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Cities in Texas by civilian labor force

Houston, TX had the highest civilian labor force of 134 cities in 2022, at 1.16 million. San Benito, TX had the lowest, at 9,425. The median was 29,473. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest1,162,238Houston, TX
Lowest9,425San Benito, TX
Median29,473134 cities

Top 40 cities, 2022

Houston, TX: 1,162,238 personsHouston, TX1,162,238San Antonio, TX: 712,563 personsSan Antonio, TX712,563Dallas, TX: 696,983 personsDallas, TX696,983Austin, TX: 616,034 personsAustin, TX616,034Fort Worth, TX: 493,938 personsFort Worth, TX493,938El Paso, TX: 310,789 personsEl Paso, TX310,789Arlington, TX: 211,755 personsArlington, TX211,755Plano, TX: 163,052 personsPlano, TX163,052Corpus Christi, TX: 146,746 personsCorpus Christi, TX146,746Irving, TX: 139,989 personsIrving, TX139,989Lubbock, TX: 134,411 personsLubbock, TX134,411Garland, TX: 129,772 personsGarland, TX129,772Frisco, TX: 119,629 personsFrisco, TX119,629McKinney, TX: 113,009 personsMcKinney, TX113,009Laredo, TX: 108,008 personsLaredo, TX108,008Grand Prairie, TX: 104,888 personsGrand Prairie, TX104,888Amarillo, TX: 100,445 personsAmarillo, TX100,445Denton, TX: 83,348 personsDenton, TX83,348Carrollton, TX: 82,400 personsCarrollton, TX82,400Brownsville, TX: 82,191 personsBrownsville, TX82,191Lewisville, TX: 78,820 personsLewisville, TX78,820Mesquite, TX: 78,021 personsMesquite, TX78,021Round Rock, TX: 73,793 personsRound Rock, TX73,793Midland, TX: 70,889 personsMidland, TX70,889McAllen, TX: 68,527 personsMcAllen, TX68,527Waco, TX: 68,071 personsWaco, TX68,071Richardson, TX: 67,915 personsRichardson, TX67,915Pasadena, TX: 66,471 personsPasadena, TX66,471College Station, TX: 65,585 personsCollege Station, TX65,585Pearland, TX: 64,583 personsPearland, TX64,583Killeen, TX: 62,641 personsKilleen, TX62,641Allen, TX: 60,025 personsAllen, TX60,025League City, TX: 59,660 personsLeague City, TX59,660Abilene, TX: 58,654 personsAbilene, TX58,654Odessa, TX: 58,621 personsOdessa, TX58,621Sugar Land, TX: 54,742 personsSugar Land, TX54,742New Braunfels, TX: 54,384 personsNew Braunfels, TX54,384Tyler, TX: 52,819 personsTyler, TX52,819Beaumont, TX: 51,093 personsBeaumont, TX51,093Conroe, TX: 50,805 personsConroe, TX50,805Houston, TX: 1,162,238 personsHouston, TX1,162,238San Antonio, TX: 712,563 personsSan Antonio, TX712,563Dallas, TX: 696,983 personsDallas, TX696,983Austin, TX: 616,034 personsAustin, TX616,034Fort Worth, TX: 493,938 personsFort Worth, TX493,938El Paso, TX: 310,789 personsEl Paso, TX310,789Arlington, TX: 211,755 personsArlington, TX211,755Plano, TX: 163,052 personsPlano, TX163,052Corpus Christi, TX: 146,746 personsCorpus Christi, TX146,746Irving, TX: 139,989 personsIrving, TX139,989Lubbock, TX: 134,411 personsLubbock, TX134,411Garland, TX: 129,772 personsGarland, TX129,772Frisco, TX: 119,629 personsFrisco, TX119,629McKinney, TX: 113,009 personsMcKinney, TX113,009Laredo, TX: 108,008 personsLaredo, TX108,008Grand Prairie, TX: 104,888 personsGrand Prairie, TX104,888Amarillo, TX: 100,445 personsAmarillo, TX100,445Denton, TX: 83,348 personsDenton, TX83,348Carrollton, TX: 82,400 personsCarrollton, TX82,400Brownsville, TX: 82,191 personsBrownsville, TX82,191Lewisville, TX: 78,820 personsLewisville, TX78,820Mesquite, TX: 78,021 personsMesquite, TX78,021Round Rock, TX: 73,793 personsRound Rock, TX73,793Midland, TX: 70,889 personsMidland, TX70,889McAllen, TX: 68,527 personsMcAllen, TX68,527Waco, TX: 68,071 personsWaco, TX68,071Richardson, TX: 67,915 personsRichardson, TX67,915Pasadena, TX: 66,471 personsPasadena, TX66,471College Station, TX: 65,585 personsCollege Station, TX65,585Pearland, TX: 64,583 personsPearland, TX64,583Killeen, TX: 62,641 personsKilleen, TX62,641Allen, TX: 60,025 personsAllen, TX60,025League City, TX: 59,660 personsLeague City, TX59,660Abilene, TX: 58,654 personsAbilene, TX58,654Odessa, TX: 58,621 personsOdessa, TX58,621Sugar Land, TX: 54,742 personsSugar Land, TX54,742New Braunfels, TX: 54,384 personsNew Braunfels, TX54,384Tyler, TX: 52,819 personsTyler, TX52,819Beaumont, TX: 51,093 personsBeaumont, TX51,093Conroe, TX: 50,805 personsConroe, TX50,805
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

RankCities2022
persons		Change on 2021
1Houston, TX1,162,238+1.4%
2San Antonio, TX712,563+2.3%
3Dallas, TX696,983+1.9%
4Austin, TX616,034+4.6%
5Fort Worth, TX493,938+3.3%
6El Paso, TX310,789+1.2%
7Arlington, TX211,755+1.5%
8Plano, TX163,052+2.4%
9Corpus Christi, TX146,746-0.1%
10Irving, TX139,989+1.5%
11Lubbock, TX134,411+1.8%
12Garland, TX129,772+2.4%
13Frisco, TX119,629+6.5%
14McKinney, TX113,009+4.3%
15Laredo, TX108,008+1.1%
16Grand Prairie, TX104,888+3.4%
17Amarillo, TX100,445+0.6%
18Denton, TX83,348+4.1%
19Carrollton, TX82,400+2%
20Brownsville, TX82,191+0.9%
21Lewisville, TX78,820+5%
22Mesquite, TX78,021+1.2%
23Round Rock, TX73,793+6.3%
24Midland, TX70,889+5.5%
25McAllen, TX68,527+1.5%
26Waco, TX68,071+1.4%
27Richardson, TX67,915+2.5%
28Pasadena, TX66,471-0.3%
29College Station, TX65,585+3.9%
30Pearland, TX64,583+2.2%
31Killeen, TX62,641+0.2%
32Allen, TX60,025+6.3%
33League City, TX59,660+1%
34Abilene, TX58,654+2.6%
35Odessa, TX58,621+3.8%
36Sugar Land, TX54,742+0.8%
37New Braunfels, TX54,384+7.3%
38Tyler, TX52,819+1.9%
39Beaumont, TX51,093-0.8%
40Conroe, TX50,805+7.2%
41San Angelo, TX49,604+1.9%
42Edinburg, TX47,867+2.5%
43Wichita Falls, TX44,598-0.3%
44Bryan, TX44,217+4.9%
45Flower Mound, TX43,992+3.7%
46Cedar Park, TX43,358+2.5%
47Leander, TX43,217+15.4%
48San Marcos, TX41,645+5.4%
49Mansfield, TX41,608+4.9%
50Georgetown, TX39,649+18.8%
51Missouri City, TX39,430+2.8%
52Pflugerville, TX39,418+1.7%
53Baytown, TX39,223-0.8%
54North Richland Hills, TX39,009+2.1%
55Temple, TX38,645+4%
56Longview, TX37,800+0.9%
57Mission, TX37,119+0.7%
58Rowlett, TX36,930+3.9%
59Euless, TX35,823+0.6%
60Pharr, TX35,219+1%
61Wylie, TX33,181+4.7%
62Kyle, TX32,527+14.8%
63Grapevine, TX31,218+2.4%
64DeSoto, TX30,981+1.6%
65Harlingen, TX30,786+0.5%
66Victoria, TX29,957+0.2%
67Little Elm, TX29,867+10.2%
68The Colony, TX29,079+2.3%
69Rockwall, TX28,487+5.6%
70Bedford, TX27,6440%
71Burleson, TX27,264+5.2%
72Texas City, TX26,088+2.5%
73Cedar Hill, TX25,695+0.4%
74Galveston, TX24,938+0.1%
75Waxahachie, TX24,269+6%
76Coppell, TX23,795+1.2%
77Keller, TX23,485+1.7%
78Haltom City, TX23,153+0.7%
79Farmers Branch, TX22,602+2.3%
80Sherman, TX21,846-0.2%
81Hutto, TX21,813+22.8%
82Hurst, TX21,409+0.3%
83Port Arthur, TX21,055-2.3%
84Midlothian, TX20,752+6.6%
85Rosenberg, TX20,170+3.8%
86Lancaster, TX19,834-0.3%
87Schertz, TX19,783+2.2%
88Friendswood, TX19,256+0.7%
89Prosper, TX18,678+12.4%
90Weatherford, TX18,403+8.5%
91Duncanville, TX18,313-0.1%
92Celina, TX18,109+47.4%
93La Porte, TX17,934+1.7%
94Weslaco, TX17,891+3.2%
95Forney, TX17,785+19.2%
96Huntsville, TX17,738+0.6%
97Socorro, TX17,379+5.2%
98Sachse, TX17,199+7.7%
99Deer Park, TX16,348-0.1%
100Cleburne, TX16,130+6.6%
101Seguin, TX16,001+9.5%
102San Juan, TX15,938+0.6%
103Cibolo, TX15,903+5.3%
104Del Rio, TX15,448-0.5%
105Copperas Cove, TX15,363+0.9%
106Texarkana, TX14,938-1.2%
107Nacogdoches, TX14,885-1.6%
108Greenville, TX14,749+6.7%
109Harker Heights, TX14,580+0.9%
110Converse, TX14,382+3.7%
111Fulshear, TX14,355+39.3%
112Lufkin, TX14,194-1.4%
113Southlake, TX13,931+2%
114Lake Jackson, TX13,751-0.7%
115Alvin, TX13,546+2.4%
116Saginaw, TX13,321+7%
117Balch Springs, TX13,315+0.5%
118Anna, TX12,930+18.5%
119Colleyville, TX12,841+1.4%
120Princeton, TX12,834+16.4%
121Eagle Pass, TX12,212-1.7%
122Fate, TX11,770+11.4%
123Katy, TX11,658+7.5%
124Denison, TX11,317+3.7%
125Corsicana, TX11,242-2.1%
126Paris, TX11,216-1.3%
127Kingsville, TX11,126-1.1%
128University Park, TX11,124+2%
129Royse City, TX10,914+25.2%
130Kerrville, TX10,610+0.5%
131Belton, TX10,475+2.6%
132Melissa, TX9,901+17.1%
133Big Spring, TX9,817-4.4%
134San Benito, TX9,425-2.7%

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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.CurrentU20-24. 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, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

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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, 2022. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/texas-cities?period=2022. 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, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/texas-cities?period=2022.

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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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/texas-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Houston, TX, with 1.16 million in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

San Benito, TX, with 9,425 in 2022.

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