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Cities in Texas by civilian labor force

Houston, TX had the highest civilian labor force of 122 cities in 2019, at 1.16 million. San Benito, TX had the lowest, at 8,954. The median was 29,718. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest1,158,875Houston, TX
Lowest8,954San Benito, TX
Median29,718122 cities

Top 40 cities, 2019

Houston, TX: 1,158,875 personsHouston, TX1,158,875San Antonio, TX: 681,867 personsSan Antonio, TX681,867Dallas, TX: 675,103 personsDallas, TX675,103Austin, TX: 564,425 personsAustin, TX564,425Fort Worth, TX: 452,819 personsFort Worth, TX452,819El Paso, TX: 301,589 personsEl Paso, TX301,589Arlington, TX: 205,737 personsArlington, TX205,737Plano, TX: 153,647 personsPlano, TX153,647Corpus Christi, TX: 148,686 personsCorpus Christi, TX148,686Irving, TX: 135,852 personsIrving, TX135,852Lubbock, TX: 127,863 personsLubbock, TX127,863Garland, TX: 125,991 personsGarland, TX125,991Laredo, TX: 106,601 personsLaredo, TX106,601Frisco, TX: 102,038 personsFrisco, TX102,038McKinney, TX: 99,080 personsMcKinney, TX99,080Grand Prairie, TX: 98,485 personsGrand Prairie, TX98,485Amarillo, TX: 97,282 personsAmarillo, TX97,282Carrollton, TX: 78,555 personsCarrollton, TX78,555Mesquite, TX: 77,295 personsMesquite, TX77,295Brownsville, TX: 76,299 personsBrownsville, TX76,299Denton, TX: 72,738 personsDenton, TX72,738Lewisville, TX: 71,725 personsLewisville, TX71,725Midland, TX: 70,175 personsMidland, TX70,175Pasadena, TX: 68,905 personsPasadena, TX68,905Richardson, TX: 66,047 personsRichardson, TX66,047McAllen, TX: 64,241 personsMcAllen, TX64,241Round Rock, TX: 64,060 personsRound Rock, TX64,060Waco, TX: 63,846 personsWaco, TX63,846Pearland, TX: 63,774 personsPearland, TX63,774College Station, TX: 60,096 personsCollege Station, TX60,096Odessa, TX: 59,968 personsOdessa, TX59,968Killeen, TX: 59,475 personsKilleen, TX59,475League City, TX: 58,668 personsLeague City, TX58,668Sugar Land, TX: 55,770 personsSugar Land, TX55,770Abilene, TX: 55,642 personsAbilene, TX55,642Beaumont, TX: 53,708 personsBeaumont, TX53,708Allen, TX: 52,935 personsAllen, TX52,935Tyler, TX: 50,209 personsTyler, TX50,209San Angelo, TX: 47,878 personsSan Angelo, TX47,878Wichita Falls, TX: 44,842 personsWichita Falls, TX44,842Houston, TX: 1,158,875 personsHouston, TX1,158,875San Antonio, TX: 681,867 personsSan Antonio, TX681,867Dallas, TX: 675,103 personsDallas, TX675,103Austin, TX: 564,425 personsAustin, TX564,425Fort Worth, TX: 452,819 personsFort Worth, TX452,819El Paso, TX: 301,589 personsEl Paso, TX301,589Arlington, TX: 205,737 personsArlington, TX205,737Plano, TX: 153,647 personsPlano, TX153,647Corpus Christi, TX: 148,686 personsCorpus Christi, TX148,686Irving, TX: 135,852 personsIrving, TX135,852Lubbock, TX: 127,863 personsLubbock, TX127,863Garland, TX: 125,991 personsGarland, TX125,991Laredo, TX: 106,601 personsLaredo, TX106,601Frisco, TX: 102,038 personsFrisco, TX102,038McKinney, TX: 99,080 personsMcKinney, TX99,080Grand Prairie, TX: 98,485 personsGrand Prairie, TX98,485Amarillo, TX: 97,282 personsAmarillo, TX97,282Carrollton, TX: 78,555 personsCarrollton, TX78,555Mesquite, TX: 77,295 personsMesquite, TX77,295Brownsville, TX: 76,299 personsBrownsville, TX76,299Denton, TX: 72,738 personsDenton, TX72,738Lewisville, TX: 71,725 personsLewisville, TX71,725Midland, TX: 70,175 personsMidland, TX70,175Pasadena, TX: 68,905 personsPasadena, TX68,905Richardson, TX: 66,047 personsRichardson, TX66,047McAllen, TX: 64,241 personsMcAllen, TX64,241Round Rock, TX: 64,060 personsRound Rock, TX64,060Waco, TX: 63,846 personsWaco, TX63,846Pearland, TX: 63,774 personsPearland, TX63,774College Station, TX: 60,096 personsCollege Station, TX60,096Odessa, TX: 59,968 personsOdessa, TX59,968Killeen, TX: 59,475 personsKilleen, TX59,475League City, TX: 58,668 personsLeague City, TX58,668Sugar Land, TX: 55,770 personsSugar Land, TX55,770Abilene, TX: 55,642 personsAbilene, TX55,642Beaumont, TX: 53,708 personsBeaumont, TX53,708Allen, TX: 52,935 personsAllen, TX52,935Tyler, TX: 50,209 personsTyler, TX50,209San Angelo, TX: 47,878 personsSan Angelo, TX47,878Wichita Falls, TX: 44,842 personsWichita Falls, TX44,842
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

RankCities2019
persons		Change on 2018
1Houston, TX1,158,875+0.2%
2San Antonio, TX681,867+0.8%
3Dallas, TX675,103+0.4%
4Austin, TX564,425+2.1%
5Fort Worth, TX452,819+2.6%
6El Paso, TX301,589+1.2%
7Arlington, TX205,737+1.2%
8Plano, TX153,647-0.1%
9Corpus Christi, TX148,686-0.7%
10Irving, TX135,852-0.4%
11Lubbock, TX127,863+1%
12Garland, TX125,991-0.5%
13Laredo, TX106,601+2%
14Frisco, TX102,038+7%
15McKinney, TX99,080+4.4%
16Grand Prairie, TX98,485+0.8%
17Amarillo, TX97,282+0.3%
18Carrollton, TX78,555+2.1%
19Mesquite, TX77,295-0.9%
20Brownsville, TX76,299+0.6%
21Denton, TX72,738+3.4%
22Lewisville, TX71,725+2.4%
23Midland, TX70,175+4.4%
24Pasadena, TX68,905-1.1%
25Richardson, TX66,047+1.7%
26McAllen, TX64,241+1%
27Round Rock, TX64,060+4.4%
28Waco, TX63,846+1.3%
29Pearland, TX63,774+0.8%
30College Station, TX60,096+2.6%
31Odessa, TX59,968+3.5%
32Killeen, TX59,475+0.4%
33League City, TX58,668+1.7%
34Sugar Land, TX55,770+0.1%
35Abilene, TX55,642+2.3%
36Beaumont, TX53,708-0.8%
37Allen, TX52,935+2.3%
38Tyler, TX50,209+0.5%
39San Angelo, TX47,878-0.1%
40Wichita Falls, TX44,842-0.2%
41New Braunfels, TX44,762+6.8%
42Edinburg, TX43,478+3.7%
43Conroe, TX43,194+4.6%
44Flower Mound, TX40,321+2.7%
45Cedar Park, TX40,292+3.9%
46Baytown, TX39,763-0.1%
47Bryan, TX39,608+2.9%
48Longview, TX38,160+0.9%
49Missouri City, TX37,858+0.7%
50Mansfield, TX37,628+3.3%
51San Marcos, TX37,107+2.2%
52North Richland Hills, TX36,883+0.8%
53Pflugerville, TX36,335+2.4%
54Euless, TX35,172+0.6%
55Mission, TX35,069+1.2%
56Temple, TX34,682+1.4%
57Rowlett, TX33,905+2.3%
58Pharr, TX33,360+0.6%
59Victoria, TX30,472-1.3%
60DeSoto, TX30,020-0.3%
61Grapevine, TX29,748+3.7%
62Wylie, TX29,687+4.1%
63Leander, TX29,299+15.1%
64Harlingen, TX28,985+0.3%
65Bedford, TX27,746-0.2%
66Georgetown, TX27,144+9.8%
67The Colony, TX27,111+2.2%
68Galveston, TX25,358+0.2%
69Cedar Hill, TX25,219-0.8%
70Rockwall, TX24,653+2%
71Texas City, TX23,916+2.3%
72Coppell, TX23,789-0.4%
73Kyle, TX23,322+5.2%
74Keller, TX23,157+0.6%
75Burleson, TX23,136+3.3%
76Little Elm, TX22,936+8.9%
77Haltom City, TX22,837-0%
78Port Arthur, TX21,613-1.9%
79Hurst, TX21,348-0.1%
80Sherman, TX20,788+2.3%
81Waxahachie, TX20,450+4%
82Farmers Branch, TX19,950+30.3%
83Lancaster, TX19,532-0.1%
84Friendswood, TX19,511+0.6%
85Schertz, TX19,044+2.4%
86Rosenberg, TX18,526+1.4%
87Duncanville, TX18,474-0.9%
88Midlothian, TX17,564+7.5%
89Huntsville, TX17,556+0.8%
90La Porte, TX16,975-0.7%
91Deer Park, TX16,969-1%
92Weslaco, TX15,803+1.4%
93Del Rio, TX15,689+1.6%
94Texarkana, TX15,214+0.3%
95San Juan, TX14,951+0.5%
96Nacogdoches, TX14,899-2.2%
97Weatherford, TX14,893+6.8%
98Socorro, TX14,855+2.3%
99Sachse, TX14,815+0.4%
100Hutto, TX14,714+6.6%
101Copperas Cove, TX14,676+1%
102Cleburne, TX14,302+2.9%
103Lufkin, TX14,248-1%
104Lake Jackson, TX14,177-0.1%
105Seguin, TX13,979+1.2%
106Harker Heights, TX13,944+1%
107Cibolo, TX13,924+4.1%
108Southlake, TX13,645+1.5%
109Balch Springs, TX13,248-0.5%
110Converse, TX13,110+2.3%
111Alvin, TX12,918+0.4%
112Greenville, TX12,714+2.7%
113Colleyville, TX12,595+1.7%
114Eagle Pass, TX12,140-1.8%
115Forney, TX11,719+20.2%
116Corsicana, TX11,523+0.7%
117Kingsville, TX11,322+1.1%
118University Park, TX10,887-0.2%
119Paris, TX10,800+0.3%
120Big Spring, TX10,666+3.2%
121Denison, TX10,473+1.7%
122San Benito, TX8,954-0.5%

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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 2019 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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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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, 2019 [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=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Houston, TX, with 1.16 million in 2019, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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San Benito, TX, with 8,954 in 2019.

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 2019 and are not ranked.

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