, TX122,219Garland, TX: 118,256 personsGarland, TX118,256Laredo, TX: 105,584 personsLaredo, TX105,584Amarillo, TX: 99,985 personsAmarillo, TX99,985Grand Prairie, TX: 92,750 personsGrand Prairie, TX92,750McKinney, TX: 79,611 personsMcKinney, TX79,611Frisco, TX: 76,572 personsFrisco, TX76,572Brownsville, TX: 75,026 personsBrownsville, TX75,026Midland, TX: 74,304 personsMidland, TX74,304Mesquite, TX: 73,526 personsMesquite, TX73,526Carrollton, TX: 73,511 personsCarrollton, TX73,511Pasadena, TX: 68,579 personsPasadena, TX68,579Denton, TX: 66,784 personsDenton, TX66,784Odessa, TX: 62,907 personsOdessa, TX62,907McAllen, TX: 62,412 personsMcAllen, TX62,412Lewisville, TX: 60,325 personsLewisville, TX60,325Round Rock, TX: 59,210 personsRound Rock, TX59,210Richardson, TX: 57,210 personsRichardson, TX57,210Waco, TX: 56,882 personsWaco, TX56,882Pearland, TX: 56,385 personsPearland, TX56,385Abilene, TX: 54,744 personsAbilene, TX54,744Killeen, TX: 52,960 personsKilleen, TX52,960Beaumont, TX: 52,945 personsBeaumont, TX52,945League City, TX: 52,118 personsLeague City, TX52,118College Station, TX: 51,828 personsCollege Station, TX51,828Allen, TX: 49,937 personsAllen, TX49,937Tyler, TX: 48,579 personsTyler, TX48,579San Angelo, TX: 45,637 personsSan Angelo, TX45,637Sugar Land, TX: 45,082 personsSugar Land, TX45,082Wichita Falls, TX: 43,606 personsWichita Falls, TX43,606Houston, TX: 1,130,502 personsHouston, TX1,130,502San Antonio, TX: 667,368 personsSan Antonio, TX667,368Dallas, TX: 629,513 personsDallas, TX629,513Austin, TX: 525,799 personsAustin, TX525,799Fort Worth, TX: 388,928 personsFort Worth, TX388,928El Paso, TX: 286,492 personsEl Paso, TX286,492Arlington, TX: 201,265 personsArlington, TX201,265Corpus Christi, TX: 151,811 personsCorpus Christi, TX151,811Plano, TX: 150,915 personsPlano, TX150,915Lubbock, TX: 123,446 personsLubbock, TX123,446Irving, TX: 122,219 personsIrving, TX122,219Garland, TX: 118,256 personsGarland, TX118,256Laredo, TX: 105,584 personsLaredo, TX105,584Amarillo, TX: 99,985 personsAmarillo, TX99,985Grand Prairie, TX: 92,750 personsGrand Prairie, TX92,750McKinney, TX: 79,611 personsMcKinney, TX79,611Frisco, TX: 76,572 personsFrisco, TX76,572Brownsville, TX: 75,026 personsBrownsville, TX75,026Midland, TX: 74,304 personsMidland, TX74,304Mesquite, TX: 73,526 personsMesquite, TX73,526Carrollton, TX: 73,511 personsCarrollton, TX73,511Pasadena, TX: 68,579 personsPasadena, TX68,579Denton, TX: 66,784 personsDenton, TX66,784Odessa, TX: 62,907 personsOdessa, TX62,907McAllen, TX: 62,412 personsMcAllen, TX62,412Lewisville, TX: 60,325 personsLewisville, TX60,325Round Rock, TX: 59,210 personsRound Rock, TX59,210Richardson, TX: 57,210 personsRichardson, TX57,210Waco, TX: 56,882 personsWaco, TX56,882Pearland, TX: 56,385 personsPearland, TX56,385Abilene, TX: 54,744 personsAbilene, TX54,744Killeen, TX: 52,960 personsKilleen, TX52,960Beaumont, TX: 52,945 personsBeaumont, TX52,945League City, TX: 52,118 personsLeague City, TX52,118College Station, TX: 51,828 personsCollege Station, TX51,828Allen, TX: 49,937 personsAllen, TX49,937Tyler, TX: 48,579 personsTyler, TX48,579San Angelo, TX: 45,637 personsSan Angelo, TX45,637Sugar Land, TX: 45,082 personsSugar Land, TX45,082Wichita Falls, TX: 43,606 personsWichita Falls, TX43,606
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

RankCities2014
persons		Change on 2013
1Houston, TX1,130,502+1.1%
2San Antonio, TX667,368+1.4%
3Dallas, TX629,513+1.7%
4Austin, TX525,799+2.9%
5Fort Worth, TX388,928+1.7%
6El Paso, TX286,492-0.6%
7Arlington, TX201,265+0.3%
8Corpus Christi, TX151,811+0.2%
9Plano, TX150,915+1.5%
10Lubbock, TX123,446+0.6%
11Irving, TX122,219+1.5%
12Garland, TX118,256+0.2%
13Laredo, TX105,584+1%
14Amarillo, TX99,985-0.5%
15Grand Prairie, TX92,750+0.9%
16McKinney, TX79,611+5.6%
17Frisco, TX76,572+6.4%
18Brownsville, TX75,026-0.1%
19Midland, TX74,304+6.2%
20Mesquite, TX73,526+0.5%
21Carrollton, TX73,511+1.5%
22Pasadena, TX68,579-0.4%
23Denton, TX66,784+4.2%
24Odessa, TX62,907+5.2%
25McAllen, TX62,412+0.3%
26Lewisville, TX60,325+2%
27Round Rock, TX59,210+2.6%
28Richardson, TX57,210+3.9%
29Waco, TX56,882+0.7%
30Pearland, TX56,385+2.9%
31Abilene, TX54,744-0.4%
32Killeen, TX52,960-0.3%
33Beaumont, TX52,945-0.2%
34League City, TX52,118+2.9%
35College Station, TX51,828+2.1%
36Allen, TX49,937+2.6%
37Tyler, TX48,579+0.7%
38San Angelo, TX45,637+1%
39Sugar Land, TX45,082+2.7%
40Wichita Falls, TX43,606-1.4%
41Longview, TX39,945-0.4%
42Bryan, TX39,351+1.3%
43Missouri City, TX38,356+1.5%
44North Richland Hills, TX37,874+1.2%
45Edinburg, TX37,320+1.7%
46Flower Mound, TX37,208+1.6%
47Baytown, TX33,496-0.8%
48Cedar Park, TX33,404+3.6%
49Victoria, TX33,146+1.4%
50Temple, TX32,934+0.2%
51New Braunfels, TX32,909+4%
52Mission, TX32,779+0.7%
53Mansfield, TX32,567+1.7%
54Conroe, TX31,739+3.6%
55Rowlett, TX31,552+0.8%
56Grapevine, TX30,117+1.1%
57Euless, TX30,097+0.2%
58Pflugerville, TX29,580+1.5%
59San Marcos, TX29,277+8.4%
60Pharr, TX28,636+0.9%
61Bedford, TX28,463+0.1%
62DeSoto, TX26,773+0.9%
63Cedar Hill, TX25,515+2.9%
64The Colony, TX25,378+5.1%
65Harlingen, TX24,640-0.8%
66Wylie, TX24,177+3.1%
67Galveston, TX23,993+0.7%
68Georgetown, TX23,665+7.2%
69Port Arthur, TX22,738-2.4%
70Coppell, TX22,365+1%
71Keller, TX22,242+1.6%
72Haltom City, TX21,870+0.2%
73Burleson, TX21,598+2.2%
74Texas City, TX21,109-0.5%
75Rockwall, TX20,677+1.9%
76Hurst, TX19,934+0.3%
77Duncanville, TX19,705-0.1%
78Friendswood, TX19,416+1%
79Sherman, TX19,086+0.8%
80La Porte, TX18,536-0%
81Lancaster, TX17,892+0.7%
82Little Elm, TX17,450+8.7%
83Schertz, TX17,092+2%
84Leander, TX17,061+7.5%
85Deer Park, TX17,008+0.7%
86Farmers Branch, TX16,813+3%
87Kyle, TX16,610+3.6%
88Rosenberg, TX16,526+2.4%
89Waxahachie, TX15,806+2.3%
90Lufkin, TX15,761-0.7%
91Texarkana, TX15,505-2.2%
92Nacogdoches, TX14,653-2.6%
93San Juan, TX14,442+0.2%
94Weslaco, TX14,326-1.5%
95Del Rio, TX14,278-0.5%
96Lake Jackson, TX13,927+0.1%
97Southlake, TX13,445+2.5%
98Colleyville, TX13,435+1.4%
99Sachse, TX13,290+7.7%
100Socorro, TX13,2410%
101Cleburne, TX13,088-0.3%
102Copperas Cove, TX12,848-1.4%
103Kingsville, TX12,393-0.4%
104Weatherford, TX12,358+1.1%
105Eagle Pass, TX12,306-0.8%
106Alvin, TX12,148+0.7%
107Seguin, TX12,087+0.9%
108Cibolo, TX11,961+5.4%
109Harker Heights, TX11,591+0.1%
110Huntsville, TX11,542+0.2%
111Corsicana, TX11,128-1.2%
112Hutto, TX11,005+7.5%
113Paris, TX10,687-1.2%
114Greenville, TX10,569+0.3%
115University Park, TX10,522+1.7%
116Denison, TX10,512-0.9%
117Converse, TX10,483+3.2%
118Midlothian, TX10,352+5.3%
119Balch Springs, TX10,160-0.2%
120Big Spring, TX9,869+0.1%
121San Benito, TX9,094-0.9%
122Forney, TX8,981+5.5%

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About this ranking

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. 12 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2014 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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.CurrentU10-14. 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, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14

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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, 2014. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/texas-cities?period=2014. 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, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/texas-cities?period=2014.

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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, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/texas-cities?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Houston, TX, with 1.13 million in 2014, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Forney, TX, with 8,981 in 2014.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 12 cities have no value for 2014 and are not ranked.

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