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Cities in Texas by civilian labor force

Houston, TX had the highest civilian labor force of 134 cities in 2023, at 1.2 million. San Benito, TX had the lowest, at 9,470. The median was 29,751. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest1,195,754Houston, TX
Lowest9,470San Benito, TX
Median29,751134 cities

Top 40 cities, 2023

Houston, TX: 1,195,754 personsHouston, TX1,195,754San Antonio, TX: 732,570 personsSan Antonio, TX732,570Dallas, TX: 709,092 personsDallas, TX709,092Austin, TX: 638,314 personsAustin, TX638,314Fort Worth, TX: 512,215 personsFort Worth, TX512,215El Paso, TX: 318,307 personsEl Paso, TX318,307Arlington, TX: 216,837 personsArlington, TX216,837Plano, TX: 165,632 personsPlano, TX165,632Corpus Christi, TX: 150,165 personsCorpus Christi, TX150,165Irving, TX: 141,858 personsIrving, TX141,858Lubbock, TX: 136,992 personsLubbock, TX136,992Garland, TX: 130,180 personsGarland, TX130,180Frisco, TX: 124,403 personsFrisco, TX124,403McKinney, TX: 117,714 personsMcKinney, TX117,714Laredo, TX: 111,062 personsLaredo, TX111,062Grand Prairie, TX: 106,589 personsGrand Prairie, TX106,589Amarillo, TX: 101,951 personsAmarillo, TX101,951Denton, TX: 88,495 personsDenton, TX88,495Brownsville, TX: 84,069 personsBrownsville, TX84,069Carrollton, TX: 82,985 personsCarrollton, TX82,985Lewisville, TX: 81,174 personsLewisville, TX81,174Mesquite, TX: 78,748 personsMesquite, TX78,748Round Rock, TX: 78,058 personsRound Rock, TX78,058Midland, TX: 75,302 personsMidland, TX75,302McAllen, TX: 70,457 personsMcAllen, TX70,457Waco, TX: 69,752 personsWaco, TX69,752Richardson, TX: 68,062 personsRichardson, TX68,062College Station, TX: 67,808 personsCollege Station, TX67,808Pasadena, TX: 67,228 personsPasadena, TX67,228Pearland, TX: 66,182 personsPearland, TX66,182Killeen, TX: 62,790 personsKilleen, TX62,790Odessa, TX: 61,247 personsOdessa, TX61,247Allen, TX: 60,941 personsAllen, TX60,941League City, TX: 60,685 personsLeague City, TX60,685Abilene, TX: 60,444 personsAbilene, TX60,444New Braunfels, TX: 58,220 personsNew Braunfels, TX58,220Sugar Land, TX: 55,151 personsSugar Land, TX55,151Conroe, TX: 54,868 personsConroe, TX54,868Tyler, TX: 54,071 personsTyler, TX54,071Beaumont, TX: 52,174 personsBeaumont, TX52,174Houston, TX: 1,195,754 personsHouston, TX1,195,754San Antonio, TX: 732,570 personsSan Antonio, TX732,570Dallas, TX: 709,092 personsDallas, TX709,092Austin, TX: 638,314 personsAustin, TX638,314Fort Worth, TX: 512,215 personsFort Worth, TX512,215El Paso, TX: 318,307 personsEl Paso, TX318,307Arlington, TX: 216,837 personsArlington, TX216,837Plano, TX: 165,632 personsPlano, TX165,632Corpus Christi, TX: 150,165 personsCorpus Christi, TX150,165Irving, TX: 141,858 personsIrving, TX141,858Lubbock, TX: 136,992 personsLubbock, TX136,992Garland, TX: 130,180 personsGarland, TX130,180Frisco, TX: 124,403 personsFrisco, TX124,403McKinney, TX: 117,714 personsMcKinney, TX117,714Laredo, TX: 111,062 personsLaredo, TX111,062Grand Prairie, TX: 106,589 personsGrand Prairie, TX106,589Amarillo, TX: 101,951 personsAmarillo, TX101,951Denton, TX: 88,495 personsDenton, TX88,495Brownsville, TX: 84,069 personsBrownsville, TX84,069Carrollton, TX: 82,985 personsCarrollton, TX82,985Lewisville, TX: 81,174 personsLewisville, TX81,174Mesquite, TX: 78,748 personsMesquite, TX78,748Round Rock, TX: 78,058 personsRound Rock, TX78,058Midland, TX: 75,302 personsMidland, TX75,302McAllen, TX: 70,457 personsMcAllen, TX70,457Waco, TX: 69,752 personsWaco, TX69,752Richardson, TX: 68,062 personsRichardson, TX68,062College Station, TX: 67,808 personsCollege Station, TX67,808Pasadena, TX: 67,228 personsPasadena, TX67,228Pearland, TX: 66,182 personsPearland, TX66,182Killeen, TX: 62,790 personsKilleen, TX62,790Odessa, TX: 61,247 personsOdessa, TX61,247Allen, TX: 60,941 personsAllen, TX60,941League City, TX: 60,685 personsLeague City, TX60,685Abilene, TX: 60,444 personsAbilene, TX60,444New Braunfels, TX: 58,220 personsNew Braunfels, TX58,220Sugar Land, TX: 55,151 personsSugar Land, TX55,151Conroe, TX: 54,868 personsConroe, TX54,868Tyler, TX: 54,071 personsTyler, TX54,071Beaumont, TX: 52,174 personsBeaumont, TX52,174
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

RankCities2023
persons		Change on 2022
1Houston, TX1,195,754+2.9%
2San Antonio, TX732,570+2.8%
3Dallas, TX709,092+1.7%
4Austin, TX638,314+3.6%
5Fort Worth, TX512,215+3.7%
6El Paso, TX318,307+2.4%
7Arlington, TX216,837+2.4%
8Plano, TX165,632+1.6%
9Corpus Christi, TX150,165+2.3%
10Irving, TX141,858+1.3%
11Lubbock, TX136,992+1.9%
12Garland, TX130,180+0.3%
13Frisco, TX124,403+4%
14McKinney, TX117,714+4.2%
15Laredo, TX111,062+2.8%
16Grand Prairie, TX106,589+1.6%
17Amarillo, TX101,951+1.5%
18Denton, TX88,495+6.2%
19Brownsville, TX84,069+2.3%
20Carrollton, TX82,985+0.7%
21Lewisville, TX81,174+3%
22Mesquite, TX78,748+0.9%
23Round Rock, TX78,058+5.8%
24Midland, TX75,302+6.2%
25McAllen, TX70,457+2.8%
26Waco, TX69,752+2.5%
27Richardson, TX68,062+0.2%
28College Station, TX67,808+3.4%
29Pasadena, TX67,228+1.1%
30Pearland, TX66,182+2.5%
31Killeen, TX62,790+0.2%
32Odessa, TX61,247+4.5%
33Allen, TX60,941+1.5%
34League City, TX60,685+1.7%
35Abilene, TX60,444+3.1%
36New Braunfels, TX58,220+7.1%
37Sugar Land, TX55,151+0.7%
38Conroe, TX54,868+8%
39Tyler, TX54,071+2.4%
40Beaumont, TX52,174+2.1%
41San Angelo, TX50,761+2.3%
42Edinburg, TX49,168+2.7%
43Leander, TX47,829+10.7%
44Bryan, TX46,013+4.1%
45Flower Mound, TX45,011+2.3%
46Georgetown, TX44,946+13.4%
47Wichita Falls, TX44,901+0.7%
48Cedar Park, TX44,489+2.6%
49San Marcos, TX43,314+4%
50Mansfield, TX43,233+3.9%
51Pflugerville, TX40,413+2.5%
52Temple, TX40,227+4.1%
53Missouri City, TX40,207+2%
54Baytown, TX39,921+1.8%
55North Richland Hills, TX39,607+1.5%
56Rowlett, TX38,419+4%
57Longview, TX38,335+1.4%
58Mission, TX37,813+1.9%
59Kyle, TX36,380+11.8%
60Euless, TX36,053+0.6%
61Pharr, TX35,703+1.4%
62Wylie, TX33,743+1.7%
63Little Elm, TX31,924+6.9%
64Grapevine, TX31,527+1%
65Harlingen, TX31,326+1.8%
66DeSoto, TX31,267+0.9%
67Victoria, TX30,048+0.3%
68Rockwall, TX29,454+3.4%
69The Colony, TX29,425+1.2%
70Burleson, TX28,468+4.4%
71Bedford, TX27,855+0.8%
72Texas City, TX26,721+2.4%
73Cedar Hill, TX26,067+1.4%
74Waxahachie, TX25,319+4.3%
75Galveston, TX25,249+1.2%
76Keller, TX24,432+4%
77Coppell, TX23,880+0.4%
78Hutto, TX23,716+8.7%
79Farmers Branch, TX23,386+3.5%
80Haltom City, TX23,346+0.8%
81Celina, TX23,324+28.8%
82Sherman, TX23,170+6.1%
83Midlothian, TX22,332+7.6%
84Hurst, TX21,546+0.6%
84Port Arthur, TX21,546+2.3%
86Prosper, TX20,923+12%
87Rosenberg, TX20,764+2.9%
88Schertz, TX20,111+1.7%
89Lancaster, TX19,971+0.7%
90Forney, TX19,629+10.4%
91Friendswood, TX19,582+1.7%
92Weatherford, TX19,560+6.3%
93La Porte, TX18,525+3.3%
94Weslaco, TX18,438+3.1%
95Sachse, TX18,437+7.2%
96Fulshear, TX18,372+28%
97Duncanville, TX18,343+0.2%
98Huntsville, TX18,044+1.7%
99Socorro, TX18,012+3.6%
100Seguin, TX17,443+9%
101Cleburne, TX17,408+7.9%
102Cibolo, TX16,797+5.6%
103Deer Park, TX16,478+0.8%
104San Juan, TX16,317+2.4%
105Princeton, TX15,872+23.7%
106Copperas Cove, TX15,630+1.7%
107Greenville, TX15,617+5.9%
108Del Rio, TX15,483+0.2%
109Anna, TX15,268+18.1%
110Nacogdoches, TX15,111+1.5%
111Texarkana, TX14,998+0.4%
112Converse, TX14,826+3.1%
113Harker Heights, TX14,730+1%
114Southlake, TX14,190+1.9%
115Lufkin, TX14,151-0.3%
116Lake Jackson, TX13,984+1.7%
117Alvin, TX13,963+3.1%
118Saginaw, TX13,475+1.2%
119Balch Springs, TX13,384+0.5%
120Royse City, TX13,370+22.5%
121Colleyville, TX13,014+1.3%
122Fate, TX12,820+8.9%
123Katy, TX12,395+6.3%
124Eagle Pass, TX12,371+1.3%
125Melissa, TX12,256+23.8%
126Denison, TX11,470+1.4%
127University Park, TX11,268+1.3%
128Kingsville, TX11,264+1.2%
129Corsicana, TX11,208-0.3%
130Paris, TX11,020-1.7%
131Belton, TX10,904+4.1%
132Kerrville, TX10,800+1.8%
133Big Spring, TX9,750-0.7%
134San Benito, TX9,470+0.5%

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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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.

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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, 2023 [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=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Houston, TX, with 1.2 million in 2023, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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San Benito, TX, with 9,470 in 2023.

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