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Cities in Texas by civilian labor force

Houston, TX had the highest civilian labor force of 122 cities in 2016, at 1.15 million. Forney, TX had the lowest, at 7,067. The median was 28,118. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest1,151,209Houston, TX
Lowest7,067Forney, TX
Median28,118122 cities

Top 40 cities, 2016

Houston, TX: 1,151,209 personsHouston, TX1,151,209Dallas, TX: 657,229 personsDallas, TX657,229San Antonio, TX: 653,414 personsSan Antonio, TX653,414Austin, TX: 528,575 personsAustin, TX528,575Fort Worth, TX: 416,582 personsFort Worth, TX416,582El Paso, TX: 291,143 personsEl Paso, TX291,143Arlington, TX: 198,010 personsArlington, TX198,010Plano, TX: 151,204 personsPlano, TX151,204Corpus Christi, TX: 149,988 personsCorpus Christi, TX149,988Irving, TX: 134,316 personsIrving, TX134,316Lubbock, TX: 123,235 personsLubbock, TX123,235Garland, TX: 122,841 personsGarland, TX122,841Laredo, TX: 102,779 personsLaredo, TX102,779Amarillo, TX: 97,343 personsAmarillo, TX97,343Grand Prairie, TX: 95,536 personsGrand Prairie, TX95,536McKinney, TX: 84,316 personsMcKinney, TX84,316Frisco, TX: 81,638 personsFrisco, TX81,638Mesquite, TX: 78,359 personsMesquite, TX78,359Brownsville, TX: 76,327 personsBrownsville, TX76,327Carrollton, TX: 74,334 personsCarrollton, TX74,334Pasadena, TX: 70,314 personsPasadena, TX70,314Lewisville, TX: 68,304 personsLewisville, TX68,304Denton, TX: 67,617 personsDenton, TX67,617McAllen, TX: 62,122 personsMcAllen, TX62,122Waco, TX: 61,278 personsWaco, TX61,278Richardson, TX: 61,093 personsRichardson, TX61,093Pearland, TX: 60,570 personsPearland, TX60,570Killeen, TX: 58,114 personsKilleen, TX58,114Sugar Land, TX: 55,900 personsSugar Land, TX55,900Round Rock, TX: 55,777 personsRound Rock, TX55,777Midland, TX: 55,583 personsMidland, TX55,583League City, TX: 55,121 personsLeague City, TX55,121College Station, TX: 55,060 personsCollege Station, TX55,060Beaumont, TX: 54,317 personsBeaumont, TX54,317Abilene, TX: 52,759 personsAbilene, TX52,759Odessa, TX: 51,492 personsOdessa, TX51,492Allen, TX: 49,130 personsAllen, TX49,130Tyler, TX: 49,029 personsTyler, TX49,029San Angelo, TX: 47,522 personsSan Angelo, TX47,522Wichita Falls, TX: 44,240 personsWichita Falls, TX44,240Houston, TX: 1,151,209 personsHouston, TX1,151,209Dallas, TX: 657,229 personsDallas, TX657,229San Antonio, TX: 653,414 personsSan Antonio, TX653,414Austin, TX: 528,575 personsAustin, TX528,575Fort Worth, TX: 416,582 personsFort Worth, TX416,582El Paso, TX: 291,143 personsEl Paso, TX291,143Arlington, TX: 198,010 personsArlington, TX198,010Plano, TX: 151,204 personsPlano, TX151,204Corpus Christi, TX: 149,988 personsCorpus Christi, TX149,988Irving, TX: 134,316 personsIrving, TX134,316Lubbock, TX: 123,235 personsLubbock, TX123,235Garland, TX: 122,841 personsGarland, TX122,841Laredo, TX: 102,779 personsLaredo, TX102,779Amarillo, TX: 97,343 personsAmarillo, TX97,343Grand Prairie, TX: 95,536 personsGrand Prairie, TX95,536McKinney, TX: 84,316 personsMcKinney, TX84,316Frisco, TX: 81,638 personsFrisco, TX81,638Mesquite, TX: 78,359 personsMesquite, TX78,359Brownsville, TX: 76,327 personsBrownsville, TX76,327Carrollton, TX: 74,334 personsCarrollton, TX74,334Pasadena, TX: 70,314 personsPasadena, TX70,314Lewisville, TX: 68,304 personsLewisville, TX68,304Denton, TX: 67,617 personsDenton, TX67,617McAllen, TX: 62,122 personsMcAllen, TX62,122Waco, TX: 61,278 personsWaco, TX61,278Richardson, TX: 61,093 personsRichardson, TX61,093Pearland, TX: 60,570 personsPearland, TX60,570Killeen, TX: 58,114 personsKilleen, TX58,114Sugar Land, TX: 55,900 personsSugar Land, TX55,900Round Rock, TX: 55,777 personsRound Rock, TX55,777Midland, TX: 55,583 personsMidland, TX55,583League City, TX: 55,121 personsLeague City, TX55,121College Station, TX: 55,060 personsCollege Station, TX55,060Beaumont, TX: 54,317 personsBeaumont, TX54,317Abilene, TX: 52,759 personsAbilene, TX52,759Odessa, TX: 51,492 personsOdessa, TX51,492Allen, TX: 49,130 personsAllen, TX49,130Tyler, TX: 49,029 personsTyler, TX49,029San Angelo, TX: 47,522 personsSan Angelo, TX47,522Wichita Falls, TX: 44,240 personsWichita Falls, TX44,240
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

RankCities2016
persons		Change on 2015
1Houston, TX1,151,209+1.5%
2Dallas, TX657,229+3.3%
3San Antonio, TX653,414-3.5%
4Austin, TX528,575-1.1%
5Fort Worth, TX416,582+6.3%
6El Paso, TX291,143+2.4%
7Arlington, TX198,010-0.9%
8Plano, TX151,204-1.4%
9Corpus Christi, TX149,988+0.3%
10Irving, TX134,316+8.3%
11Lubbock, TX123,235-1.5%
12Garland, TX122,841+3.8%
13Laredo, TX102,779-3.1%
14Amarillo, TX97,343-2.2%
15Grand Prairie, TX95,536+2.8%
16McKinney, TX84,316+2.2%
17Frisco, TX81,638+0.3%
18Mesquite, TX78,359+6.8%
19Brownsville, TX76,327+3.9%
20Carrollton, TX74,334-2.1%
21Pasadena, TX70,314+4.9%
22Lewisville, TX68,304+12.2%
23Denton, TX67,617-0.8%
24McAllen, TX62,122-0.1%
25Waco, TX61,278+7.4%
26Richardson, TX61,093+4.9%
27Pearland, TX60,570+4.2%
28Killeen, TX58,114+8.7%
29Sugar Land, TX55,900+24.6%
30Round Rock, TX55,777-7.9%
31Midland, TX55,583-23.3%
32League City, TX55,121+3.8%
33College Station, TX55,060+0.9%
34Beaumont, TX54,317+5.1%
35Abilene, TX52,759-1.9%
36Odessa, TX51,492-15.4%
37Allen, TX49,130-5.4%
38Tyler, TX49,029-0.7%
39San Angelo, TX47,522+4.3%
40Wichita Falls, TX44,240+3.6%
41Baytown, TX39,190+19.3%
42Edinburg, TX39,085+4.6%
43Conroe, TX38,647+19.1%
44Longview, TX38,177-1.4%
45Missouri City, TX37,354-3.7%
46Bryan, TX37,099-8.3%
47Flower Mound, TX36,741-3.5%
48New Braunfels, TX35,944+3.8%
49Cedar Park, TX35,675+3.5%
50North Richland Hills, TX35,635-5%
51San Marcos, TX34,371+14.6%
52Mission, TX33,970+4.4%
53Temple, TX33,554+0.3%
54Mansfield, TX33,471+1.4%
55Euless, TX33,017+10.8%
56Pflugerville, TX32,218+4.7%
57Pharr, TX31,989+11.7%
58Victoria, TX31,495-3.7%
59Rowlett, TX30,755-5.1%
60DeSoto, TX29,695+10.5%
61Harlingen, TX28,821+20.2%
62Bedford, TX27,415-2.6%
63Grapevine, TX27,179-9%
64Wylie, TX26,886+9.5%
65The Colony, TX25,510-0.2%
66Cedar Hill, TX25,311-1%
67Galveston, TX25,060+5.8%
68Coppell, TX23,675+5%
69Rockwall, TX23,047+9.5%
70Texas City, TX22,815+8.8%
71Haltom City, TX22,601+4.5%
72Keller, TX22,345-1.9%
73Port Arthur, TX22,272-0.3%
74Georgetown, TX21,172-16.5%
75Hurst, TX21,150+7.4%
76Burleson, TX20,819-6%
77Sherman, TX19,898+4.8%
78Lancaster, TX19,259+8%
79Friendswood, TX19,031-1.2%
80Duncanville, TX18,644-5.2%
81Leander, TX18,368-2.6%
82Waxahachie, TX18,116+11.3%
83Kyle, TX17,839-0.8%
84Rosenberg, TX17,687+5.7%
85Schertz, TX17,591+0.9%
86Little Elm, TX17,239-8.7%
87Deer Park, TX17,163+3%
88Huntsville, TX17,162+50.6%
89La Porte, TX17,139-5.7%
90Texarkana, TX15,386+0.3%
91Nacogdoches, TX15,378+7%
92Lufkin, TX14,928-4.2%
93Weslaco, TX14,830+1.5%
94Copperas Cove, TX14,653+14.6%
95San Juan, TX14,599+1.6%
96Midlothian, TX14,442+31.4%
97Sachse, TX14,192+3.2%
98Socorro, TX14,119+7.1%
99Del Rio, TX14,066-2.5%
100Lake Jackson, TX14,051+3.6%
101Harker Heights, TX13,418+13.9%
102Cleburne, TX13,311+2.7%
103Balch Springs, TX13,199+30.2%
104Seguin, TX13,038+5.6%
105Eagle Pass, TX12,882+3.9%
106Southlake, TX12,791-5.9%
107Weatherford, TX12,741+1.4%
108Alvin, TX12,688+5.6%
109Farmers Branch, TX12,330-26.7%
110Hutto, TX12,171+3.2%
111Cibolo, TX12,138-3%
112Converse, TX12,122+11.8%
113Colleyville, TX11,863-12.1%
114Kingsville, TX11,860+1.8%
115Greenville, TX11,624+9.2%
116Corsicana, TX11,227+2.5%
117University Park, TX10,811+1.4%
118Paris, TX10,616-0.3%
119Big Spring, TX9,929+2.6%
120Denison, TX9,733-6.2%
121San Benito, TX9,015+1.6%
122Forney, TX7,067-25.1%

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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. 12 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2016 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, 2016) [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, 2016. 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=2016. 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, 2016. 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=2016.

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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, 2016 [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=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Houston, TX, with 1.15 million in 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Forney, TX, with 7,067 in 2016.

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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 2016 and are not ranked.

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