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Cities in Texas by civilian labor force

Houston, TX had the highest civilian labor force of 122 cities in 2015, at 1.13 million. San Benito, TX had the lowest, at 8,873. The median was 27,509. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest1,134,254Houston, TX
Lowest8,873San Benito, TX
Median27,509122 cities

Top 40 cities, 2015

Houston, TX: 1,134,254 personsHouston, TX1,134,254San Antonio, TX: 676,906 personsSan Antonio, TX676,906Dallas, TX: 636,040 personsDallas, TX636,040Austin, TX: 534,692 personsAustin, TX534,692Fort Worth, TX: 392,009 personsFort Worth, TX392,009El Paso, TX: 284,249 personsEl Paso, TX284,249Arlington, TX: 199,779 personsArlington, TX199,779Plano, TX: 153,360 personsPlano, TX153,360Corpus Christi, TX: 149,598 personsCorpus Christi, TX149,598Lubbock, TX: 125,161 personsLubbock, TX125,161Irving, TX: 124,031 personsIrving, TX124,031Garland, TX: 118,367 personsGarland, TX118,367Laredo, TX: 106,080 personsLaredo, TX106,080Amarillo, TX: 99,513 personsAmarillo, TX99,513Grand Prairie, TX: 92,935 personsGrand Prairie, TX92,935McKinney, TX: 82,537 personsMcKinney, TX82,537Frisco, TX: 81,374 personsFrisco, TX81,374Carrollton, TX: 75,936 personsCarrollton, TX75,936Brownsville, TX: 73,452 personsBrownsville, TX73,452Mesquite, TX: 73,351 personsMesquite, TX73,351Midland, TX: 72,453 personsMidland, TX72,453Denton, TX: 68,192 personsDenton, TX68,192Pasadena, TX: 67,060 personsPasadena, TX67,060McAllen, TX: 62,175 personsMcAllen, TX62,175Lewisville, TX: 60,870 personsLewisville, TX60,870Odessa, TX: 60,845 personsOdessa, TX60,845Round Rock, TX: 60,548 personsRound Rock, TX60,548Richardson, TX: 58,216 personsRichardson, TX58,216Pearland, TX: 58,118 personsPearland, TX58,118Waco, TX: 57,056 personsWaco, TX57,056College Station, TX: 54,587 personsCollege Station, TX54,587Abilene, TX: 53,783 personsAbilene, TX53,783Killeen, TX: 53,483 personsKilleen, TX53,483League City, TX: 53,126 personsLeague City, TX53,126Allen, TX: 51,919 personsAllen, TX51,919Beaumont, TX: 51,681 personsBeaumont, TX51,681Tyler, TX: 49,359 personsTyler, TX49,359San Angelo, TX: 45,581 personsSan Angelo, TX45,581Sugar Land, TX: 44,879 personsSugar Land, TX44,879Wichita Falls, TX: 42,705 personsWichita Falls, TX42,705Houston, TX: 1,134,254 personsHouston, TX1,134,254San Antonio, TX: 676,906 personsSan Antonio, TX676,906Dallas, TX: 636,040 personsDallas, TX636,040Austin, TX: 534,692 personsAustin, TX534,692Fort Worth, TX: 392,009 personsFort Worth, TX392,009El Paso, TX: 284,249 personsEl Paso, TX284,249Arlington, TX: 199,779 personsArlington, TX199,779Plano, TX: 153,360 personsPlano, TX153,360Corpus Christi, TX: 149,598 personsCorpus Christi, TX149,598Lubbock, TX: 125,161 personsLubbock, TX125,161Irving, TX: 124,031 personsIrving, TX124,031Garland, TX: 118,367 personsGarland, TX118,367Laredo, TX: 106,080 personsLaredo, TX106,080Amarillo, TX: 99,513 personsAmarillo, TX99,513Grand Prairie, TX: 92,935 personsGrand Prairie, TX92,935McKinney, TX: 82,537 personsMcKinney, TX82,537Frisco, TX: 81,374 personsFrisco, TX81,374Carrollton, TX: 75,936 personsCarrollton, TX75,936Brownsville, TX: 73,452 personsBrownsville, TX73,452Mesquite, TX: 73,351 personsMesquite, TX73,351Midland, TX: 72,453 personsMidland, TX72,453Denton, TX: 68,192 personsDenton, TX68,192Pasadena, TX: 67,060 personsPasadena, TX67,060McAllen, TX: 62,175 personsMcAllen, TX62,175Lewisville, TX: 60,870 personsLewisville, TX60,870Odessa, TX: 60,845 personsOdessa, TX60,845Round Rock, TX: 60,548 personsRound Rock, TX60,548Richardson, TX: 58,216 personsRichardson, TX58,216Pearland, TX: 58,118 personsPearland, TX58,118Waco, TX: 57,056 personsWaco, TX57,056College Station, TX: 54,587 personsCollege Station, TX54,587Abilene, TX: 53,783 personsAbilene, TX53,783Killeen, TX: 53,483 personsKilleen, TX53,483League City, TX: 53,126 personsLeague City, TX53,126Allen, TX: 51,919 personsAllen, TX51,919Beaumont, TX: 51,681 personsBeaumont, TX51,681Tyler, TX: 49,359 personsTyler, TX49,359San Angelo, TX: 45,581 personsSan Angelo, TX45,581Sugar Land, TX: 44,879 personsSugar Land, TX44,879Wichita Falls, TX: 42,705 personsWichita Falls, TX42,705
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

RankCities2015
persons		Change on 2014
1Houston, TX1,134,254+0.3%
2San Antonio, TX676,906+1.4%
3Dallas, TX636,040+1%
4Austin, TX534,692+1.7%
5Fort Worth, TX392,009+0.8%
6El Paso, TX284,249-0.8%
7Arlington, TX199,779-0.7%
8Plano, TX153,360+1.6%
9Corpus Christi, TX149,598-1.5%
10Lubbock, TX125,161+1.4%
11Irving, TX124,031+1.5%
12Garland, TX118,367+0.1%
13Laredo, TX106,080+0.5%
14Amarillo, TX99,513-0.5%
15Grand Prairie, TX92,935+0.2%
16McKinney, TX82,537+3.7%
17Frisco, TX81,374+6.3%
18Carrollton, TX75,936+3.3%
19Brownsville, TX73,452-2.1%
20Mesquite, TX73,351-0.2%
21Midland, TX72,453-2.5%
22Denton, TX68,192+2.1%
23Pasadena, TX67,060-2.2%
24McAllen, TX62,175-0.4%
25Lewisville, TX60,870+0.9%
26Odessa, TX60,845-3.3%
27Round Rock, TX60,548+2.3%
28Richardson, TX58,216+1.8%
29Pearland, TX58,118+3.1%
30Waco, TX57,056+0.3%
31College Station, TX54,587+5.3%
32Abilene, TX53,783-1.8%
33Killeen, TX53,483+1%
34League City, TX53,126+1.9%
35Allen, TX51,919+4%
36Beaumont, TX51,681-2.4%
37Tyler, TX49,359+1.6%
38San Angelo, TX45,581-0.1%
39Sugar Land, TX44,879-0.5%
40Wichita Falls, TX42,705-2.1%
41Bryan, TX40,469+2.8%
42Missouri City, TX38,783+1.1%
43Longview, TX38,708-3.1%
44Flower Mound, TX38,056+2.3%
45North Richland Hills, TX37,509-1%
46Edinburg, TX37,363+0.1%
47New Braunfels, TX34,642+5.3%
48Cedar Park, TX34,483+3.2%
49Temple, TX33,453+1.6%
50Mansfield, TX33,007+1.4%
51Baytown, TX32,859-1.9%
52Victoria, TX32,712-1.3%
53Mission, TX32,549-0.7%
54Conroe, TX32,458+2.3%
55Rowlett, TX32,401+2.7%
56Pflugerville, TX30,761+4%
57San Marcos, TX30,001+2.5%
58Grapevine, TX29,873-0.8%
59Euless, TX29,799-1%
60Pharr, TX28,634-0%
61Bedford, TX28,135-1.2%
62DeSoto, TX26,882+0.4%
63Cedar Hill, TX25,558+0.2%
64The Colony, TX25,557+0.7%
65Georgetown, TX25,342+7.1%
66Wylie, TX24,554+1.6%
67Harlingen, TX23,987-2.7%
68Galveston, TX23,682-1.3%
69Keller, TX22,773+2.4%
70Coppell, TX22,555+0.8%
71Port Arthur, TX22,339-1.8%
72Burleson, TX22,145+2.5%
73Haltom City, TX21,623-1.1%
74Rockwall, TX21,039+1.8%
75Texas City, TX20,970-0.7%
76Hurst, TX19,693-1.2%
77Duncanville, TX19,661-0.2%
78Friendswood, TX19,253-0.8%
79Sherman, TX18,990-0.5%
80Little Elm, TX18,879+8.2%
81Leander, TX18,855+10.5%
82La Porte, TX18,178-1.9%
83Kyle, TX17,985+8.3%
84Lancaster, TX17,831-0.3%
85Schertz, TX17,426+2%
86Farmers Branch, TX16,8200%
87Rosenberg, TX16,729+1.2%
88Deer Park, TX16,656-2.1%
89Waxahachie, TX16,274+3%
90Lufkin, TX15,588-1.1%
91Texarkana, TX15,333-1.1%
92Weslaco, TX14,606+2%
93Del Rio, TX14,434+1.1%
94Nacogdoches, TX14,366-2%
95San Juan, TX14,364-0.5%
96Sachse, TX13,756+3.5%
97Southlake, TX13,596+1.1%
98Lake Jackson, TX13,563-2.6%
99Colleyville, TX13,496+0.5%
100Socorro, TX13,184-0.4%
101Cleburne, TX12,959-1%
102Copperas Cove, TX12,790-0.5%
103Weatherford, TX12,571+1.7%
104Cibolo, TX12,509+4.6%
105Eagle Pass, TX12,396+0.7%
106Seguin, TX12,351+2.2%
107Alvin, TX12,013-1.1%
108Hutto, TX11,797+7.2%
109Harker Heights, TX11,777+1.6%
110Kingsville, TX11,656-5.9%
111Huntsville, TX11,398-1.2%
112Midlothian, TX10,993+6.2%
113Corsicana, TX10,949-1.6%
114Converse, TX10,840+3.4%
115University Park, TX10,666+1.4%
116Greenville, TX10,643+0.7%
116Paris, TX10,643-0.4%
118Denison, TX10,372-1.3%
119Balch Springs, TX10,135-0.2%
120Big Spring, TX9,677-1.9%
121Forney, TX9,430+5%
122San Benito, TX8,873-2.4%

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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 2015 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.CurrentU15-19. 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, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19

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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, 2015. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/texas-cities?period=2015. 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, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/texas-cities?period=2015.

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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, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/texas-cities?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Houston, TX, with 1.13 million in 2015, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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San Benito, TX, with 8,873 in 2015.

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 2015 and are not ranked.

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